Charles I (21 March 1226 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. Thereafter, he continued to claim the island, though his power was restricted to the peninsular possessions of the...
Date of birth:
- Mar 1227
Date of death:
- 1285
Also known as:
- Charles of Anjou,
- Charles I of Anjou,
- Charles I of Naples
