Sibylla of Acerra

Sibylle of Acerra (Italian: Sibilla di Medania or Sibilla di Acerra, from 1153 to 1205 ) was Queen of Sicily.

Sibylle was the daughter of Count Roger of Acerra. Her brother was Richard of Acerra. In her marriage to Tancred of Lecce they had two sons, Roger and William, and several daughters. After Tancred's accession to the throne, she was Queen of Sicily. 1193 died, her son Roger and in February of the following year Tancred. Result, she was guardian of her son William, she was crowned king. Their supporters were Richard Aiello and his brother Nicholas of Salerno. During the year 1194 succeeded the Emperor Henry VI. To conquer southern Italy and cross over to Sicily. Sibylle brought Wilhelm Caltabellotta to safety. A defense of Palermo it has not been possible because its citizens Heinrich offered the surrender of the city. From Henry VI. got them and Wilhelm negotiations in the Principality of Taranto and the County of Lecce as a fief. Soon, however, she was accused of involvement in a conspiracy Norman nobleman. Sibylle and her daughters were imprisoned in the Alsatian monastery High Castle, where they four years despite the intercession of Pope Innocent III. lived. It was only in 1200 fled her and her daughters to France.