War of the Sicilian Vespers

A conflict between the Angevin and Aragonese dynasties over Sicily, sparked by the 1282 uprising against Angevin rule and fought intermittently until 1302.

Sicilian Vespers: A 1282 uprising in Palermo that drove Angevin forces from Sicily and began the Sicilian Vespers conflict. The uprising supplied the immediate cause and name for the war.
Charles I of Anjou: A French prince who ruled Sicily from 1266 until the 1282 uprising and sought to build Angevin power in the Mediterranean. His rule and policies provoked the revolt that opened the conflict.
Kingdom of Sicily: A medieval realm encompassing Sicily and, at different times, territories in southern Italy. The conflict concerned control of the kingdom and its division between rival dynasties.
Kingdom of Naples: The mainland southern Italian kingdom ruled by the Angevin dynasty after the Sicilian Vespers conflict. The Angevins retained the mainland while losing effective control of Sicily.
War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282 uprising): The anti-Angevin revolt in Sicily that began in Palermo on Easter Monday 1282. The uprising was the war's trigger, but the broader conflict continued for two decades.
Battle of the Gulf of Naples: A 1284 naval battle in which Roger of Lauria captured Charles of Salerno, heir to the Angevin ruler of Sicily. The capture weakened Angevin leadership during the struggle for Sicily.
Peter III of Aragon: King of Aragon who claimed Sicily through his marriage to Constance, daughter of Manfred of Sicily. He landed in Sicily after the uprising and became its new ruler.
Manfred of Sicily: A Hohenstaufen ruler of Sicily who died fighting Charles of Anjou at the Battle of Benevento in 1266. Peter III's claim to Sicily derived from Manfred's daughter Constance.
Kingdom of Trinacria: The name used in the Peace of Caltabellotta for Frederick III's Sicilian kingdom during his lifetime. The treaty's compromise gave Sicily a separate ruler under a distinct title.
First War of Italian Independence: A 1848–1849 conflict in which several Italian states fought Austrian rule in northern Italy. It shares a later patriotic framing with the Sicilian revolt but belongs to a different era and cause.

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