Joan of England, Queen of Sicily

Joan of England
Queen consort of Sicily
Tenure13 February 1177 – 11 November 1189
Coronation13 February 1177
Countess consort of Toulouse
TenureOctober 1196/7 – 4 September 1199
BornOctober 1165
Château d'Angers, Anjou
Died4 September 1199 (aged 33)
Rouen[1]
Burial
Spouses
(m. 1177; died 1189)

Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
(m. 1196/7)
IssueRaymond VII, Count of Toulouse
Joan of Toulouse
Richard of Toulouse
HousePlantagenet / Angevin[nb 1]
FatherHenry II, King of England
MotherEleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine

Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was by marriage Queen of Sicily and Countess of Toulouse. She was the seventh child of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. From her birth, she was destined to make a political and royal marriage. She married William II of Sicily and later Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, two very important and powerful figures in the political landscape of Medieval Europe.


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