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  • Charles I of Naples
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  • Charles I (21 March 1226 – 7 January 1285), known also as 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 claimed the island, though his power was restricted to the peninsular possessions of the kingdom, with his capital at Naples (and for this he is usually titled King of Naples after 1282, as are his successors).
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place of burial
  • Basilica of St.Denis, Saint-Denis, Paris, France
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Birth Date
  • 1226-03-21
death place
  • Foggia, Kingdom of Naples
Spouse
Name
  • Charles I
Caption
  • Battle of Benevento, 1266
  • Statue of Charles at the Royal Palace, Naples.
  • Execution of Conradin, last Staufer king of Sicily, following the Battle of Tagliacozzo in 1268
  • Charles of Anjou killing Manfred, King of Sicily during the Battle of Benevento
Issue
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  • 243
Father
Mother
Birth Place
  • Kingdom of France
Title
  • King of Sicily, Naples, and Albania; Prince of Achaea; Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Anjou, and Maine
death date
  • 1285-01-07
House
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  • #Marriage and children
direction
  • vertical
Successor
  • Charles II
  • Peter I
Image
  • Enthauptung Konradins.jpg
  • Manfred Karel.jpg
  • Villani Benevento.jpg
Reign
  • --01-06
Succession
  • King of Naples
Predecessor
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  • Charles I (21 March 1226 – 7 January 1285), known also as 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 claimed the island, though his power was restricted to the peninsular possessions of the kingdom, with his capital at Naples (and for this he is usually titled King of Naples after 1282, as are his successors). Charles was the youngest son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, and hence younger brother of Louis IX of France and Alfonso II of Toulouse. He conquered the Kingdom of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen and acquired lands in the eastern Mediterranean. However, the War of the Sicilian Vespers forced him to abandon his plans to reassemble the Latin Empire. By marriage to Beatrice of Provence, heiress of Raymond Berengar IV of Provence, he was Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1246. In 1247, his brother Louis IX made him Count of Anjou and Maine, as appanages of the French crown. By conquest and self-proclamation, he became King of Albania in 1272 and by purchase King of Jerusalem in 1277. By the testament of William II of Villehardouin, he inherited the Principality of Achaea in 1278.