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According to Jerónimo Zurita 6 , including those who first had
made contact with Peter there was Corrado of Antioch, cousin to
his wife Constance. The Author writes, which refers to the year
1281 “los principals que persuadian al Rey don Pedro a esto
eran el Marqués de Monferrato, el conte Guido Novello,
Corrado de Antiochia nieto del Emperador Federico, que estava
casado con hija del Conde Galvan, y el Conte Guido de
Montefieltro” (G. Surita, op. Cit, I, page 237)
At the beginning of the following year Francesco Troisio, who was also an exile and
a great friend of Corrado of Antioch, delivered a few letters of credentials to Peter
Aragon on behalf of Corrado, the Marquis of Monteferrato and other Ghibellines of
the Kingdom (M. Amari, op. Cit page 164 n. 8). The letters contained explicitly
promises of help from everyone to Peter of Aragon to demand their rights to the
kingdom and warm invitations to take immediate steps.
The king of Aragon welcomed with great satisfaction of both the invitations and
offers of help. This can be seen in the letter that shortly after he wrote to the king of
Castile who reported having received “litteras de credencia nobelium virorum
Montisferrati, comitis Guidoni Novelli, illustris Corradi de Antiochia, nostrorum
dilectorum affinium, comitis Guidonis de Montefeltro et aliorum comitum et
magnatum Italie ac Regni Sicilie recipimus per nobilem latorem presentium
Franciscum Trogisii cuius legationem magestati vestre non expriminus litteris
istis, cum idem nuncius eamdem veniat relaturus, quem benigne audiat
excellentia vestra si placet et super capitulo illo precipue scilicet super
recuperatione regni Sicilie, ad quod vestrum auxilium gratuita volante nobis per
dilectum scutiferum nostrum Andream de Proxida liberaliter obtulisti” (The letter
was published by A. Saint-Priest, Histoire de la Conquéte de Naples par Chales
d´Anjou, Paris, 1847, 4, page 205, of Amari, op. cit., II, page 251, in part from
Ridola, op. cit., page 249 n.2 and I. Carini, Archives and Libraries of Spain,
Palermo, 1884, page 45).
From Africa the Aragonese and his fleet king deviated to Sicily on August 30, 1282
and disembarked in Trapani acclaimed by the crowd. Then he continued with the
fleet on to Messina defeated the French. With the arrival of Peter and of his fleet,
the position became untenable for Charles. On September 26 Charles d´Anjou
abandoned the siege of Messina and went to Calabria. Meanwhile, Peter of Aragon
had received in Palermo the crown of King of Sicily. (F. Gregorovius, op. cit., III,
page 75).
6 Jerónimo (or Gerónimo) de Zurita y Castro (1512 – 3 November 1580) was an Aragonese historian
of the sixteenth century who founded the modern tradition of historical scholarship in Spain.
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