De morte mariti beate Elizabeth.
The Crusader's Death at Otranto
Elizabeth's husband Mibel dies in Otranto, Sicily, after taking the cross for pilgrimage in 1227.
In the year of our Lord 1227, on the third of the Ides of September, Mibel, landgrave and husband of blessed Elizabeth, took the cross for a pilgrimage and died in the city in Sicily called Otranto.
The Rulers of the Age
The chapter notes the reigning authorities of the time, Pope Gregory IX and Emperor Frederick.
Concerning Gregory IX, pope, and Frederick, emperor. Gregory IX, pope, and Frederick, emperor, reign.
Read the original Latin
mibel Anno domini mccxxvii iii idus Septembris lantgravius maritus beate Eliza beth cruce signatus in itinere peregrinacionis mortuus est in Siciliek civitate, que dicitur Ortrant. iS De Gregorio ix papa et Friderico n imperatore. Gregorius papa IX et Fridericus imperator n regnant.
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