List of Sicilian monarchs
The following is a list of monarchs of Sicily.
Counts of Sicily
Sicily was granted, pending its Christian reconquest, to Robert Guiscard as "duke" in 1059 by Pope Nicholas II. The Guiscard granted it as a county to his brother Roger.
Hauteville Dynasty, 1071–1130
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Roger I 1071–1101 |
1031 son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fredisenda |
Judith of Évreux 1061 4 children Eremburga of Mortain 1077 8 children Adelaide del Vasto 1087 4 children |
1101 Mileto aged 70 | |
Simon 1101–1105 |
1093 son of Roger I of Sicily and Adelaide del Vasto |
never married | 1105 Mileto aged 12 | |
Roger II 1105–1130 |
22 December 1095 Mileto son of Roger I of Sicily and Adelaide del Vasto |
Elvira of Castile 1117 6 children Sibyl of Burgundy 1149 2 children Beatrix of Rethel 1151 1 child |
26 February 1154 Palermo aged 58 |
Kings of Sicily
Roger II received royal investiture from Antipope Anacletus II in 1130 and recognition from Pope Innocent II in 1139. Sicily, which by then comprised not only the island, but also the southern third of the Italian peninsula, rapidly expanded itself to include Malta and the Mahdia, the latter if only briefly.
Hauteville Dynasty, 1130–1198
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Roger II 1130–1154 |
22 December 1095 Mileto son of Roger I of Sicily and Adelaide del Vasto |
Elvira of Castile 1117 6 children Sibyl of Burgundy 1149 2 children Beatrix of Rethel 1151 1 child |
26 February 1154 Palermo aged 58 | |
William I 1154–1166 |
1131 son of Roger II and Elvira of Castile |
Margaret of Navarre 4 children |
7 May 1166 Palermo aged 35 | |
William II 1166–1189 |
1155 son of William I and Margaret of Navarre |
Joan of England February 1177 1 child |
11 November 1189 Palermo aged 34 | |
Tancred 1189–1194 (joint rule) |
1138 illegitimate son of Roger III, Duke of Apulia |
Sibylla of Acerra 6 children |
20 February 1194 Palermo aged 56 | |
Roger III 1193 (joint rule) |
1175 son of Tancred of Sicily and Sibylla of Acerra |
Irene Angelina no children |
24 December 1193 aged 18 | |
William III 1194 |
1190 son of Tancred and Sibylla of Acerra |
never married | 1198 aged 8 | |
Constance 1194–1198 |
2 November 1154 daughter of Roger II and Beatrix of Rethel |
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1184 1 child |
27 November 1198 Palermo aged 44 |
Constance was married to the Emperor Henry VI and he pressed his claim to the kingdom from William II's death, but only succeeded in displacing his wife's family in 1194.
Hohenstaufen Dynasty, 1194–1266
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Henry (I) 1194–1197 |
November 1165 Nijmegen son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and Beatrix of Burgundy |
Constance 1184 1 child |
28 September 1197 Messina aged 32 | |
Frederick I 1198–1250 (joint rule) |
26 December 1194 Jesi son of Henry and Constance |
Constance of Aragon 15 August 1209 1 child Yolande of Jerusalem 9 November 1225 2 children Isabella of England 15 July 1235 4 children |
13 December 1250 Torremaggiore aged 55 | |
Henry (II) 1212–1217 (joint rule) |
1211 Sicily son of Frederick I and Constance of Aragon |
Margaret 29 November 1225 2 children |
12 February 1242 Martirano aged 30 | |
Conrad I 1250–1254 |
25 April 1228 Andria son of Frederick I and Yolande of Jerusalem |
Elisabeth of Bavaria 1 September 1246 1 child |
21 May 1254 Lavello aged 26 | |
Conrad II 1254–1258 |
25 March 1252 Wolfstein son of Conrad I and Elisabeth of Bavaria |
never married | 29 October 1268 Naples aged 16 | |
Manfred 1258–1266 |
1232 llegitimate son of Frederick I |
Beatrice of Savoy 21 April 1247 1 child Helena Angelina Doukaina 9 November 1255 5 children |
26 February 1266 Benevento aged 34 |
Manfred was regent of Sicily for his nephew, the child Conrad II ("Conradin"), but took the crown in 1258, and continued to fight to keep the kingdom under the Hohenstaufen. In 1254 the pope, having declared the kingdom a papal possession, offered the crown to the King of England's son, Edmund Crouchback, but the English never succeeded in taking the kingdom. In 1262 the pope reversed his previous decision and granted the kingdom to the King of France's brother, Charles of Anjou, who succeeded in dispossessing Manfred in 1266. Conradin continued his claim to the throne until his death by decapitation perpetrated by Charles of Anjou in 1268.
Plantagenet Dynasty, 1254–1263
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Edmund 1254–1263 |
16 January 1245 son of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence |
Aveline de Forz 8 April 1269 Possibly 1 child Blanche of Artois 3 February 1276 4 children |
5 June 1296 Bayonne aged 51 |
Edmund's claim to Sicily, though taken very seriously by both him and his father, was completely ineffectual.
Angevin Dynasty, 1266–1282
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Charles I 1266–1282 |
21 March 1226 son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile |
Beatrice of Provence 31 January 1246 7 children Margaret of Burgundy 18 November 1268 1 child |
7 January 1285 Foggia aged 58 |
Peter III of Aragon, Manfred's son in law, of the House of Barcelona, conquered the island of Sicily from Charles I in 1282 and had himself crowned King of Sicily. Thereafter the old Kingdom of Sicily was centred on the mainland, with capital at Naples, and although informally called Kingdom of Naples it was still known formally as "Kingdom of Sicily". Thus, there were two "Sicilies" — the island kingdom, however, was often called "Sicily beyond the Lighthouse" or "Trinacria", by terms of a treaty between the two states.
Aragonese Kings of Sicily (Trinacria), 1282–1409
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Peter I 1282–1285 |
1240 Valencia son of James I of Aragon and Yolanda of Hungary |
Constantia of Sicily 13 June 1262 6 child |
2 November 1285 Vilafranca del Penedès aged 45 | |
James 1285–1296 |
10 August 1267 Valencia son of Peter I and Constantia of Sicily |
Isabella of Castile 1 December 1291 No children Blanche of Anjou 29 October 1295 10 children Marie de Lusignan 15 June 1315 No children Elisenda de Montcada 25 December 1322 No children |
5 November 1327 Barcelona aged 60 | |
Frederick II 1296–1336 |
13 December 1272 Barcelona son of Peter I and Constantia of Sicily |
Eleanor of Anjou 17 May 1302 9 child |
25 June 1337 Palermo aged 65 | |
Peter II 1337–1342 |
July 1305 son of Frederick II and Eleanor of Anjou |
Elisabeth of Carinthia 23 April 1322 9 child |
15 August 1342 Calascibetta aged 37 | |
Louis 1342–1355 |
1337 Catania son of Peter II and Elisabeth of Carinthia |
Never married | 16 October 1355 Aci Castello aged 18 | |
Frederick III 1355–1377 |
1 September 1341 Catania son of Peter II and Elisabeth of Carinthia |
Constança of Aragon 11 April 1361 1 child Antonia of Balzo 17 January 1372 No children |
27 January 1377 Messina aged 36 | |
Mary 1377–1401 (joint rule) |
1367 Catania daughter of Frederick III and Constança of Aragon |
Martin I of Sicily 1390 No children |
25 May 1402 Lentini aged 35 | |
Martin I 1395–1409 (joint rule) |
1374 son of Martin I of Aragon and Maria of Luna |
Mary of Sicily 1390 No children |
25 July 1409 Cagliari aged 35 |
Martin I died heirless and the kingdom was inherited by his father who united it to the Crown of Aragon
Aragonese direct rule, 1409–1516
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Martin II 1409–1410 |
1356 Girona son of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily |
Maria de Luna 13 June 1372 4 children Margarita of Aragon-Prades 1409 No children |
31 May 1410 Barcelona aged 54 | |
Ferdinand I 1412–1416 |
27 November 1380 Medina del Campo son of John I of Castile and Eleanor of Aragon |
Eleanor of Alburquerque 1394 8 children |
2 April 1416 Igualada aged 36 | |
Alfonso 1416–1458 |
1396 Medina del Campo son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque |
Maria of Castile 1415 No children |
27 June 1458 Naples aged 52 | |
John 1458–1479 |
29 June 1397 Medina del Campo son of Ferdinand I and Eleanor of Alburquerque |
Blanche I of Navarre 6 November 1419 4 children Juana Enríquez 2 children |
20 January 1479 Barcelona aged 81 | |
Ferdinand II 1479–1516 |
10 March 1452 son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enriquez |
Isabella of Castile 19 October 1469 5 children Germaine of Foix 1505 No children |
23 January 1516 Madrigalejo aged 54 | |
Joanna 1516–1555 |
6 November 1479 daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile |
Philip IV of Burgundy 1496 6 children |
12 April 1555 Madrigalejo aged 75 |
Spanish direct rule, 1516–1713
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Charles II 1516–1554 |
24 February 1500 Ghent son of Philip I of Castile and Juana of Castile |
Isabella of Portugal 10 March 1526 3 children |
21 September 1558 Yuste aged 58 | |
Philip I 1554–1598 |
21 May 1527 Valladolid son of Charles II and Isabella of Portugal |
Maria of Portugal 1543 1 child Mary I of England 1554 No children Elisabeth of Valois 1559 2 children Anna of Austria 4 May 1570 5 children |
13 September 1598 Madrid aged 71 | |
Philip II 1598–1621 |
14 April 1578 Madrid son of Philip I and Anna of Austria |
Margaret of Austria 18 April 1599 5 children |
31 March 1621 Madrid aged 42 | |
Philip III 1621–1665 |
8 April 1605 Valladolid son of Philip II and Margaret of Austria |
Elisabeth of Bourbon 1615 7 children Mariana of Austria 1649 5 children |
17 September 1665 Madrid aged 60 | |
Charles III 1665–1700 |
6 November 1661 Madrid son of Philip III and Mariana of Austria |
Maria Luisa of Orléans 19 November 1679 No children Maria Anna of Neuburg 14 May 1690 No children |
1 November 1700 Madrid aged 38 | |
Philip IV 1700–1713 |
19 December 1683 Versailles son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Anna of Bavaria |
Maria Luisa of Savoy 2 November 1701 4 children Elisabeth of Parma 24 December 1714 7 children |
9 July 1746 Madrid aged 62 |
At the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, by the Treaty of Utrecht, Sicily was ceded to the Duke of Savoy
House of Savoy, 1713–1720
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Victor Amadeus 1713–1720 |
14 May 1666 Turin son of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours |
Anne Marie of Orléans 10 April 1684 6 children |
31 October 1732 Moncalieri aged 66 |
The Spanish invaded the kingdom in 1718 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. The Duke of Savoy ceded it to Austria in 1720 by the Treaty of The Hague.
Austrian direct rule, 1720–1735
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Charles IV 1720–1735 |
1 October 1685 Vienna son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg |
Elisabeth Christine 1 August 1708 4 children |
20 October 1740 Vienna aged 55 |
Conquered by the Spanish during the War of the Polish Succession the kingdom was ceded together with Naples to a cadet son of the King of Spain.
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, 1735–1816
Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
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Charles V 1735–1759 |
20 January 1716 Madrid son of Philip IV and Elizabeth of Parma |
Maria Amalia of Saxony 1738 13 children |
14 December 1788 Madrid aged 72 | |
Ferdinand III 1759–1816 |
12 January 1751 Naples son of Charles V and Maria Amalia of Saxony |
Marie Caroline of Austria 12 May 1768 17 children Lucia Migliaccio of Floridia 27 November 1814 No children |
4 January 1825 Naples aged 73 |
In 1816 the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were merged as the new Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.