Elisabeth or Elizabeth was the daughter of Otto III of Carinthia

Otto III of Carinthia

Otto III of Carinthia was a member of the Meinhardiner family. He was Duke of Carinthia from 1295 to 1310. He was also Count of Gorizia and Vienna...

 (who was also count Otto II of Tyrol

County of Tyrol

The County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...

) by his wife Euphemia of Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

-Liegnitz. She was born in Gorizia

Gorizia

Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and it is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a twin...

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Family

Her paternal grandparents were Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia

Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia

Meinhard II from the House of Meinhardin was ruling Count of Gorizia from 1258 until 1271 and Count of Tyrol from 1258 until his death...

 and Elisabeth of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany

Elisabeth of Bavaria was the queen consort of Conrad IV of Germany.-Family:She was the eldest daughter of Otto II, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of the Palatinate...

. Her maternal grandparents were Henry V the Corpulent and Elisabeth of Greater Poland

Elisabeth of Greater Poland

Elisabeth of Kalisz was the eldest child of Boleslaw the Pious and his wife Jolenta of Poland. Her younger sister was Jadwiga of Greater Poland.- Marriage :...

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Her maternal grandparent Elisabeth of Bavaria was a daughter of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

Otto II of Bavaria was the Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine . He was a son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.- Biography :...

 and Agnes of the Palatinate

Agnes of the Palatinate

Agnes of the Palatinate was a daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine and his first wife Agnes, daughter of Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine . Agnes was Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria....

. Henry V was a son of Bolesław II the Bald and his first wife Hedwig of Anhalt. Elisabeth of Poland was a daughter of Bolesław V the Chaste and Jolenta of Poland

Jolenta of Poland

Jolenta of Poland was the daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the sister of Saint Margaret of Hungary and Saint Kinga...

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She was a descendent of Henry II of England

Henry II of England

Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...

 and Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. As well as being Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, she was queen consort of France and of England...

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Marriage

On 23 April 1322, in Catania

Catania

Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...

, she married Peter II of Sicily

Peter II of Sicily

Peter II was crowned King of Sicily in 1321 and gained full sovereignty when his father died in 1337....

 and became queen-consort of Sicily

Kingdom of Sicily

The Kingdom of Sicily was a state that existed in the south of Italy from its founding by Roger II in 1130 until 1816. It was a successor state of the County of Sicily, which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of southern Italy...

. She was briefly regent for her eldest son Louis

Louis of Sicily

Louis the Child was King of Sicily from 1342 to 1355.Born in Catania, he was the son of Peter II, whom he succeeded at the age of five, and his mother was Elisabeth of Carinthia. His reign began under the joint regency of his uncle John, Duke of Randazzo, and his mother.He lived at Randazzo...

 after Peter's death.

Besides Louis, she had two sons and six daughters:

• Constance (1324 – October 1355), regent of Sicily from 1352 to 1354, unmarried
• Eleanor
  Eleanor of Sicily
  Eleanor of Sicily was Queen Consort of Aragon . She was the daughter of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia. She was the third wife of Peter IV of Aragon.- Early life and family :...
  
   (1325–1375), married Peter IV of Aragon
  Peter IV of Aragon
  Peter IV, , called el Cerimoniós or el del punyalet , was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica , King of Valencia , and Count of Barcelona Peter IV, (Balaguer, September 5, 1319 – Barcelona, January 6, 1387), called el Cerimoniós ("the Ceremonious") or el del punyalet ("the one...
  
  , mother of Martin II of Sicily
• Beatrice (1326–1365), married Rupert II, Elector Palatine, mother of Rupert of Germany
  Rupert of Germany
  Rupert of Germany from the House of Wittelsbach was Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400 until his death...
  
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• Euphemia (1330–1359), regent from 1355 to 1357, unmarried
• Frederick IV, successor of Louis
• Violante (born 1334), died young
• John (1342 – 22 June 1353), died young
• Blanche (1342–1373), married John, Count of Amphurias but no issue

External links

• A listing of descendants of the House of Gorizia