Brief lives of women who reigned or ruled in their own right or by marriage by providing their a) proprietary titles, b) parentage, c) patrimony and properties, d) persona or personality, e) powers exercised, f) patronages and g) progeny or posterity.
Lady of Aybar
Queen of Leon
Sancia di Chiaramonte (d.1468)
Countess of Copertino and Lady of Nardo.
Daughter of Tristan of Chiaramonte (1380-1432), Count of Copertino (in right of his wife) and Caterina del Balzo Orsini; she married 1436 Francesco II del Balzo (1410-1482), 3rd Duke of Andria, who became Count of Copertino as part of the dowry of his wife.
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Pallars-Sobira, 1295-1327, when she succeeded her uncle Ramon Roger I Parents: Arnau Roger I of Pallars-Sobira and Lascara of Ventimiglia.
Patrimony/Properties: "...While very young and owing the executors 150,000 Melgor sous, she sold her inheritance to King James II, who returned it to her in free tenure in 1297... She added the castles of Tamarit, l"Arboc, Gelida and Cervello to her dominions in exchange for others in El Berguda from the same king in 1309...She completed the Catalan extenion of the family and increased its territory with lands in El Rippolles by marrying the baron Hug de Mataplana in 1297...."
Countess of Ampurias and Viscountess of Bas, 1247-1280
Notes: She "...succeeded her father, Simó de Palou. She married Count Hug V of Empúries in 1262. In 1280, as a result of disagreements with her son, Count Ponç V of Empúries, she sold her fiefdoms at Milany, Vallfogona, Llaers and Puigmal to her relative Dalmau de Palou; the viscounty of Bas and the castles of Monells, Castellfollit de la Roca, Montagut and Mont-ros to King Peter the Great; and rights and revenues at Monells, Ullastret, Castell d'Empordà and Corçà, which constituted her dowry from her husband, to the bishops of Girona." (Enciclopedia Catalana - Sibila of Palou)
Notes: She "...succeeded her father, Simó de Palou. She married Count Hug V of Empúries in 1262. In 1280, as a result of disagreements with her son, Count Ponç V of Empúries, she sold her fiefdoms at Milany, Vallfogona, Llaers and Puigmal to her relative Dalmau de Palou; the viscounty of Bas and the castles of Monells, Castellfollit de la Roca, Montagut and Mont-ros to King Peter the Great; and rights and revenues at Monells, Ullastret, Castell d'Empordà and Corçà, which constituted her dowry from her husband, to the bishops of Girona." (Enciclopedia Catalana - Sibila of Palou)
Heiress of the main branch of the Lords of Anglesola.
Married as his 1st wife, Hug II d'Anglesola, Lord of Miralcamp, whose daughter with her, Constanza, inherited Anglesola.
SIBYLLE DE BAUX (1255-1294)
a.k.a. Simone de Bauge
a.k.a. Sibylle de Bauge
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Baux, Bresse and Miribel, 1268-1293.
Notes: "The best part of Bresse came in as a dowry of Sibyl of Bauge, heiress of that province, who was wedded to Amadeus V at Chinon in 1272." (Gallenga, 1855, p. 277)
SIBYLLE DE BAUX
Lady of Baux, 1305-1348
SIBYLLE DE BAUX
Lady of Baux, 1305-1348
Countess of Chalon
SIBYLLE DE NEUFMARCHE (c1100-after 1143)
Parents/Pedigree: Bernard de Neufmarche, Lord of Brecon, and Nest ferch Osbern.
Progeny/Posterity: Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford.
Notes: "...Walter of Gloucester, hereditary sheriff of Gloucestershire...had served the crown well, and he reaped a succession of comparatively minor rewards in lands and offices... His family was enriched in 1121 when Henry I gave the heiress of Bernard of Neufmarche to Walter's son, Miles of Gloucester, with all her father's possessions. The included the lordship of Brecknock. The king also gave another useful administrator, Brian fitz Count, the lordship of Abergavenny which he held for some twenty years and then, in 1141-42, transferred to Miles. By that arrangement Miles consolidated a substantial block of territory: an English honour with its capout at Caldicot, in Gwent, and some of its richest manors in Gloucestershire, and the lordships of Brenock and Abergavenny...." (Walker, pp. 40-41)
Viscountess of Bas [142]
Sibylle of Jerusalem (c1160-1190)
a.k.a. Sibylle of Anjou
Queen of Jerusalem
Proprietary Title: Lady of Uzes
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Jean d'Uzes and Anne de Brancas
Partner/Progeny: Married 1486 Jacques (d.1525), Lord of Crussol
Note: "On 24 June 1486 Jacques, Baron of Crussol, married Simone, only daughter of the Viscount of Uzes, and last direct descendant of the house of Uzes, thus uniting the 2 families through marriage." (The House of Crussol)
SOPHIA VON RAABS (d.1218)
[Fam1] [Gen1]
Proprietary Titles: Heiress of the Burgraviate of Nuremberg.
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Konrad II (d.1190), Burgrave of Raabs, and of Hildegard von Abenberg (d.1160).
Partner/Progeny: Married Friedrich (1158-1218), Burgrave of Nuremberg, in her right, with whom she had 2 sons who succeeded her in Nuremberg.
Note: "...Count Frederic III of Zolre, son of Frederic II, was one of the trusted councillors of the Emperors Frederic I and Henry VI. He is mentioned in the parchments of the time as being Burgrave of Nuremberg (11th July 1192). As such he assumed the title of Frederic I. Through his wife Sophia, heiress of Conrad, the last of the Burgraves of Nuremberg of the Austrian family of Ratz, he came into possession of the Franconian and Austrian freehold estates of that family... His two sons, Frederic II, who died in 1218, and Conrad I, who followed his brother twelve years later, were both alife designated Counts of Zolre and Burgraves of Nuremberg...." (Malleson, p. 227)
Proprietary Titles: Heiress of the Burgraviate of Nuremberg.
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Konrad II (d.1190), Burgrave of Raabs, and of Hildegard von Abenberg (d.1160).
Partner/Progeny: Married Friedrich (1158-1218), Burgrave of Nuremberg, in her right, with whom she had 2 sons who succeeded her in Nuremberg.
Note: "...Count Frederic III of Zolre, son of Frederic II, was one of the trusted councillors of the Emperors Frederic I and Henry VI. He is mentioned in the parchments of the time as being Burgrave of Nuremberg (11th July 1192). As such he assumed the title of Frederic I. Through his wife Sophia, heiress of Conrad, the last of the Burgraves of Nuremberg of the Austrian family of Ratz, he came into possession of the Franconian and Austrian freehold estates of that family... His two sons, Frederic II, who died in 1218, and Conrad I, who followed his brother twelve years later, were both alife designated Counts of Zolre and Burgraves of Nuremberg...." (Malleson, p. 227)
SOPHIA VAN BERTHOUT (d.1329)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Malines
"This second Walter van Keppel was a councillor of Reynald the First and Reynald the Second respectively Sovereigns of Guelder, at the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th centuries. Froissart tells us how the latter of these Counts having squandered his patrimony in shows and tournaments was advised by his uncle, the Archbishop of Cologne, to repair his fortunes by marrying a rich heiress. In accordance with this shrewd counsel Reynald espoused Sophia, daughter of Floris Van Berthout, of Malines, and was thereby enabled not only to pay his debts, but to buy considerable tracts of land. Not long after Sophia's death, which happened in 1329, he was enabled to aspire to the hand of no less a lady that that of Eleanor of England, sister of Edward the Third. The nuptials between Reynald and the Princess were celebrated in 1331...." (Keppel, p. 293)
Heiress of the Lordship of Rheda [143]
Countess of Bar and Mousson, 1033-1092.
STEPHANIE D'IBELIN
Lady of Nablus
Proprietary Title: Lady of Oultrejourdain.
Parents/Pedigree: Younger daughter of Philip of Milly, Lord of Nablus, and Isabella of Oultrejourdain, daughter and heiress of Maurice, Lord of Oultrejourdain.
Progeny/Posterity: Married, 1) in 1163 Humphrey III of Toron, with whom she had a son, Humphrey IV of Toron (d.1173), and a daughter, Isabella, who married Ruben III of Armenie; 2) Miles of Plancy (d. 1174), Lord of Oultrejourdain in her right; 3) in 1175 Reynald of Chatillon (d.1187), Lord of Oultrejourdain in her right, with whom she had a son, Raynald (died young) and a daughter, Alix, who married Azzo VII of Este.
Properties: "...Within months of his release, [Reynald of Chatillon] had married the heiress of Oultrejourdain, Stephanie de Milly, whose husband, Miles of Plancy, had been murdered in 1174. Thus Reynald gained the great castles of Montreal (ash-Shaubak) and Kerak, which overlooked the caravan routes from Egypt to Syria. Through his lands passed pilgrims, herdsmen and caravans loaded with the fruits and cereals of Moab, sugar-cane, sea salt, balsam and indigo...." (Regan, p. 51)
Persona: "...Stephanie of Milly, heiress to the lordship of Oultrejourdain, was a powerful woman in her own right...." (Hodgson, p. 189)
SUEVA DEL BALZO
Proprietary Title: Countess of Soleto, who was the heiress of the Lords of Baux.
Succession: In 1375, Sueva was heiress to her brother, Raymond del Balzo, Count of Soleto, Marshal of Sicily.
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Hugh del Balzo, Count of Soleto and Seneschal of Sicily.
Partner/Progeny: She married Roberto Orsini (d.1350), Count of Nola, Lord of Atripalda, Bardella, Cantalupo, Cicala, Forino, Monforte, Vicovaro, etc., Justiciar of Naples.
Succession: In 1375, Sueva was heiress to her brother, Raymond del Balzo, Count of Soleto, Marshal of Sicily.
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Hugh del Balzo, Count of Soleto and Seneschal of Sicily.
Partner/Progeny: She married Roberto Orsini (d.1350), Count of Nola, Lord of Atripalda, Bardella, Cantalupo, Cicala, Forino, Monforte, Vicovaro, etc., Justiciar of Naples.
SUZANNE DE BOURBON (1491-1521)
[Bio1]
Proprietary Titles: Duchess of Auvergne, Bourbon, Montpensier and Countess of Clermont, Forez, Gien, and La Marche, Lady of Beaujeau, 1503-1521.
Parents/Paternity: She was the daughter, and only surviving child, of Pierre II of Bourbon and Anne of France.
Partner/Progeny: She married, in 1501, her cousin, Charles III of Bourbon in 1505 with whom she had no issue. (See)
Gallenga. History of Piedmont (Vol. 1)
Parents/Paternity: She was the daughter, and only surviving child, of Pierre II of Bourbon and Anne of France.
Partner/Progeny: She married, in 1501, her cousin, Charles III of Bourbon in 1505 with whom she had no issue. (See)
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ReferencesGallenga. History of Piedmont (Vol. 1)
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