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In 1130, the County of Sicily and the County of Apulia, ruled by different branches of the House of Hauteville, merged as the Kingdom of Sicily, and Count Roger II was crowned king by Antipope Anacletus II.
NameBirthMarriage (s)DeathConstance II 1268/1282–1285 (joint ...1249 Sicily daughter of Manfred of Sicily ...Peter I the Great 13 June 1262 6 ...9 April 1302 Barcelona, Spain aged 52 or ...Peter I the Great 1282–1285 (joint ...1240 Valencia son of James I of Aragon ...Constance of Sicily 13 June 1262 6 ...2 November 1285 Vilafranca del Penedès ...James the Just 1285–129510 August 1267 Valencia son of Peter I ...Isabella of Castile 1 December 1291 No ...5 November 1327 Barcelona aged 60Frederick II 1295–133713 December 1272 Barcelona son of Peter I ...Eleanor of Anjou 17 May 1302 9 children25 June 1337 Palermo aged 65Manfred (Sicilian: Manfredi di Sicilia; 1232 – 26 February 1266) was the last King of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, reigning from 1258 until his death. The natural son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II , [1] Manfred became regent over the kingdom of Sicily on behalf of his nephew Conradin in 1254.
Francis II (Neapolitan and Italian: Francesco II, christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo; Sicilian: Francischieddu; 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894) was King of the Two Sicilies. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his ...
Apr 16, 2024 · William II was the last Norman king of Sicily; under a regency from 1166, he ruled in person from 1171. He became known as William the Good because of his policy of clemency and justice toward the towns and the barons, in contrast with his father, William I the Bad.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Roger II (born December 22, 1095—died February 26, 1154, Palermo [Sicily]) was the grand count of Sicily (1105–30) and king of the Norman kingdom of Sicily (1130–54). He also incorporated the mainland territories of Calabria in 1122 and Apulia in 1127. Early life. Roger was the son of Count Roger I of Sicily and his third wife, Adelaide of Savona.
Manfred (born c. 1232—died Feb. 26, 1266, near Benevento, Kingdom of Naples) was the effective king of Sicily from 1258, during a period of civil wars and succession disputes between imperial claimants and the House of Anjou.
After narrowly escaping an artillery bombardment at Gaeta in flagrant violation of the armistice, the last king of the Two Sicilies, Francis II, who had succeeded his father barely a year earlier, was carried to Rome and exile on a British warship.
