William II the Good of Sicily, King of Naples and Sicily^[1]

1155 - 1189  (34 years)

• Name	William II the Good of Sicily
  Suffix	King of Naples and Sicily
  Birth	1155
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1166
  Death	18 Nov 1189
  Notes	Acceded: 1166 Weir says b.1154 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01557 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_Sicily William was only eleven years old at the death of his father «u»William I «/u», when he was placed under the regency of his mother, «u»Margaret of Navarre «/u». Until the king was declared adult in 1171 the government was controlled first by the chancellor «u»Stephen du Perche «/u», cousin of Margaret (1166\endash 1168), and then by «u»Walter Ophamil «/u», archbishop of «u»Palermo «/u», and «u»Matthew of Ajello «/u», the vice-chancellor.
  Person ID	I7566	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	William I the Bad or the Wicked, King of Sicily,   b. 1131   d. 1166 (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Margarita,   b. Abt 1128   d. 12 Aug 1183 (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	1150
  Family ID	F3430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Plantagenet, Queen of Naples And Sicily,   b. Oct 1165, Angers Castle, Anjou d. 4 Sep 1199, Fontevrault Abbey, France (Age ~ 33 years)
  Marriage	13 Feb 1177	Palermo, Sicily
  Children	1. Bohemond of Apulia, Duke of Apulia,   b. 1181   d. 1181 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F2980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos

  William II of Sicily William II offering the Monreale Cathedral to the Virgin Mary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).