Individual Details
Constance de France
(1078 - 1125)
Daughter of Philippe I, king of France and Bertha of Holland, Constance was born about 1078. About 1094/1095 she married Hugues I, count of Troyes but they divorced in 1104. On 25/26 May 1105 at Chartres Constance married Boemund I, prince of Antioch and of Tarente, the eldest son of Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia and his first wife Alberade di Buonalberga. The marriage was arranged by Adčle, comtesse de Blois while Boemund was in France canvassing support against Byzantium.
Constance and Boemund had two sons, Boemund who would succeed his father in 1126, marry and have progeny, and Jean who died young.
After her marriage Constance remained with her husband in Apulia and never visited Palestine. She was regent for her son Boemund in Italy after the death of her husband in 1111. She claimed the title of Queen as daughter of the king of France. She was imprisoned at Bari by Grimoald Alferanites, who had set himself up as lord of Bari, but was released in 1120 after the intervention of Roger II, the Norman king of Sicily, after agreeing to renounce her lordship over the town. Constance died about 1125.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Constance and Boemund had two sons, Boemund who would succeed his father in 1126, marry and have progeny, and Jean who died young.
After her marriage Constance remained with her husband in Apulia and never visited Palestine. She was regent for her son Boemund in Italy after the death of her husband in 1111. She claimed the title of Queen as daughter of the king of France. She was imprisoned at Bari by Grimoald Alferanites, who had set himself up as lord of Bari, but was released in 1120 after the intervention of Roger II, the Norman king of Sicily, after agreeing to renounce her lordship over the town. Constance died about 1125.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1078 | ||||
| Marriage | 1106 | Prince Bohemond I of Antioch Prince of Tarante | |||
| Death | 1125 |
Families
| Spouse | Prince Bohemond I of Antioch Prince of Tarante (1058 - 1111) |
| Child | Prince Bohemond II of Antioch (1108 - 1131) |
| Father | Philippe I KIng of France (1052 - 1108) |
| Mother | Bertha of Holland (1055 - 1093) |
| Sibling | Louis VI King of France (1081 - 1137) |