William II (December 1153 – 11 November 1189), called the Good, was king of Sicily from 1166 to 1189. From surviving sources William's character is indistinct...

Emperor Henry VI. William was the second son of Count Tancred of Lecce and his wife Sibylla of Acerra. When in 1189 King William II of Sicily died childless...

he was guided. William was the son of King Roger II of Sicily, grandson of Count Roger I of Sicily, and great-grandson of Tancred of Hauteville. He grew...

Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. From her birth, she was destined to make a political and royal marriage. She married William II of Sicily and later Raymond...

Roger II or Roger the Great (Italian: Ruggero II, Sicilian: Ruggeru II, Greek: Ρογέριος; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa...

William of Sicily may refer to: William I of Sicily, the second king of Sicily (1131-1166). William II of Sicily, the third king of Sicily (1155 - 1189)...

Kingdom of Sicily (Latin: Regnum Siciliae; Sicilian: Regnu di Sicilia; Italian: Regno di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south of the...

Sicily. The war between the Angevins, who contested the title to Sicily from their peninsular possessions centred on Naples (the so-called Kingdom of...

The island of Sicily was under Islamic rule from the late ninth to late eleventh centuries. It became a prosperous and influential commercial power in...

II of Sicily (1155–1189) William II, Lord of Béthune (died 1214), nicknamed William the Red William II, Count of Perche (died 1226), Bishop of Châlons...

with the Duchy of Apulia in 1127 and became the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130. His descendants in the male line continued to rule Sicily down to 1194. Roger...

was King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194. He was born in Lecce, an illegitimate son of Roger III, Duke of Apulia (the eldest son of King Roger II) by his mistress...

became a provincial administrative unit. During the reigns of Roger II of Sicily and William II of Apulia conflict broke out between the two Norman principalities...

monarchs of Sicily ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130 until the "perfect fusion" in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816...

Peter II (Latin: Petrus II,Italian: Pietro II,Sicilian: Pietru; 1304 – 8 August 1342) was the King of Sicily from 1337 until his death, although he was...

The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces...

Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. One of the greatest existent examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily. In 1182 the...

1198) was reigning Queen of Sicily from 1194–98, jointly with her spouse from 1194 to 1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in...

). Cambridge University Press. p. 268. "Giuseppe Garibaldi and Sicily - Best of Sicily Magazine". Almanacco reale del Regno delle Due Sicilie per l'anno...

The history of Sicily has been influenced by numerous ethnic groups. It has seen Sicily controlled by powers, including Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek...

(1848–1921) William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843) William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849) William III of the Netherlands (1817–1890) William I of Sicily (1131–1166)...

Frederick II (Italian: Federico; German: Friedrich; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany...

Valencia, James was the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily. He succeeded his father in Sicily in 1285 and his elder brother Alfonso...

defeating William of Holland and his Rhenish allies. When Frederick II died in 1250, he passed Sicily and Germany, as well as the title of King of Jerusalem...

l'Aigle. She was married at a young age to William I of Sicily, in 1149, the fourth son of Roger II of Sicily. According to the Palermitan archivist Isidoro...

retake Sicily. However, it would not be until 1130 that both Sicily and southern Italy were united into one kingdom, formalized by Roger II of Sicily. The...

the Sicilian city of Palermo, originally part of the Sollazzi Regi group of Norman palaces. It was built in 1180 by William II of Sicily in his Royal Park...

disembarked, the ships were captured by Margaritus of Brindisi, a pirate in the service of King William II of Sicily. Subsequently, Isaac or more likely Margaritus...

Constance of Brittany and negotiations were begun to marry Joanna to King William II of Sicily and John to Alicia, eldest daughter of Humbert III, Count of Savoy...

the wife of the wealthy Lord Guy I Embriaco of Jabala. William, the son of Bohemond and Sibylla, may have been named for William II of Sicily. In his fourth...