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    The Battle of Benevento was a major medieval battle fought on 26 February 1266, near Benevento in present-day Southern Italy, between the forces of Charles...
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    Benevento (UK: /ˌbɛnəˈvɛntoʊ/ BEN-ə-VEN-toh, US: /ˌbeɪneɪˈ-/ BAY-nay-, Italian: [beneˈvɛnto] ; Beneventano: Beneviento [bənəˈvjendə]) is a city and comune...
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    Duchy of Benevento (after 774, Principality of Benevento) was the southernmost Lombard duchy in the Italian Peninsula that was centred on Benevento, a city...
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    Charles of Anjou in overthrowing Manfred. Manfred was killed during his defeat by Charles at the Battle of Benevento, and Charles assumed kingship of Sicily...
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    1266 Manfred was killed in the Battle of Benevento, and Sicily was occupied by the French under the command of Charles of Anjou. The banner was lowered...
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    shaken by the battle. With Landulf and his brothers Atenulf and Pandulf II of Salerno having died fighting, the holdings of Capua and Benevento passed on...
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    year at the Battle of Benevento, and began to establish himself as King of Sicily. After Benevento, Clement IV continued the papal policy of employing Charles...
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    probably because of Alighiero’s low public standing. The Guelphs later fought the Ghibellines again in 1266 at the Battle of Benevento, retaking Florence...
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    fought for Pope Urban IV against Manfred of Sicily. His son Niccolò was in the Guelph army in the Battle of Benevento (1266). The Farnese returned to Tuscia...
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    Pope Clement IV (category Diplomats of the Holy See)
    Manfred in the great Battle of Benevento, Charles established himself firmly in the kingdom of Sicily at the conclusive Battle of Tagliacozzo, in which...
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    its surrender. February 26 – Battle of Benevento: Guelph forces (some 12,000 men), led by Charles of Anjou, brother of King Louis IX (the Saint), defeat...
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    crown to Charles of Anjou again. With Papal and Guelph support Charles descended into Italy and defeated Manfred at the Battle of Benevento in 1266 and in...
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    his enemies. Later, he joined the service of King Manfred of Sicily, and fought at the Battle of Benevento (1266). He escaped the defeat there and returned...
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    of Frederick II and was entrusted with the education of Frederick's son Manfred. He was at Manfred's side until his defeat at the Battle of Benevento...
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    Manfred, King of Sicily, in the Battle of Benevento on 26 February 1266. The king himself, refusing to flee, rushed into the midst of his enemies and...
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  • page 226 Valeriia Fol, Bulgaria: History Retold in Brief, (Riga, 1999), 103. A nagyszombati csata (Magyar Katolikus Lexikon) and Battle of Trnava (1430)...
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  • Basilica of the Sacred Heart - Basketball League Belgium - Bastogne - Batetela Rebellions - Battle of Benevento - Battle of Beverhoutsveld - Battle of Bouvines...
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    Florence. After the Battle of Benevento, Guerra continued to participate in the politics of Florence. He advocated for the inclusion of the middle class...
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    relative of Michael II. After defeating Manfred's forces in the Battle of Benevento in 1266, the Treaty of Viterbo of 1267 was signed, with Charles of Anjou...
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  • Confederate Wars Battle of Benevento – 1266 – The Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) – Rise of Rome Battle of Benfleet – 894...
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    son of King James I of Aragon. Her father was killed in the Battle of Benevento (26 February 1266) while fighting against his rival, Charles of Anjou...
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    I of Naples as his candidate for the Sicilian throne. Charles would invade Italy, and in 1266 defeated and killed Manfred at the Battle of Benevento, becoming...
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    latter was represented by the ruling House of Hohenstaufen.[citation needed] It was at the Battle of Benevento that the Guelph Capetians gained the Sicilian...
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    The 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...
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    history or legend of the witches of Benevento is folklore dating from at least the 13th century, and one reason for the fame of Benevento, an ancient Samnite...
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    the Battle of Benevento in 1266 and were able to return to the city. The del Corno and Guiducci families followed the Belfredellis as the owners of the...
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    Hohenstaufens. The Hohenstaufen rule ended with the death of Manfredi at the battle of Benevento (1266). Throughout Frederick's reign, there had been substantial...
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    Charles of Anjou, who had been crowned King of Sicily by Pope Clement IV and killed Conradin's uncle Manfred in the 1266 Battle of Benevento. Conradin...
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    taxation. In 1266, Manfred had a troop of Luceran archers with him when he was defeated at the Battle of Benevento. The next year Lucera rebelled against...
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  • year (1266) to govern Florence in the aftermath of the Battle of Benevento. They gained the opprobrium of the Florentines, however, and Dante Alighieri...
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