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| | Kingdom of Sicily Information |
 | | In 1282, the island of Sicily itself rebelled against the rule of its French Angevin king, Charles I and established its independence, leading to the awkward situation of two separate Kingdoms of Sicily, one on the mainland, centered on Naples, and the other on the island of Sicily itself. |
 | | To distinguish the two kingdoms, the one on the mainland was informally referred to as the Kingdom of Naples, while the kingdom on the island was known as the "Kingdom of Sicily beyond the Lighthouse" (referring to the lighthouse in Reggio at the Straits of Messina, or as Trinacria. |
 | | On the death of William II, Duke of Apulia, in 1127, the union of the duchy of Apulia and the county of Sicily was effected and the Count Roger II's quest for a crown began. |
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