Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily

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The Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily was the 13th-century military campaign by Charles I of Anjou that brought the Sicilian kingdom under French Angevin rule, setting the stage for later conflicts such as the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Regno of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily
broughtToPower Capetian House of Anjou ⓘ
linked to: House of Anjou

Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
changedPoliticalStatusOf Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
conflictType dynastic war ⓘ
papal-imperial conflict ⓘ
establishedTitle King of Sicily ⓘ
followedBy War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
follows Hohenstaufen rule in the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
hasCause Papal invitation to Charles I of Anjou to take the Sicilian crown ⓘ
Papal opposition to Hohenstaufen control of Sicily ⓘ
hasCommander Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
hasConsequence French Angevin domination in southern Italy ⓘ
Tensions leading to the War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources Latin ⓘ
Medieval Italian ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
hasLocation Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Mainland southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy

Sicily ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
hasOpponent Conradin of Hohenstaufen ⓘ
Manfred of Sicily ⓘ
hasOutcome Death of Manfred of Sicily ⓘ
Execution of Conradin ⓘ
hasParticipant Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
Hohenstaufen dynasty ⓘ
House of Anjou ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
hasResult Angevin victory ⓘ
End of Hohenstaufen rule in the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Establishment of Angevin rule over the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
opposedBy Ghibelline supporters of the Hohenstaufen ⓘ
partOf Italian Wars of the 13th century ⓘ
resultedIn Increased French influence in the central Mediterranean ⓘ
Integration of the Kingdom of Sicily into the Angevin sphere of influence ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Benevento ⓘ
Battle of Tagliacozzo ⓘ
startTime 1265 ⓘ
supportedBy Guelph allies of the papacy ⓘ
Pope Clement IV ⓘ
Pope Urban IV ⓘ
temporalContext High Middle Ages ⓘ

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War of the Sicilian Vespers → hasPrecededBy → Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
King of Albania → partOf → Angevin Empire in the Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to: Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily
Charles I of Naples → notable work → conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily
Swabian period → endedBy → Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ