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Title: The Fratres Hospitalis S. Lazari in Regnium Siciliae
Authors: Savona-Ventura, Charles
Keywords: Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem -- History
Military religious orders -- Italy -- History
Military religious orders -- Italy -- History
Hospitalers -- Italy -- History
Leprosy -- Hospitals -- Italy -- History
Issue Date: 2017-06
Publisher: Sancti Lazari Ordinis Academia Internationalis
Citation: Savona-Ventura, C. (2017). The Fratres Hospitalis S. Lazari in Regnium Siciliae. Second International meeting of the Sancti Lazari Ordinis Academia Internationalis, Palermo. 2: 87-100.
Abstract: The Regnum Siciliae or the Kingdom of Sicily was founded by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 with the approval of the Antipope Anacletus II (pontificate 1130-1154). The Kingdom encompassed the County of Sicily, the Duchy of Apulia, and the Maltese Archipelago. Through the marriage of Constance, daughter of Roger II (reign 1194-1198) and Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, the Kingdom in 1194 fell under the House of Hohenstaufen under Frederick II (reign 1198-1250) until 1266 when the conflict between the Hohenstaufen house and the Papacy led to Sicily's conquest by Charles I, Duke of Anjou (reign 1266-1282) after the battle of Taglicozzo. The subsequent insurrection in 1282 instigated by the Crown of Aragon and the Byzantine Empire against French officialdom and taxation in the Kingdom of Sicily resulted in the War of the Sicilian Vespers which divided the old Kingdom of Sicily in two following the Peace of Caltabellotta in 1302, the division becoming permanent in 1372 with the Treaty of Villeneuve. The island of Sicily and the Maltese Archipelago, called the Kingdom of Trinacria, went to Frederick III of the House of Aragon (reign 1355-1377); while the southern Italian peninsular territories, called the Kingdom of Sicily [or Naples], went to Joanna I of the House of Anjou (reign 1343-1382). The two thrones were re-united politically but not administratively as Regnium Siciliae citra et ultra Farum (Kingdom of Sicily on this side and beyond the Lighthouse) by Alfonso V of Aragon in 1443 (reign 1443-1458), following the successful siege of Naples. In 1503, Ferdinand II modified this to Regnium utriusque Siciliae (Kingdom of Both Sicilies), and this title continued to be used down to the demise of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1860 when the region was united with the Kingdom of Italy.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47451
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