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Frederick II (also Frederick III, Latin: Federicus, Italian: Federico, Sicilian: Fidiricu); 13 December 1272 – 25 June 1337) was the regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1291 until 1295 and subsequently King of Sicily from 1295 until his death.
Peter III of Aragon, Manfred's son in law, of the House of Barcelona, conquered the island of Sicily from Charles I in 1282 and had himself crowned King of Sicily. Thereafter the old Kingdom of Sicily was centred on the mainland, with capital at Naples , and although informally called Kingdom of Naples it was still known formally as "Kingdom of ...
A combination of King Louis XII of France and Frederick's famous cousin [2] King Ferdinand II of Aragon had continued the claim of Louis's predecessor, King Charles VIII of France, to Naples and Sicily. In 1501, they deposed Frederick; Naples initially went to Louis, but by 1504 a falling-out led to Naples' seizure by Ferdinand, after which it ...
Peter III's son, Frederick III of Sicily (also known as Frederick II of Sicily) reigned from 1298 to 1337. For the whole of the 14th century, Sicily was essentially an independent kingdom, ruled by relatives of the kings of Aragon, but for all intents and purposes they were Sicilian kings.
Frederick III (or IV) (in Italian, Federico; 1 September 1341 – Messina 27 July 1377 [1]), called the Simple, was King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377. He was the second son of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia .
Ferdinand fled to Palermo on 23 January 1806, followed soon after by his wife and son, and on 14 February 1806 the French again entered Naples. Napoleon declared that the Bourbon dynasty had forfeited the crown, and proclaimed his brother Joseph King of Naples and Sicily. But Ferdinand continued to reign over the latter kingdom (becoming the ...
• Following the Sicilian Vespers in 1282, the island of Sicily was lost to Peter III of Aragon. 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 ...
The first Sicilian monarch was Roger I, Count of Sicily. The last monarch was King Ferdinand III of Sicily; during his reign, the Kingdom of Naples merged with the Kingdom of Sicily. The subsequent monarchs were Kings of the Two Sicilies. See also: List of monarchs of Sicily; List of monarchs of Naples. Kings of Naples family tree