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Minority of Frederick II in Sicily

Type Event Region Europe Time 1201–1208

Around 1201, the young King Frederick II of Sicily entered a regency after his mother Constance died, with the kingdom governed by a regency council …

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  1. 1198–1201Palermo · PalermoQueen Constance of Sicily died in 1198, and Frederick II, only a few years old, inherited the throne, entering a period of child regency requiring papal guardianship.
  2. 1201–1206Palermo court · PalermoInnocent III, acting as papal guardian, appointed a regency council to govern Sicily; Frederick received an education in Latin, Arab, and Greek traditions at the multicultural court, forming the embryo of his later ideal of a 'world monarch'.
  3. 1208–1210Kingdom of Sicily · SicilyThe vacant imperial throne of the Holy Roman Empire and the papal-imperial conflict complicated the regency situation in Sicily; with papal support, Frederick gradually secured control over the kingdom and the imperial legacy.

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