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3 days ago · The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [1] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons. [2] The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and land area in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising Sicily and most of the area of ...
1 day ago · Charles I of Anjou. Charles I (early 1226/1227 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–1285) and Forcalquier (1246–1248, 1256–1285) in the Holy Roman Empire, Count of Anjou and Maine ...
3 days ago · The wars continued until the peace of Caltabellotta in 1302, which saw Peter's son Frederick III recognized as the king of the Isle of Sicily, while Charles II was recognized as the king of Naples by Pope Boniface VIII. Sicily was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives of the kings of Aragon until 1409 and then as part of the Crown of Aragon.
May 22, 2024 · In the 13th century, the French Duke of Anjou, Charles I, conquered Sicily and established a short-lived reign. However, his rule was challenged by King Peter III of Aragón, who successfully invaded the island in 1282. The Norman Conquest of Sicily. One of the most significant periods in Sicilian history was the Norman conquest in the 11th ...
May 18, 2024 · Ferdinand II (born January 12, 1810, Palermo [Italy]—died May 22, 1859, Caserta) was the king of the Two Sicilies from 1830. He was the son of the future king Francis I and the Spanish infanta María Isabel, a member of the branch of the house of Bourbon that had ruled Naples and Sicily from 1734. Ferdinand II’s initial actions on ascending ...
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May 27, 2024 · Martin (born 1356, Gerona, Catalonia [Spain]—died May 31, 1410, Barcelona) was the king of Aragon from 1395 and of Sicily (as Martin II from 1409). He was the son of Peter IV and brother of John I of Aragon. Martin’s life was marked chiefly by the continued Aragonese intervention in Sicily. When Frederick III of Sicily died in 1377, leaving ...
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May 18, 2024 · 1320, Naples. Died: May 26, 1362, Naples (aged 42) Louis (born 1320, Naples—died May 26, 1362, Naples) was the count of Provence (1347–62), as well as prince of Taranto and Achaia, who by his marriage to Queen Joan I of Naples (1343–82) became king of Naples after a struggle with King Louis I of Hungary. Louis, who is believed to have ...
