The Sicilians, after electing Peter III of …
Years: 1282 - 1282
The Sicilians, after electing Peter III of Aragon as their king, seek papal confirmation in vain, though they are willing to reconfirm Sicily as a vassal state of the papacy.
Martin IV uses all the spiritual and material resources at his command against the Aragonese in order to preserve Sicily for the House of Anjou.
The Pope excommunicates Peter and declares that he has forfeited the kingdom of Aragon, which has been a papal fief since the eleventh century, and orders a crusade against him.
Martin invites Philip to take control of Aragon and offers him the vacant throne for one of his sons.
The Angevins are supported by the papacy, the Italian Guelphs, and Philip III of France, Charles's nephew, while the Aragonese are helped by the Italian Ghibellines.
The ensuing War of the Sicilian Vespers will sharply diminish Angevin power in the Mediterranean.
The former Norman domains on the mainland remain under Angevin rule as the Kingdom of Naples.
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Albanians
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Italians (Latins)
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Epirus, Despotate of
- Serbia, Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Achaea, Principality of
- Anjou, Possessions of Charles of
- Albania, Kingdom of
Topics
- East–West Schism
- Crusades, The
- Guelphs and Ghibellines
- Vespers, War of the (Sicilian)
- Sicilian Vespers
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions
Years: 1282 - 1282
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Albanians
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Italians (Latins)
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Epirus, Despotate of
- Serbia, Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Achaea, Principality of
- Anjou, Possessions of Charles of
- Albania, Kingdom of
Topics
- East–West Schism
- Crusades, The
- Guelphs and Ghibellines
- Vespers, War of the (Sicilian)
- Sicilian Vespers
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions