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	Sicily
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants.
		The Aeolian islands to the north are administratively a part of Sicily, as are the Aegadian Islands and Pantelleria Island to the west, Ustica Island to the north-west, and the Pelagian Islands to the south-west.
		Sicily was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives of the kings of Aragon until 1409 and then as part of the Crown of Aragon.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sicily.html (3927 words)

	WILLIAM I. (SICILY) - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM I. (SICILY) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William was more successful in his struggles with Margaret, countess of Flanders and Hainaut, known as " Black Meg." She wished her succession to pass to the sons of her second marriage with William of Dampierre in preference to those of his first marriage with Bouchard of Avennes.
		William took up arms in defence of his brother-in-law's rights and Margaret was decisively beaten at West Kappel in 1253, and was compelled to acknowledge John of Avennes as her successor to the county of Hainaut.
		WILLIAM I. [FEIEDRICH KARL] (1781-1864), king of Wurt-temberg, son of Frederick, afterwards King Frederick I. of Wiirttemberg, was born at Liiben in Silesia on the 27th of September 1781.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILLIAM_I_SICILY_.htm (2738 words)

	Monreale, Castellaccio, San Martino - Best of Sicily
		William was just 13 years old when his father, William I, died in 1166, and until he reached his majority in 1171 he was subject to the regency of his mother, Margaret of Navarre.
		Pope Alexander III granted the Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery episcopal privileges in 1174, and elevated Bishop Teobald to the rank of archbishop in 1183.
		William's father, King William I "the Bad" lies in the reddish porphyry tomb which dates to the 12th century and is, presumably, his original tomb.
	www.bestofsicily.com /monreale.htm (3067 words)

	William III of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William III of Sicily (1190 - 1198) was briefly king of Sicily for 10 months in 1194.
		At the age of four, shortly after the death of first his older brother Roger, Duke of Apulia, and then a few weeks later of his father the king (February 20, 1194), William was crowned king by Pope Celestine III in Palermo.
		She was married firstly in 1200 to the French Count Walter III of Brienne who was sometimes advanced as Pretender of the Sicilian throne, and was briefly Prince of Taranto in right of his wife.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_III_of_Sicily (451 words)

	Encyclopedia: Normans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William I (1027 â€“ September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087.
		One of the claimants of the English throne opposing William the Conqueror, Edgar Atheling, eventually fled to Scotland.
		William II (1153 - 1189), king of Sicily, was only thirteen years old at the death of his father William I when he was placed under the regency of his mother, Marguerite of Navarre.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Normans (3615 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Frederick III (of Sicily)
		Frederick III (of Sicily), called The Simple (1341-1377), King of Sicily (1355-1377); he was a member of the Sicilian branch of the Aragonese...
		Sicily (Italian Sicilia; ancient Trinacria), island in the Mediterranean Sea, southern Italy, separated from mainland Italy by the Strait of...
		Born in Lesi, Italy, on December 26, 1194, Frederick was the son of Henry VI and grandson of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Frederick_III_(of_Sicily).html (156 words)

	King William III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William III of England (1650–1702), also called William of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands and King of England together with his wife Mary II of England;
		William III (Alexander) of the Netherlands (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, father of Queen Wilhelmina.
		William III of Sicily (1190–1198), briefly King of Sicily
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_III (140 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sicily
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq.
		In 440 CE Sicily fell to the Vandal king Geiseric.
		Sicily's population is approximately 5 million, and there are an additional 10 million people of Sicilian descent around the world, mostly in the United States, Argentina, Canada, Australia and other EU countries.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sicily (3735 words)

	Roger III of Sicily - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Roger III (1175-1194) was the son and heir of Tancred of Sicily.
		His younger brother William III assumed the throne of Sicily under the regency of his mother Sibylla of Accera.
		On the 20th of November 1194, Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, King of Germany and Emperor of Rome, entered Palermo, Sicily, and on the 25th of December William was stripped of his title.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Roger_III_of_Sicily (160 words)

	Sicilian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Elymians settled in the western Sicily, in Eryx (Erice), Segesta, and Entella.
		An unsuccessful rebellion of the Sikels in southern Sicily, led by Ducetius.
		Sicily passed briefly to the house of Savoy.
	dieli.net /SicilyPage/History/SicilianHist.html (3185 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.
		Sicily was in Byzantine hands at the time and so Robert and his brother Roger (see Roger I) embarked on a series of campaigns, capturing Messin a in 1061 and Palermo in 1072.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/sicily.htm (2975 words)

	MtMestas.com - An 88th Infantry Division Blue Devils Research Website-Sicily Campaign
		Thus the decision to invade Sicily represented an uneasy compromise between coalition partners, a compromise that left the commanders in the field with an imperfect understanding of the ultimate purpose of the operation.
		By happy coincidence, Sicily's other major ports—Palermo, Catania, Augusta, and Syracuse—are also clustered in the northwestern and southeastern corners of the island, as were the majority of the island's thirty major airfields.
		Sicily was also a victory for the logistician and the staff planner.
	www.mtmestas.com /Military/campaigns/sicily.htm (7507 words)

	Informat.io on Sicily
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants.
		Sicily is adjacent to the region of Calabria via the Strait of Messina to the east.
		Sicily created under the auspices of Frederick II and his court of notaries, or Magna Curia, which, headed by Giacomo da Lentini also gave birth to the Scuola Siciliana, widely inspired by troubadour literature.
	www.informat.io /?title=sicily (4292 words)

	Sicily
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq.
		The autochthonous peoples of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicani and the Siculi or Sicels.
		Sicily's population is approximately 5 million, and there are an additional 10 million people of Sicilian descent around the world, mostly in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Australia and fellow EU countries.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Sicily (3090 words)

	William III of Sicily
		At the age of four, shortly after his father's death, was crowned king by Pope Clestine III[?] in Palermo.
		Stripped of his crown by, Henry VI, king of Germany and emperor of Rome, on December 25th of that seem year, during Henry's conquest of Sicily.
		Henry's son, Frederick II (king of Sicily 1208, king of Germany 1215, emperor of Rome 1220) discovered Tancredi Palamara in Messina and had him executed in 1232.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/William_III_of_Sicily.html (165 words)

	William III of Sicily -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William III of Sicily (1190 - 1198) was briefly king of (The Italian region on the island of Sicily) Sicily for 10 months in 1194.
		Henry offered Sibylla generous terms: William was to retain the county of (Click link for more info and facts about Lecce) Lecce, which had been his father's before he had become king, and was also to receive the principality of (Click link for more info and facts about Taranto) Taranto.
		Henry's son, Emperor (The Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)) Frederick II (who was also king of Sicily) discovered Tancredi Palamara in Messina and had him executed in 1232.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_iii_of_sicily2.htm (360 words)

	Encyclopedia: William III of Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq.
		Celestine III, né Giacinto Bobone Orsini (1106 - January 8, 1198), was Pope from 1191 to 1198.
		Constance of Sicily (1154 - November 27, 1198) was in her own right Queen of Sicily, became German Empress as the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, and was the mother of the Emperor and King of Sicily Frederick II.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-III-of-Sicily (852 words)

	Henry VI Hohenstaufen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tancred of Lecce was dead and William III of Sicily a mere child.
		Promises of compensation were made to William III and his mother, the regent.
		William III was mutilated and sent to captivity in Germany.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/histoires/medit/9/medit9_3.htm (243 words)

	William - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King William III of England (Prince William III of Orange, King William II of Scotland, William of Orange)
		William of Norwich (1132 - 1144), saint and supposed martyr
		William of Tyre, Bishop in the Holy Land
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William (199 words)

	Emperor Frederick II - Best of Sicily Magazine
		At his death in 1154, Roger II was succeeded by his son, William I, whose policies often met with opposition from the entrenched Norman vassals.
		In 1166, William "the Bad" died and was succeeded by his young son William II "the Good" under a regency.
		Henry was not liked in Sicily, but the imperial couple had managed to defeat their enemies and secure the support of the nobles and the Pope.
	www.bestofsicily.com /mag/art57.htm (1413 words)

	Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 827 the Aghlabid Caliphate began raiding Sicily, and by 909, when the Aghlabids were replaced by the Fatimids, the conquest of the island was complete.
		Sicily was next taken from the Kalbids by Norman adventurers in a series of conflicts between 1061 and 1091.
		After William III rule of Sicily passed through his aunt Constance to her husband the Emperor Heinrich VI.
	family-of-man.com /CatalogEnglish/Europe/Italy/sicily.html (146 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Frederick III (of Sicily)
		Frederick III (of Sicily), called The Simple (1341-77), king of Sicily (1355-77); he was a member of the Sicilian branch of the Aragonese dynasty.
		Frederick II (of Sicily) (1272-1337), king of Sicily (1296-1337), who established an independent dynasty on the island.
		Frederick III (Holy Roman Empire) (1415-1493), Holy Roman emperor (1440-1493), and as Frederick IV, king of Germany (1440-1486).
	encarta.msn.com /Frederick_III_(of_Sicily).html (156 words)

	William Lockwood Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		* William of Champeaux (1070 - 1121), theologian
		* William of Conches (1080 - 1154), philosopher
		* William of Norwich (1132 - 1144), saint and supposed martyr
	www.echostatic.com /William_Lockwood.html (122 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Innocent III
		One of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages, son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Clement III, born 1160 or 1161 at Anagni, and died 16 June, 1216, at Perugia.
		During the pontificate of Celestine III (1191-1198), a member of the House of the Orsini, enemies of the counts of Segni, he lived in retirement, probably at Anagni, devoting himself chiefly to meditation and literary pursuits.
		The election was repeated in presence of a representative of the pope and of Philip Augustus of France at the Diet of Frankfort, 2 December, 1212.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08013a.htm (4264 words)

	SICILY
		(The treacherous whirlpools and undertoe in the strait inspired the ancient legend of Scylla and Charybdis.) Sicily is a triangular island, bounded on the Southwest by the Mediterrean Sea, on the North by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and on the East by the Ionian Sea.
		Sicily is comprised of nine regions (Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa, and Trapani) and many smaller islands (the Egadi Islands, the Lipari Islands, the Pelagie Islands which include Lampedusa, Pantelleria island, and Ustica island).
		Sicily passed briefly to the house of Savoy (1713) and then to the Austrian Habsburgs (1720), but in 1734, during the War of the Polish Succession, both Sicily and Naples were conquered by the Spanish Bourbon prince Charles.
	www.leonardociampa.com /SicilyArticle.html (3021 words)

	Sicily information - Search.com
		Sicily is well known as a country of art: many poets and writers were born on this region, starting from the Sicilian School in the early 13th century, which inspired much subsequent Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard.
		Sicily was colonized by Phoenicians and Punic settlers from Carthage and by Greeks, starting in the 8th century BC.
		Sicily was then ruled by the Byzantine Empire until the Muslim Arab conquest of AD It is reported in contemporary accounts that Sicialians spoke Greek or Italo-Greek dialects until at least the 10th century AD.
	www.search.com /reference/Sicily (3242 words)

	Norman Succession in Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, the death of William II in 1189 without a surviving son or brother set the stage for conflict.
		However, upon Tancred's death and the accession of his son William III, Henry VI seized the throne of Sicily by force of arms, bringing the Kingdom of Sicily within the powerful ambit of the Holy Roman Empire.
		Upon Henry VI's death in 1197 the throne of Sicily passed to his remarkable son Frederick II, who was to become widely regarded as one of the most brilliant rulers in the history of European monarchy.
	www.boglewood.com /sicily/normansuccession.html (187 words)

	Sicily
		Sicily is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, south-west of Italy.
		Sicily was the first large-scale amphibious operation against enemy-held beaches in the second world war.
		Elsenhower, the Supreme Commander, was in Algiers; Alexander, in command of the land forces, was in Sicily; Cunningham, the Naval C.-in-C., was in Malta; whereas Tedder, the Air C.-in-C., had his headquarters in Tunis.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWsicily.htm (2140 words)

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