Kingdom of Sicily
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The Kingdom of Sicily was a significant Mediterranean monarchy that encompassed southern Italy and the island of Sicily, playing a key role in European politics and trade from the Middle Ages through the early modern period.
All labels observed (19)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former monarchy
ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ state ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kingdom of Sicily
ⓘ
surface form:
Regno di Sicilia
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
surface form:
Regnum Siciliae
|
| capital |
Naples
ⓘ
Palermo ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Italian Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Italy (historical region)
|
| culturalInfluence |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
Greek ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ Norman ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| currency |
ducat (later period)
ⓘ
tarì (medieval period) ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1816 ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of Plantagenet
ⓘ
surface form:
Angevin dynasty
Crown of Aragon ⓘ Hauteville dynasty ⓘ Hohenstaufen dynasty ⓘ House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ House of Trastámara ⓘ |
| economicActivity | Mediterranean trade ⓘ |
| event |
War of the Sicilian Vespers
ⓘ
surface form:
Sicilian Vespers
|
| followedBy |
Kingdom of Naples
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Naples (de facto mainland continuation name)
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
|
| foundedBy | Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| importantCity |
Bari
ⓘ
Catania ⓘ Messina ⓘ Salerno ⓘ |
| importantPort |
Messina
ⓘ
Naples ⓘ Palermo ⓘ |
| inception | 1130 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | fief of the Papacy (claimed) ⓘ |
| legalSystem | combination of Roman law, Norman customs, and local traditions ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mediterranean region ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Kingdom of Sicily
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816
|
| notableRuler |
Charles I of Anjou
ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ⓘ Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Peter III of Aragon ⓘ Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Arabic (early Norman period)
ⓘ
Greek (early period) ⓘ Italian (later period) ⓘ Latin ⓘ Sicilian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Roman Empire (nominally, various periods)
|
| precededBy |
County of Sicily
ⓘ
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy (minority)
ⓘ
Islam (early Norman period minority) ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| resultOfEvent | division into island Sicily and mainland Naples after 1282 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
War of the Sicilian Vespers
ⓘ
surface form:
Sicilian Vespers (1282)
|
| strategicImportance | control of central Mediterranean sea routes ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Apulia
ⓘ
Basilicata ⓘ Calabria ⓘ Campania ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
surface form:
island of Sicily
parts of Abruzzo (various periods) ⓘ southern Italian mainland ⓘ |
Referenced by (223)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King of Sicily
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Naples and Sicily
this entity surface form:
King of Sicily
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
this entity surface form:
Regnum Siciliae
this entity surface form:
Regno di Sicilia
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Sicily to Charles of Bourbon
this entity surface form:
Regno (Kingdom of Sicily region)
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Sicily (Angevin)