- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (December 26, 1194 - December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. As such, he was King of Germany, and of Italy, and of Burgundy. He was Holy Roman Emperor from his papal coronation in 1220 until his death. His original title was King of Sicily, which he held as Frederick I from 1198 to death. - Constance Of Sicily
Constance of Sicily (1154 - November 27, 1198) was the heiress of the Norman kings of Sicily and the wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. She was Queen of Sicily 1194-1198, jointly with her husband from 1194-1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1198. - Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II "the Catholic" (March 10, 1452 – January 23, 1516) was king of Aragon (1479–1516), Castile, Sicily (1468–1516), Naples (1504–1516), Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. - Manfred Of Sicily
Manfred (c. 1232 - February 26, 1266), King of Sicily from 1258, was an illegitimate son of the emperor Frederick II by Bianca Lancia, or Lanzia, who is reported on somewhat slender evidence to have been married to the emperor just before her death. - William II of Sicily
William II (1153 - november 11 1189), called the Good, was king of Sicily and Naples from 1166 to 1189. - Roger I of Sicily
Roger I (1031 - June 22, 1101), called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. - John II of Aragon
John II the Great (June 29, 1397 - January 20, 1479) was the King of Aragon (1458-1479) and a King of Navarre (1425-1479). He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque. John is regarded as one of the most memorable and most unscrupulous kings of the 15th century. In his youth he was one of the "infantes" (princes) of Aragon who took part in the dissensions of Castile during the minority and reign of John II. - Joachim Murat
Joachim Napoléon Murat, King of Naples and Sicily, Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves (Italian: Gioacchino Murat; March 25, 1767 - October 13, 1815), Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Cleves and Berg, Marshal of France, was King of Naples and Sicily from 1808 to 1815. He received his titles in part by being the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte. - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VI (November 1165 - 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197, Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King of Sicily from 1194 to 1197. - Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Naples, King of Spain (January 7, 1768 - July 28, 1844) was the older brother of French Emperor Napoleon I, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808) and later King of Spain. He was nominally king of Spain from June 6, 1808 to December 11, 1813, but from June 13, 1812 he was back in France. Bonaparte was born Giuseppe Napoleone Buonaparte to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino at Corte in Corsica. - House Of Hohenstaufen
The Hohenstaufen (or the Staufer(s)) were a dynasty of Germanic Kings (1138-1254), many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Dukes of Swabia. In 1194 the Hohenstaufen became also Kings of Sicily. The proper name, taken from their castle in Swabia, is Staufen. Therefore the dynasty is sometimes also called Swabian dynasty after the family's origin. - Margaret Of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou (Marguerite d'Anjou, March 23, 1429 - August 25, 1482) was the Queen consort of Henry VI of England from 1445 to 1471, and led the Lancastrian contingent, in the Wars of the Roses. Margaret was born in the duchy of Lorraine, an Imperial fief east of France that was ruled by the cadet branch of the French kings, the house of Anjou. Margaret was the daughter of Rene I of Naples, Duke of Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily and Isabella, … - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (or Charles I of Spain) (24 February 1500 - 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands (1506-1555), King of Aragon (1516-1556), King (until 1555 on behalf of his mother the queen Joana I) of Castile (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1516-1554), Archduke of Austria (1519-1521), King of the Romans (or German King), (1519-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558) and Holy Roman Emperor (1530-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558). - Michael Palaeologus
Michael Palaeologus (d.1156) was an early member of the great family of the Palaeologi, which later ruled the Byzantine Empire. He was a general of the emperor Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). In 1150, he was sent to raise an army among the people of the region of Ancona for an attempt at resurrecting the old "theme" of Langobardia. In Spring 1155, Count Robert III of Loritello, a rebel against the king of Sicily, William the Bad, negotiated support from Manuel. - Conrad IV of Germany
Conrad IV (25 April, 1228 - 21 May, 1254) was king of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) (1228-1254), of Germany (1237-1254), and of Sicily (as Conrad I) (1250-1254). He was a son of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II and the queen regnant of Jerusalem, Yolanda. Born in Andria, Conrad was the second but only surviving son of Frederick and Yolanda, who died while bearing him. Conrad lived in Italy until 1235, when he first visited Germany. - Conradin
Conrad or Conradin of Hohenstaufen (also called Conrad the Younger, Conradin the Boy, Conrad V, German Konradin or Konrad V, or Konrad der Jüngere) (March 25, 1252 - October 29, 1268), duke of Swabia, king of Jerusalem (as Conrad III), and King of Sicily 1254-1258, 1268, son of the German king Conrad IV, and of Elisabeth of Bavaria, … - Tancred Of Sicily
Tancred (died February 20, 1194) was King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194. He was an illegitimate son of Roger III, Duke of Apulia, the eldest son of King Roger II, and of Emma, daughter of Achard II, Count of Lecce. He inherited the title "Count of Lecce" from his grandfather, and is consequently often referred to as "Tancred of Lecce". On 9 March 1161, Tancred joined his uncle Simon, Prince of Taranto, in invading the palace, detained the king and queen, … - Martin I of Sicily
Martin I of Sicily, called "The Younger", was King of Sicily from 1390 to 1409. Martin was the grandson of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleonor of Sicily. In 1390 he married Mary of Sicily. In 1392 he returned with Mary to Sicily with a military force and defeated a group of opposing barons. He ruled Sicily jointly with Mary until her death in 1402. At that time, he repudiated the Treaty of 1372 and ruled Sicily alone. After his death in 1409 in Cagliari, Sardinia, his father, … - Frederick Iii The Simple
Frederick III or IV (1 September, 1341- 27 January, 1377), called the Simple, King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377, was the second son of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia. He succeeded his brother Louis. The documents of his era call him the "infante Frederick, ruler of the kingdom of Sicily," without any regnal number. "Frederick the Simple" is often confused with an earlier Sicilian monarch, Frederick II, … - Ferdinand I of Antequera
Ferdinand I, called Of Antequera and also The Just or The Honest (Medina del Campo, Castile, 27 November 1380 - Igualada, Catalonia, 2 April 1416) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412-1416). Regent of Castile (1406-1416). See Crown of Aragon. - Mary Of Sicily
Mary of Sicily, Queen of Sicily, was the daughter and heir of Frederick III "The Simple" by his first wife Constança of Aragon. As she was very young at the time of her father's death in 1377, her government was effectively taken over by four baronial families who styled themselves "vicars." In 1390 Mary was taken to Aragon where she was married to Martin "The Younger", the grandson of Peter IV of Aragon. - Louis Of Sicily
Louis the Child (1337-16 October 1355) was king of Sicily, then called Trinacria, from 1342 to 1355. His father was Peter II, whom he succeeded at the age of five, and his mother was Elisabeth of Carinthia. His reign began under the joint regency of his uncle Giovanni, the duke of Randazzo, and his mother. He lived at Randazzo until 1347. In that year, the plague called the Black Death arrived. In 1348, the duke named Blasco II de Alagona, a Catalan, regent. - Euphemius
Euphemius was a Byzantine admiral. Probably born in Messina, he fought against the Byzantine power and after some military successes, toward 823 he procaimed himself "emperor" in Syracuse, independent from Constantinople. In practice, we was a charismatic chief, and, respected as a king, the title of emperor meant that he dominated the whole territory of the island. He was defeated by the Byzantine troops and escaped in Ifriqiya, … - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI, (German Karl VI; in full Karl Josef Franz) Holy Roman Emperor (October 1, 1685 - October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. As pretender to the thrones of Castile and Aragon, he was known as Charles III from 1703 to 1711. - René I of Naples
René I of Naples, was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434-1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430-1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431-1453), King of Naples (1438-1442; titular 1442-1480), titular King of Jerusalem (1438-1480) and Aragon (1466-1480) (including Sicily, Majorca, Corsica). - Henry of Germany
Henry (VII) (1211 - February 12 (?), 1242), was King of the Romans, King of Sicily, and Duke of Swabia. He was the son and co-king of Emperor Frederick II and elder brother of King Conrad IV of Germany. - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II, Italian Vittorio Amedeo II (May 14 1666 - October 31 1732) was the Duke of Savoy (1675-1730). He also held the titles of marquis of Saluzzo, marquis of Monferrato, prince of Piedmont, count of Aosta, Moriana and Nizza. His mother Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours was the regent from 1675 to 1684. He first became king of Sicily (1713-1718), but he was forced to exchange this title and instead became king of Sardinia (1720-1730). - Sibylla Of Acerra
Sibylla of Acerra (1153-1205) was the wife and queen consort of Tancred, Count of Lecce and King of Sicily (reigned 1189-1194). She was the regent in 1194 for her son William III of Sicily. She was the sister of Count Richard of Acerra. It was Sibylla who, as regent, when the Emperor Henry VI crossed the Straits of Messina in Autumn 1194, negotiated an agreement whereby the young William III, now whisked off to safety, should retain the county of Lecce. - Roger Of Andria
Roger, count of Andria and great chamberlain of Sicily, was a claimant for the Sicilian throne after the death of William II in 1189. He is claimed by some to have been a great-grandson of Drogo of Hauteville, but this cannot be proven. Roger, along with Romuald Guarna, Archbishop of Salerno, … - Agostino Novello
The Blessed Agostino Novello, or Matteo Di Termini, was born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, a village in Sicily, from which he derived his surname. As that village belonged to the Archdiocese of Palermo, he is sometimes called Panormitano, the Breviary says of him "quem Thermenses at Panormitani civem suum esse dicunt". On entering religion he changed his name to Agostino, and later was given the additional name of Novello, … - Blanche I of Navarre
Blanche I of Navarre (1385-April 3, 1441) was Queen regnant of Navarre from 1425 to 1441. She was the daughter of King Charles III of Navarre and Eleanor, Infanta of Castile (died 1416). Blanche married firstly Martin the Younger, King of Sicily and Crown Prince of Aragon. They were married by proxy on May 21, 1402 in Catania. - Isabella Of Villehardouin
Isabella of Villehardouin (born 1260/1263; died 23 January 1312) was the elder daughter of William II of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, and of the daughter (her name is unknown) of Narjot de Toucy (died 1241). Isabella was a descendant through her mother and grandmother of the dowager Empress Anna (Agnes). On 28 May 1271 Isabella married Philip of Sicily, son of Charles I of Sicily. - Agnes Of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia (or Agnes of Prague) is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics. She was a descendant of Saint Ludmila and a cousin of Elizabeth of Thuringia. Agnes was born in Prague in 1211, and died there on March 6, 1282. Her feast day is celebrated on March 2. Agnes was the daughter of Bohemian king Premysl Otakar I and Constance of Hungary, the sister of King Andrew II of Hungary. - Phillip II of Spain
Philip II (Spanish: "Felipe II de Habsburgo"; Portuguese: "Filipe I") (May 21, 1527 - September 13 1598) was the first official King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England (as husband of Mary I) from 1554 to 1558, Lord of the Seventeen Provinces (holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count) from 1556 until 1581, … - Charles I of Sicily I of Naples
Charles I (March 1226 - 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), though he was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. Thereafter, he continued to claim the island, though his power was restricted to the peninsular possessions of the kingdom, … - William I of Sicily I of Sicily
William I (died May 7 1166), called the Bad or the Wicked, was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's death in 1154 to his own. He was the fourth son of Roger II and Elvira of Castile. His maternal grandparents were Alfonso VI of Castile and a concubine (perhaps wife) baptised Isabella, but born Zaida. - Frederick III of Sicily III of Sicily
Frederick II or III (13 December 1272 - 25 June 1337) was the regent (from 1291) and subsequently king (from 1295) of Sicily until his death. He was the third son of Peter III of Aragon and served in the War of the Sicilian Vespers on behalf of his father and brothers, Alfonso and James. He was confirmed as King of Trinacria (another name for the island of Sicily) by the Peace of Caltabellotta in 1302. - Peter II of Sicily II of Sicily
Peter II was crowned king of Sicily (then called Trinacria) in 1321 and gained full sovereignty when his father died in 1337. His father was Frederick III of Sicily and his mother was Eleanor of Anjou, a daughter of Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary. Maria was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. He married Elisabeth of Carinthia, with whom he had nine children, including: Louis his successor; Frederick, who succeeded Louis; Eleanor, … - Roger II of Sicily II of Sicily
Roger II (22 December 1095 - 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, later became Duke of Apulia and Calabria (1127), then King of Sicily (1130). It is Roger II's distinction to have united all the Norman conquests in Italy into one kingdom with a strong centralized government. - Robert Le Maçon
Robert le Maçon, was chancellor of France, advisor to Charles VII and supporter of Joan of Arc. Le Maçon was born at Château-du-Loir, Sarthe. He was ennobled in March 1401, and became six years later a councillor of Louis II, duke of Anjou and king of Sicily. A partisan of the house of Orléans, he was appointed chancellor to Isabeau of Bavaria on 29 January 1414, on 20 July 1414 commissary of the mint, and in June 1416 chancellor to the count of Ponthieu, …
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