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Charles of Anjou loses Sicily
After the 1282 Sicilian Vespers, Charles I of Anjou lost effective control of Sicily to Aragon's Peter III;…
Timeline
- 1282Palermo · SicilyThe Sicilian Vespers swept the island, destroying Charles's French garrison and administrative system; Angevin direct rule over Sicily collapsed within weeks.
- 1282Palermo · SicilyThe Sicilian parliament (parlamento) in Palermo declared Charles deposed and invited Aragon's Peter III and his son as Sicily's monarchs, formally turning the island's regime toward Aragon.
- 1282Naples · CampaniaCharles planned a cross-sea counterattack from his Naples base and obtained Pope Martin IV's excommunication of the Aragonese royal house; but the reconquest failed within 1282, and Sicily's divided order was thereby established.
Sources
- Charles I of Anjou https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-I-king-of-Naples-and-Sicily
- The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century — Steven Runciman (1958)