Charles I of Anjou Capet, King of Naples and Sicily^[1]

1226 - 1285  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Charles I of Anjou Capet
  Suffix	King of Naples and Sicily
  Birth	Mar 1226
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1266
  	King of Sicily
  	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 kingdom, with his capital at Naples (and for this he is usually titled King of Naples after 1282, as are his successors).
  Name	Charles of Anjou
  Death	7 Jan 1285
  Notes	King of Sicily 1266. Count of Provence, Duke of Anjou 1246. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 118. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02484 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Sicily
  Person ID	I8362	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet, King of France,   b. 5 Sep 1187, Paris, France d. 8 Nov 1226, Auvergne, France (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Blanche of Castile,   b. 1188, Palencia d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, France (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1200	Normandy, France
  Family ID	F1804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Beatrice Berenger, Countess of Provence,   b. 1234   d. 23 Sep 1267, Nocera, Italy (Age 33 years)
  Children	1. Louis Capet,   b. 1248, Nicosia, Cyprus d. Yes, date unknown   2. Blanche Capet,   b. 1250   d. Jul 1269 (Age 19 years)   3. Beatrice of Sicily,   b. 1252   d. Between 17 Nov 1275 and 12 Dec 1275 (Age 23 years)   4. Charles II the lame of Naples, King of Naples,   b. 1254   d. 5 May 1309 (Age 55 years)   5. Philip of Sicily   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret of Burgundy de Bourgogne, Queen of Sicily,   b. 1250   d. 4 Sep 1308 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1268
  Family ID	F551618885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2013

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Charles I of Anjou King of Sicily, Naples, and Albania; Prince of Achaea; Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Anjou, and Maine
  		Arms of Charles prior 1246 Arms of Charles prior 1246. France ancient with his maternal arms (Castile) in a bordure as charge to difference
  		Arms of Charles in 1246 In 1246, Charles adopted a label Gules as charge to difference (Anjou ancient)
  		Arms of Charles in 1277 In 1277, he laid claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem and added its arms

  
  

• 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).