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Antonia of Balzo

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Antonia of Balzo (c. 1355 - 23 January, 1374) was the second Queen consort of Frederick III the Simple.

Family

Antonia was a daughter of Francis of Baux, Duke of Andria and his second wife Marguerite of Taranto. Her maternal grandparents were Philip I of Taranto and Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea.

Marriage

On 17 January, 1372, Antonia married Frederick III the Simple. The bride was approximately seventeen years old and the groom thirty-one. He had a daughter from a previous marriage but no male heirs. However Antonia died childless after only two years of marriage. Frederick never remarried and died in 1377. He was succeeded by his only daughter Mary of Sicily.

Preceded by
Constança of Aragon
Queen consort of Sicily
17 January, 1372 - 23 January, 1374
Succeeded by
Blanche I of Navarre

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A listing of descendants of the Baux family

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