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and 16 legitimate children (mostly daughters), of whom his successor Roger II,<br />
born when his dad was 62, was number 15.<br />
Norman Kings of Sicily<br />
The Kingdom of Sicily (Italian: Regno di Sicilia,<br />
commonly abbreviated Regno, Latin: Regnum<br />
Siciliae or Sicilie, Aragonese: Reino de Sezilia)<br />
was a state that existed in the south of Italy from its<br />
founding by Roger II in 1130 until 1861. It was a<br />
successor state of the County of Sicily, which had been<br />
founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of<br />
southern Italy. The Kingdom covered not only the<br />
island of Sicily itself, but also the<br />
whole Mezzogiorno region of southern Italy. The<br />
island was divided into three regions; Val di Mazara,<br />
Val Demone and Val di Noto. It was sometimes called the regnum Apuliae et<br />
Siciliae until 1282.<br />
Hohenstaufen Kingdom<br />
Frederick II, Hohenstaufen<br />
King of Sicily, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, King of the<br />
Romans, King of Germany and Emperor of the Romans<br />
The accession of Frederick, a child who would then become<br />
also the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1197, greatly<br />
affected the immediate future of Sicily. For a land so used to<br />
centralized royal authority, the king's young age caused a<br />
serious power vacuum. His uncle Philip of Swabia,<br />
margrave of Ancona, regent in 1198.<br />
Meanwhile, Pope Innocent III had reasserted papal<br />
authority in Sicily, but recognized Frederick's rights. The<br />
pope was to see papal power decrease steadily over the next<br />
decade and was unsure about which side to back at many junctures moved to<br />
secure Frederick's inheritance by appointing.<br />
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