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	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		King of Sicily, of the Duchy of Apulia, of the Principality of Capua;
		King of Hungary, Jerusalem, Sicily, of the Duchy of Apulia, of the Principality of Capua, of Dalmatia, Croatia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Cumania, Bulgaria;
		King of Jerusalem, Sicily, of the Duchy of Apulia, of the Principality of Capua;
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	Sicily - MSN Encarta
		Sicily is subject to constant drought, not much relieved by the oppressive sirocco wind that blows across the island from North Africa.
		In 1127 Roger II, count of Sicily, was recognized as duke of Apulia and Calabria, and in 1130 he assumed the title of king of Sicily.
		In 1734 the Bourbon Don Carlos, later Charles III, king of Spain, invaded Naples and Sicily, and in 1735 he was crowned and was recognized by the Treaty of Vienna as Charles IV, King of the Two Sicilies.
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	SICILY
		Sicily was a principal source of the world supply of sulfur until the beginning of the 1990s.
		Roger II, count of Sicily, was recognized as duke of Apulia and Calabria, and in 1130 he assumed the title of king of Sicily.
		Charles III, king of Spain, invaded Naples and Sicily, and in 1735 he was crowned and was recognized by the Treaty of Vienna as Charles IV, king of the Two Sicilies.
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Constance Sicily
		1194-1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220-50) and German king (1212-20), king of Sicily (1197-1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229-50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of Constance, heiress of Sicily.
		He was crowned German king at Aachen in 1169 and king of Italy at Milan in 1186 after his marriage to Constance, heiress presumptive to the throne of Sicily.
		1194, king of Sicily (1190-94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Constance+of+Sicily (1397 words)

	sicily
		Francis I (of Two Sicilies) (1777-1830), king of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), the son of King Ferdinand I. Francis was viceroy of Sicily from 1812 to 1816 and duke of Calabria from 1817 to 1825.
		The third son of King Pedro III of Aragon (1239-85), Frederick became regent of Sicily, a possession of Aragon, in 1291.
		King of Sicily (1130-54); waged successful war upon the Byzantine emperor Manuel Comnenus, pillaging cities on the Greek peninsula and capturing territory along the North African coast; established a civil service; made his court at Palermo a center of learning.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/sicily.htm (2975 words)

	Tancred King of Sicily: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		King John heard of...Emperor, who was King of Sicily both de facto...the grandson of Tancred the Usurper as...
		King Henry III and the Lord Edward: The Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century
		1194, king of Sicily (1190 94), illegitimate...his cousin, William II of Sicily, Tancred was crowned (1190) king.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/tancred-king-of-sicily.jsp?l=T&p=1 (845 words)

	Charles III King of Spain and of Naples and Sicily: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		During...right and the King on the left...particularly in Spain and Germany...Cardinal in 1536.
		CHARLES III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily 1716 88, king of Spain (1759 88) and of Naples and Sicily (1735 59), son of Philip V and Elizabeth...later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies).
		...1605 65, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1621 65) and, as Philip III, king of Portugal (1621 40); son and successor of Philip III of Spain.
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	Britannica Online Service :: Search
		German king from 1314 to 1326, also duke of Austria (as Frederick III) from 1308, the second son of the...
		king of Sicily (1197-1250), duke of Swabia (as Frederick VI, 1228-35), German king (1212-50), and Holy Roman emperor (1220-50).
		king of Denmark from 1808 to 1839 and of Norway from 1808 to 1814.
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	Sicilian History
		The Elymians settled in the western Sicily, in Eryx (Erice), Segesta, and Entella.
		Tancred - Sicilian barons rebel and choose Tancred, a grandson of Roger II to be king of Sicily.
		In commemoration of the fifh Centenary of the Proclamation of the Expulsion of the Jews by King Ferdinand in 1492, a meeting of scholars and researchers into Jewish history in Sicily is held in Palermo.
	dieli.net /SicilyPage/History/SicilianHist.html (3185 words)

	Sicily
		In Sicily, the influence of Mycenaean pre-colonization is particularly great: in myth, it is expressed through the journey of Daedalus, who fled from Crete to seek refuge in Sicily, where he was welcomed by Sicanian king Cocalo.
		So Sicily was well known by those Chalcidian Greeks who, in 575 BC, founded Naxos, the first Greek colony on the island, and found three ethnic groups: the Siculi in the east, the Sicanian in the west, and the Alimis on the northwest tip.
		Sicily became the "granary" of Rome and latifundium dominated on the whole land, leaving splendid ruins of sumptuous villas adorned with beautiful mosaics.
	www.floria-publications.com /italy/tourism/sicily.htm (694 words)

	SICILY
		Sicily is ruled by the clergy, with their promises of heaven or hell, and by the Mafia, with its power of life and death.
		Sicily, with its patchwork of cultures, is the perfect choice to learn about the history of Western civilization mostly reflected in its architecture: Greek temples and amphitheaters, Roman settlements, unique Norman-Arab churches and palaces, Bysantine and Gothic churches, fortified medieval castles, and Baroque churches and palaces.
		In 1734, Charles de Bourbon, son of the King of Spain, brought degree of autonomy to Sicily and Naples.
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	History and background information on Sicily, Italy
		Roger the Second became the first king of Sicily in 1130; he was invested by Pope Innocent II with the Kingdom of Sicily, including the Norman conquests of southern Italy.
		He lands at Trapani in 1282 and is acclaimed king at Palermo; excepting brief periods Sicily was ruled from Spain for the next four centuries, isolating her from both Sicily and the rest of Italy.
		Sicily and Naples were to fall to the forces of Garibaldi in 1860, and, in 1861, Gaeta, the 'Two Sicilies' became part of the Kingdom of Italy.
	www.knowital.com /history/sicily/sicily-history.html (1504 words)

	Sicily, Italy (Photo Archive)
		Sicily became a separate kingdom ruled by a branch of the House of Aragon, but the conflict with the Angevins in Naples continued for decades to come, with repeated and reciprocal invasions in Sicily and Southern Italy.
		Sicily was ruled by a viceroy with residence in the Norman Palace of Palermo.
		The king of Savoy wasn't pleased with Sicily, so he swapped it for Sardinia in 1720, and Sicily became a possession of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and was subsequently under Austrian rule for a short period.
	sights.seindal.dk /sight/613_Sicily.html (3754 words)

	Frederick II, King of Sicily - Timeline Index
		Frederick II 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.
		Roger II was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon.
		Charles I, 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 fro...
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/2268 (396 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Innocent III
		He also united with the enemies of Frederick II and invaded the Kingdom of Sicily with the purpose of wresting it from the youthful king and from the suzerainty of the pope.
		For nine months the king remained stubborn, but when the barons and the people began to rise in rebellion against him he finally discarded his concubine and the interdict was lifted on 7 September, 1200.
		The document of the surrender states that henceforth the kings of England were to rule as vassals of the pope and to pay an annual tribute of 1000 marks to the See of Rome.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08013a.htm (4174 words)

	Martin I of Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Martin I of Sicily (c 1374—1409), "The Younger", King of Sicily (1390 - 1409), was the grandson of John II of Aragon.
		In 1392 he returned with Mary to Sicily with a military force and successfully defeat a group of opposing barons.
		He ruled Sicily jointly with Mary until her death in 1402.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/martin_i_of_sicily.html (106 words)

	List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Constance of Sicily 1194-1198, married to Henry VI
		Ferdinand IV (III of Sicily) 1759-1806 (continued to reign in Sicily until 1815, when he was restored in Naples as well)
		Ferdinand I (formerly Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily) 1815-1825
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/King_of_Sicily (134 words)

	Roger II of Sicily Summary
		Roger II was the son of the "Great Count" Roger of Sicily and Adelaide of Savona, and the nephew of Robert Guiscard, the greatest Norman ruler of Apulia and Sicily.
		However, the union of Sicily and Apulia was resisted by Pope Honorius II and by the subjects of the duchy itself.
		The king died at Palermo on 26 February 1154, and was buried in the Cathedral of Palermo.
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	Best of Sicily - Modern History, Culture, Genealogy, Language
		In 1720, the Crown passed to the Emperor Charles VI of Austria, and in 1734 to Charles de Bourbon, son of the King of Spain.
		A number of citizens who remained in Sicily actively opposed Fascism, and at great personal risk; the writer Vitaliano Brancati was an outspoken opponent, while Luigi Pirandello was an advocate of the regime, and owed his Nobel Prize for Literature, at least in part, to Mussolini's coercive efforts with several members of the Nobel Foundation.
		To a great extent, the history of Sicily is the history of families, and a few of the island's aristocratic houses, such as the Lanza and Alliata, trace their lineages from the Norman era.
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	King Roger II - Best of Sicily Magazine
		Nevertheless, Roger was crowned King of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral in 1130, with Anacletus' blessing, and by late 1139, following the deaths of Anacletus (in 1138) and the last feudal rebels, his uncontested authority was recognised by Innocent II.
		The Kingdom of Sicily under Roger II was characterised by its multi-ethnic nature and religious tolerance.
		King Roger died on 26 February 1154, shortly before the birth of his last child, Constance (mother of Frederick II), who lived until 1198, and is entombed in Palermo Cathedral.
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	Sicilia (Sicily) Region - Italy
		The Territory: Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and the richest in history and art.
		Sicily is surrounded by many smaller islands, such as Ustica, the Eolie (or Lipari) group, comprising two more active volcanoes, Stromboli and Vulcano, then the Egadi group, Pantelleria and Pelagie ISles.
		Sicily is a great producer of citrus fruit, almonds, vegetables, wine and oil, as well as a the first fishing region in Italy.
	www.italyworldclub.com /sicilia (576 words)

	AllRefer.com - Frederick II, king of Sicily (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		When his brother, who was king of Sicily, became (1291) king of AragOn as James II, Frederick was his regent in Sicily.
		In 1295 James renounced Sicily in favor of the Angevin king of Naples, Charles II, but the Sicilians rebelled and crowned Frederick.
		Frederick, allied successively with Holy Roman Emperors Henry VII and Louis IV, retook the title king of Sicily and, with his son Peter, was crowned in 1322.
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	Timeline Sicily
		1000-1100 Sicily was in the possession of the Fatimid caliph of Cairo.
		Manfred, the bastard son of Emperor Frederik II, king of Sicily, was killed.
		1452 Mar 10, Ferdinand II, the Catholic King of Aragon (1479-1516) and Sicily (1468-1516), was born.
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	Collection of selected Castles, hotels and resort in Sicily, hotels and accommodation in Sicily
		Sganga Kondè King is situated at Novara of Sicily, an antique town in the heart of Peloritanian mountains.
		Sicily is a book of history and art history, a compendium of the greatest civilisations and cultures of all time.
		Erice is a historical city in the mountains close to Trapani in Sicily, Italy...
	www.travelguides.it /sicily_guide.htm (748 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Honorius IV
		Pope Martin demanded unconditional submission to Charles of Anjou and the Apostolic See and, when this was refused, put Sicily and Pedro III under the ban, deprived Pedro of the Kingdom of Aragon, and gave it to Charles of Valois, the son of King Philip III of France.
		The king, moreover, was bound to observe the ordinances contained in this constitution under pain of excommunication.
		Honorius IV was inexorable in the stand he had taken towards Sicily and its self-imposed king, his relations towards Alfonso of Aragon became less hostile.
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	Kingdom of Sicily
		The papal-imperial conflict culminated in 1262 with a papal invitation to Charles of Anjou (brother of King Louis IX of France), to conquer Sicily.
		Charles, the founder of the Amgevin dynasty of Naples, ruled from 1266 as Charles I, king of Naples and Sicily.
		Peter III of Aragon was made king of Sicily while the former Norman domains on the mainland remained under Amgevin rule as the Kingdom of Naples.
	www.arcaini.com /italy/italyhistory/KingdomOfSicily.htm (367 words)

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