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Charles I was the king of Naples and Sicily (1266–85), the first of the Angevin dynasty, and creator of a great but short-lived Mediterranean empire. The younger brother of Louis IX of France, Charles acquired the county of Provence in 1246 and accompanied Louis on his Egyptian Crusade (1248–50).
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Charles's sixteen-year-old enemy, Conradin, is executed in Naples (1268). Charles returned to Tuscany and laid siege to the fortress of Poggibonsi, but it did not fall until the end of November.
- 1246–1285
- Louis VIII of France
- Charles II
- Blanche of Castile
List of monarchs of Naples. Coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The following is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of Naples, from its first separation from the Kingdom of Sicily to its merger with the same into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies .
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Charles I was the founder of the first Angevin dynasty in Naples. Charles I (Charles of Anjou), 1227–85, king of Naples and Sicily (1266–85), count of Anjou and Provence, youngest brother of King Louis IX of France. He took part in Louis's crusades to Egypt (1248) and Tunisia (1270).
Mar 16, 2024 · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Naples; Charles I (21 March 1226 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. Thereafter, he continued to claim ...
- Paris, Ile-de-France
- Ile-de-France
Charles I of Naples. Mother. Beatrice of Provence. Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame ( French: Charles le Boiteux; Italian: Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine (1285–1290); he also styled himself King of ...
CHARLES I. (1226-1285), king of Naples and Sicily and count of Anjou, was the seventh child of Louis VIII. of France and Blanche of Castile. Louis died a few months after Charles's birth and was succeeded by his son Louis IX. (St Louis), and on the death in 1232 of the third son John, count of Anjou and Maine, those fiefs were conferred on Charles.
