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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 />

The Hohenstaufen Dynasty - Page 115 of 200

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