War of the Sicilian Vespers

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The War of the Sicilian Vespers was a late 13th-century conflict sparked by a popular uprising in Sicily against Angevin rule, leading to a protracted struggle for control of the island involving the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Naples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian war
medieval conflict
war
hasAlternativeName War of the Sicilian Vespers
surface form: Aragonese–Angevin War

War of the Sicilian Vespers
surface form: War of the Vespers
hasBroaderContext conflict between the House of Anjou and the House of Aragon
papal–imperial power politics in Italy
struggle for hegemony in the central Mediterranean
hasCause War of the Sicilian Vespers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sicilian Vespers uprising

opposition to Charles I of Anjou
popular revolt against Angevin rule
tensions between local Sicilian population and French officials
hasConflictResult Treaty of Caltabellotta
division of the Kingdom of Sicily
hasEndTime 1302
hasFollowedBy continued Aragonese–Angevin rivalry in Italy
hasKeyEvent Aragonese Crusade
War of the Sicilian Vespers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aragonese invasion of Sicily

Battle of Malta (1283)
Battle of the Counts
Battle of the Gulf of Naples
War of the Sicilian Vespers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sicilian Vespers massacre of 30 March 1282

Treaty of Caltabellotta
surface form: Treaty of Caltabellotta (1302)
hasLocation Kingdom of Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
hasMainBelligerent House of Anjou
surface form: Angevin dynasty

Byzantine Empire
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Papal States
Republic of Genoa
Republic of Venice
hasOutcome Angevin control of peninsular southern Italy
Aragonese control of the island of Sicily
creation of the Kingdom of Trinacria
hasParticipant Charles I of Anjou
Frederick III of Sicily
James II of Aragon
John of Procida
Peter III of Aragon
Philip III of France
Pope Honorius IV
Pope Martin IV
Roger of Lauria
hasPrecededBy Angevin conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily
hasSignificance altered balance of power in the western Mediterranean
ended unified Angevin control over the Kingdom of Sicily
strengthened Aragonese maritime power
hasStartTime 1282
hasTemporalContext late 13th century

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Treaty of Anagni followedEvent War of the Sicilian Vespers
this entity surface form: Sicilian Vespers uprising
Peter the Great conflict War of the Sicilian Vespers