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Robert of Anjou ( Italian: Roberto d'Angiò ), known as Robert the Wise ( Italian: Roberto il Saggio; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. [2] He was the third son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary ...
- 5 May 1309 – 20 January 1343
- Mary of Hungary
Apr 4, 2024 · Robert (born 1278—died Jan. 19, 1343, Naples) was an Angevin prince and Guelf (papal party) leader who ruled Naples as king for 34 years (1309–43). Robert’s early years were clouded by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–88), in which his father, Charles II of Anjou, was taken prisoner by the Aragonese.
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King of Sicily, Naples and Albania (Re di Sicilia, Napoli e Albania) Charles II, the Lame (Carlo II, lo Zoppo) 7 January 1285 5 May 1309 • Son of Charles I King of Naples (Re di Napoli) Robert I, the Wise (Roberto I, il Saggio) 5 May 1309 20 January 1343 • Son of Charles II King of Naples (Re di Napoli) Joanna I (Giovanna I) 20 January 1343
Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise, was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. He was the third son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary, and during his father's lifetime he was styled Duke of Calabria (1296–1309).
Venerable Robert, King of Naples. Robert was the younger brother of Bishop St. Louis of Anjou and the son of King Charles II of Naples. When his father was taken captive in a war with the king of Aragon, Robert and his brothers, Louis and Raymond, were sent to Spain as hostages for their father, and as such were compelled to remain for six ...
Naples enjoyed a brief period of prosperity and importance in Italian affairs under Robert, king of Naples (1309–43), but from the mid-14th to the 15th century, the history of the kingdom was a story of dynastic disputes within the Angevin house.
ROBERT (1275-1343), king of Naples, was the son of Charles II., duke of Anjou and king of Naples, and in his youth took part in several expeditions to Sicily with the object of wresting the island from Frederick III. of Aragon. But his efforts, like those of his father and grandfather, proved fruitless, and the Angevins were compelled at last ...
