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    The Sicilian Vespers (Italian: Vespri siciliani; Sicilian: Vespiri siciliani) was a successful rebellion on the island of Sicily that broke out at Easter...
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    The War of the Sicilian Vespers, also shortened to the War of the Vespers, was a conflict waged by several medieval European kingdoms over control of Sicily...
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  • Sicilian Vespers was a rebellion on the island of Sicily that broke out in 1282. Sicilian Vespers may also refer to: I vespri siciliani (The Sicilian...
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  • Operation Sicilian Vespers may refer to: Operation Sicilian Vespers (1992-1998), the largest Italian Army homeland security operation since the end of...
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    Flag of Sicily (redirect from Sicilian flag)
    The original flag was created in 1282 during the rebellion of the Sicilian Vespers. The flag is characterized by the presence of the triskeles in its...
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    After a brief rule by Charles of Anjou, a revolt in 1282 known as the Sicilian Vespers threw off Angevin rule in the island of Sicily. The Angevins managed...
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    Hohenstaufen. At the end of the 13th century, with the War of the Sicilian Vespers between the crowns of Anjou and Aragon, the island passed to the latter...
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    Roger II was crowned king by Antipope Anacletus II. In 1282, after the Sicilian Vespers, the kingdom split into separate states: the properly named "Ultra...
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    ships were gathering at Messina, ready to begin the campaign when the Sicilian Vespers rebellion broke out on 30 March 1282 which put an end to Charles's...
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    Philip III of France (category People of the War of the Sicilian Vespers)
    brother Peter during the Sicilian Vespers, the County of Alençon was returned to the crown lands. Following the Sicilian Vespers, Philip led the Aragonese...
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    ensued, which drove the Angevins out of the interior by 1281. The Sicilian Vespers further weakened the position of Charles, and the Kingdom was soon...
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    a champion of Sicilian independence from the Neapolitan Bourbon rule when he published his history of the War of the Sicilian Vespers in 1842. He was...
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    Sicily (category Articles containing Sicilian-language text)
    Kingdom of Naples into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. From the 1282 Sicilian Vespers until the 1860 Expedition of the Thousand, Sicily was ruled by Aragon...
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    The Sicilian Vespers is the title of three works by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, all showing the outbreak of the Sicilian Vespers. Measuring 150...
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    Castello Ursino (category Articles containing Sicilian-language text)
    Sicily, and is mostly known for its role in the Sicilian Vespers, when it became the seat of the Sicilian Parliament. The castle is in good condition today...
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    The Operation Sicilian Vespers (in Italian Operazione Vespri siciliani) was a significant security and policing operation in Sicily delivered by the Italian...
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    Peter III of Aragon (category People of the War of the Sicilian Vespers)
    Alcoyll in 1282. It was these Aragonese troops that received a Sicilian embassy after the Vespers of 30 March asking Peter to take their throne from Charles...
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  • military engagement. Fought during the opening months of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the engagement began when an Angevin army led by Charles of Anjou...
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    Frederick III of Sicily (category Articles containing Sicilian-language text)
    the third son of Peter III of Aragon and served in the War of the Sicilian Vespers on behalf of his father and brothers, Alfonso ΙΙΙ and James ΙΙ. He...
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    Michael VIII Palaiologos (category People of the War of the Sicilian Vespers)
    Before Charles of Anjou could start for Constantinople, however, the Sicilian Vespers rebellion struck, on 30 March 1282. Charles sent four ships to handle...
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    ruled the Kingdom of Sicily during the 13th century. The War of the Sicilian Vespers later forced him out of the island of Sicily, which left him with the...
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    Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (category People of the War of the Sicilian Vespers)
    succeeded to the throne with Constance as queen. During the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), Peter and then their sons claimed the throne of Sicily...
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    Normans in the 11th century, but split in two following the War of the Sicilian Vespers in 1302. The seeds of the revolution of 1848 were sown prior to the...
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    invasion of that island during the latter stage of the War of the Sicilian Vespers. His army was defeated in 1299 at the Battle of Falconara by Frederick...
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  • massive purge of "old-timer" mafiosi, the so-called "Night of the Sicilian Vespers". These rumors were seemingly confirmed by the testimony of Joseph...
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    Roger of Lauria (category People of the War of the Sicilian Vespers)
    Crown of Aragon as admiral of the Aragonese navy during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talented naval tactician of...
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    States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), when the island of Sicily revolted and was conquered by...
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    Kingdom of Trinacria (category Articles containing Sicilian-language text)
    Caltabellota when, at the conclusion of the first phase of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the Kingdom of Sicily was officially divided into two parts, one of...
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    Battle of Malta (category Naval battles of the War of the Sicilian Vespers)
    Harbour, the principal harbour of Malta, as part of the War of the Sicilian Vespers. An Aragonese fleet of galleys, commanded by Roger of Lauria, attacked...
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    turned for help to Peter III of Aragon, in what has become known as the Sicilian Vespers. In the war that followed, Charles of Anjou's son, Charles of Salerno...
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