Biography of King Charles Capet of Sicily 1227-1285

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault 1079-1151

23rd May 1200 [his father] King Louis VIII of France (age 12) and [his mother] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 44) and [his grandmother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 38). He the son of [his grandfather] King Philip II of France (age 34) and [his grandmother] Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 8th November 1226 [his father] King Louis VIII of France (age 39) died. His son [his brother] Louis (age 12) succeeded IX King France: Capet.

On 21st March 1227 King Charles Capet of Sicily was born to King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 39). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 31st January 1246 King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 18) and Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 48). He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 57). They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1248 [his son] Louis Capet was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 20) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 17) at Nicosia. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1250 [his daughter] Blanche Capet Countess Flanders was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 22) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 19). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Battle of Fariskur

On 6th April 1250 the Battle of Fariskur was the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade. The Crusader army was defeated. [his brother] King Louis IX of France (age 35) and his two brothers [his brother] Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 29) and King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 23) were captured.

On 8th May 1250 [his brother] King Louis IX of France (age 36) and his two brothers [his brother] Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 29) and King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 23) with 12,000 fellow prisoners were allowed to leave for Acre [Map] after paying a ransom of 400,000 dinars.

In 1252 [his daughter] Beatrice Capet was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 24) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 21). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 27th November 1252 [his mother] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 64) died.

In 1254 [his son] Charles II King Naples was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 26) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 23). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1256 [his son] Philip Capet was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 28) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 25). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 27th May 1257 [his sister-in-law] Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany (age 29) was crowned Queen Consort Germany at Aachen Cathedral, Aachen aka Aix-le-Chapelle.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1258 [his son] Robert Capet was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 30) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 27). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1261 [his daughter] Elizabeth Capet was born to King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 33) and [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 30). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 9th November 1261 [his sister-in-law] Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany (age 33) died at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire [Map].

In 1265 [his son] Robert Capet (age 7) died.

In 1265 [his son-in-law] Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders (age 16) and [his daughter] Blanche Capet Countess Flanders (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 39) and Mathilde Bethune. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Battle of Benevento

On 26th February 1266 the Battle of Benevento was fought between King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 38) and Manfred King Sicily (age 34). Manfred King Sicily was killed. His fifth cousin Charles succeeded King Sicily. [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 35) by marriage Queen Consort Sicily.

In 1267 [his wife] Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily (age 36) died.

After 23rd August 1268 Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 24) was created 1st Count Nola by King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 41) as a reward for his performance at the Battle of Tagliacozzo

In November 1268 King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 41) and Margaret Burgundy Queen Consort Sicily (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sicily. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In July 1269 [his daughter] Blanche Capet Countess Flanders (age 19) died.

In 1270 [his son] Charles II King Naples (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 13) were married.

On 20th August 1270 King Edward I of England (age 31) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 29) sailed from Dover, Kent [Map] to Tunis [Map] via Sicily [Map]. On arrival at Sicily [Map] King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 43), brother of the recently deceased [his brother] King Louis IX of France (age 56), had signed a treaty with the Emir so Edward returned to Sicily [Map].

Murder of Henry of Almain

                    On 13th March 1271 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro, Viterbo by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.
                
                    The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated.
                
                    Henry "Almain" Cornwall was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].
                
                    The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 28th May 1271 [his son] Philip Capet (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabella Villehardouin (age 11) were married.

Before September 1272 [his son-in-law] Ladislav Unknown and [his daughter] Elizabeth Capet (age 11) were married.

On 17th November 1275 [his daughter] Beatrice Capet (age 23) died.

On 1st January 1277 [his son] Philip Capet (age 21) died.

                    Letters. 1279. Letter XVII. [his former sister-in-law] Eleanora Queen-Dowager of England (age 56) to her son Edward I (age 39).
                
                    Eleanora, by God's grace queen of England, to our dear son Edward, by the same grace king of England, health and our blessing.
                
                    Know, sweet son, that we have understood that a marriage is in agitation between the son of the King of Sicily (age 51) and the daughter of the King of Germany (age 60); and, if this alliance is made, we may well be disturbed in the right that we have to the fourth part of Provence, which thing would be great damage to us, and this damage would be both ours and yours. Where fore we pray and require you, that you will specially write to the aforesaid king, that since Provence is held from the empire, and his dignity demands that he should have right done to us about it, he will regard the right that we have, and cause us to hold it. Of this thing we especially require you, and we commend you to God.