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In 1266 Charles was invested by Pope Clement IV with the kingship of Naples and Sicily, in return for expelling Manfred, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. In 1261Events July 25 Constantinople re-captured by Nicaean forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Empire re-formed August 29 Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first Bela IV of Hungary repels Tatar inv, Sicily alone had been entrusted to his rule.

Manfred's defeat and death in battle were followed ( 1268Events May 18 the Principality of Antioch falls to Mameluk Sultan Baibars. Philip I becomes count of Savoy. Stephen V of Hungary launches a war against Bulgaria. Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia, marries Katarina, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. The coun) by the defeat and execution of his nephew ConradinConradin or Conrad the Younger ( March 25, 1252 October 29, 1268), duke of Swabia, titular king of Jerusalem and king of Sicily, son of the German king Conrad IV, and of Elizabeth, daughter of Otto II duke of Bavaria, was born at Wolfstein in Bavaria., but in 1282Events English conquest of Wales begins under Edward I of England Sicilian Vespers Sicilians rebel against Charles of Anjou and are aided by Peter III of Aragon Births Pope Innocent VI Deaths October 13 Nichiren December 11 Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wa Sicily rose against French officialdom and taxes intended to finance Charles's struggle to restore the Latin EmpireThe knights of the Fourth Crusade set up a Crusader kingdom known as the Latin Empire or Romania based on Constantinople after sacking the city in 1204. They intended it to be a Roman Catholic successor of the Byzantine Empire. Baldwin IX, Count of Flande at ConstantinopleConstantinople (Roman name: Constantinopolis; Greek: Konstantinoupolis or ) is the former name of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Its original name was Byzantium ( Greek: Byzantion or Bυζαντιο&nu pronounced roughly B.

The island was taken by King Peter IIIPeter III of Aragon ( 1239 November 11, 1285, also Peter I of Valencia Peter II of Barcelona , known as the Great was the king of Aragon and Valencia and count of Barcelona from 1276 to 1285. In 1262, he married Constance, daughter and heiress of Manfred of AragónComunidad Autonoma de Aragon Capital Zaragoza Area total % of Spain Ranked 4th 47 719 km² 9,4% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 11th 1 217 514 2,9% 25,51/km² Demonym English Spanish Aragonese aragones Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 I, who became also Peter I of Sicily, but Charles remained in possession of mainland Naples until his death, acquiring in addition the now empty title of King of Jerusalem in 1277.

Charles's dynasty went on to rule Hungary and Poland for a time in the following century, but lost Naples in 1442. The main line in Anjou ended in 1481.