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Charles I , 12261285 (aged 58 years)

Name
Charles I //
Given names
Charles I
Name prefix
King of Naples (1266-1285)
Nickname
Charles of Anjou
Family with parents
father
King of France (1223-1226), Louis VIII "the Lion"
11871226
Birth: 5 September 1187 22 Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: 8 November 1226
mother
elder brother
Representation of Saint Louis considered to be true to life—Early 14th century statue from the church of Mainneville, Eure, France.
12141270
Birth: 25 April 1214 26 26 Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Death: 25 August 1270Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
3 years
elder brother
1216
Birth: September 1216 28 28 Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
10 years
himself
12261285
Birth: 21 March 1226 38 38 France
Death: 7 January 1285Foggia, Apulia, Italy
Birth
Death of a father
Death of a maternal grandfather
Death of a maternal grandmother
Address: Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain.
Death of a mother
Death of a brother
Death
Last change
26 November 202209:50:14
Author of last change: Danny
Note

Charles I (of Two Sicilies) (1226-85), king of the Two Sicilies (1266-85). He was the posthumous son of Louis VIII, king of France, and the Brother of King Louis IX. He was given the countships of Anjou and Maine by his Brother, and throughmarriage in 1246 he became count of Provence. In 1248 he accompanied Louis on the Sixth Crusade. In 1250 he was captured and briefly imprisoned, but later returned to Provence. By 1264 he controlled much of Piedmont. Charles agReed to aid thePope in his struggle against the Ghibellines in return for the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. In 1265 Charles invaded Italy; the following year the reigning monarch Manfred (1232-66) was killed in Battle and Charles became king. In 1268, Conradin(1252-68), nephew of Manfred and last of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, led a revolt against Charles but was captured and executed. The king brutally suppressed the Ghibelline nobles, seizing their estates to pay his French soldiers. In 1270 Charlesparticipated in the disastrous Seventh Crusade. In 1282 he learned of a revolt in Sicily against the French. Charles tried to reestablish his authority over the island, but was routed by Pedro III, king of Aragon 1239-85), who destroyed hisfleet. Charles died soon after, leaving his kingdom in a chaotic condition.