Person:Peter II of Sicily (1)
Peter II of Sicily
b.Jul 1305
d.15 Aug 1342 Calascibetta, Enna, Sicilia, Italy
Parents and Siblings
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m. May 1302
  1. Constance of Sicily1274 - Aft 1344
  2. Ruggero Prince of SicilyAbt 1305 -
  3. Peter II of Sicily1305 - 1342
  4. Manfredo Prince of SicilyAbt 1306 - 1317
  5. Elisabeth of SicilyAbt 1310 - 1349
  6. Guglielmo Prince of Sicily, [Principe di Taranto]Abt 1312 - 1338
  7. Giovanni Prince of Sicily, [Marques di Randazzo]Int 1317 - 1348
  8. Caterina Princess of SicilyAbt 1320 -
  9. Margarete of Sicily1331 - 1377
Spouse and Children
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  1. Constance of Sicily1324 - 1355
  2. Eleanor of Sicily1325 - 1375
  3. Beatrice of Sicily1326 - 1365
  4. Euphemia of Sicily1330 - 1359
  5. Bianca d'Aragona1330 - 1374
  6. Louis of Sicily1337 - 1355
  7. Frederick III the Simple _____1341 - 1377
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Facts and Events
Name Peter II of Sicily
Gender Male
Birth[1] Jul 1305
Marriage to Elisabeth of Carinthia
Death[1] 15 Aug 1342 Calascibetta, Enna, Sicilia, Italy
Reference Number? Q381273?


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Peter II (1304 – 8 August 1342) was the King of Sicily from 1337 until his death, although he was associated with his father as co-ruler from 1321. Peter's father was Frederick III of Sicily and his mother was Eleanor, a daughter of Charles II of Naples. His reign was marked by strife between the throne and the nobility, especially the old families of Ventimiglia, Palizzi and Chiaramonte, and by war between Sicily and Naples.

Contemporaries regarded Peter as feeble-minded. Giovanni Villani, in his Nuova Cronica, calls him "almost an imbecile" (Italianate Latin: quasi un mentacatto) and Nicola Speciale, in his Historia Sicula, calls him "pure and simple" (purus et simplex).

Under Peter, the Neapolitans conquered the Lipari Islands and took the cities of Milazzo and Termini in Sicily itself. He died after a short illness on 8 August 1342 in Calascibetta and was buried in the cathedral of Palermo. He was succeeded by Louis, his eldest son, who was only four years old.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter II of Sicily, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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