Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily

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The Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily was the 13th-century military campaign by Charles I of Anjou that brought the Sicilian kingdom under French Angevin rule, setting the stage for later conflicts such as the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century conflict
military campaign
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Sicily
surface form: Regno of Sicily
broughtToPower House of Anjou
surface form: Capetian House of Anjou

Charles I of Anjou
changedPoliticalStatusOf Kingdom of Sicily
conflictType dynastic war
papal-imperial conflict
establishedTitle King of Sicily
followedBy War of the Sicilian Vespers
follows Hohenstaufen rule in the Kingdom of Sicily
hasCause Papal invitation to Charles I of Anjou to take the Sicilian crown
Papal opposition to Hohenstaufen control of Sicily
hasCommander Charles I of Anjou
hasConsequence French Angevin domination in southern Italy
Tensions leading to the War of the Sicilian Vespers
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources Latin
Medieval Italian
Old French
hasLocation Kingdom of Sicily
Southern Italy
surface form: Mainland southern Italy

Sicily
Southern Italy
hasMainProtagonist Charles I of Anjou
hasOpponent Conradin of Hohenstaufen
Manfred, King of Sicily
surface form: Manfred of Sicily
hasOutcome Death of Manfred of Sicily
Execution of Conradin
hasParticipant Charles I of Anjou
Hohenstaufen dynasty
House of Anjou
Kingdom of Sicily
hasResult Angevin victory
End of Hohenstaufen rule in the Kingdom of Sicily
Establishment of Angevin rule over the Kingdom of Sicily
historicalPeriod 13th century
opposedBy Ghibelline supporters of the Hohenstaufen
partOf War of the Sicilian Vespers
surface form: Italian Wars of the 13th century
resultedIn Increased French influence in the central Mediterranean
Integration of the Kingdom of Sicily into the Angevin sphere of influence
significantEvent Battle of Benevento
Battle of Tagliacozzo
startTime 1265
supportedBy Guelph allies of the papacy
Pope Clement IV
Pope Urban IV
temporalContext High Middle Ages

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War of the Sicilian Vespers hasPrecededBy Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily