Constanza Morosini (

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: ''Констанца Морозини''; 1275–1324) was a Venetian noblewoman, from the aristocratic

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. By marriage, she was the Duchess of Slavonia, and the

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(Serviae Regina). In 1293, she married

prince

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, from the

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, who was at that time the titular

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, and later a Serbian king-pretender (twice, in 1316 and 1321) to the Serbian royal throne, and also ruled as the Lord of

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. She was the granddaughter of

Albertino Morosini Albertino Morosini ( – 16 November 1305) was a Venetian nobleman and statesman of the late 13th and early 14th centuries. He was elected governor (''podestà'') of the Republic of Pisa until his defeat and capture by the Genoese at the Battl ...

. Constanza, a Catholic, married Vladislav, an

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, but kept her faith. It is unknown if Constanza had issue by her spouse.

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* * * * Tencajoli, Oreste Ferdinando (1933). ''Principesse Italiane nella storia d'altri paesi''. Modernissima Libreria Internazionale. Medieval Serbian royal consorts Constanza 13th-century Venetian women 13th-century Serbian women 13th-century Serbian nobility 14th-century Venetian women 14th-century Serbian women 1320s deaths Nemanjić dynasty History of Syrmia Mačva {{Serbia-bio-stub