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Arthur I of Brittany making homage to Philip II of France Elvira of Sicily and her mother would go to the domains of Arthur I of Brittany in 1199 after going to France as she had remembered the treaty where in a Sicilian Princess was promised to Arthur I of Brittany and secured a betrothal with...

The region that is the cradle of the Italian Mafia is the south of Italy - Sicily, Naples, Calabria and Apulia. Due to the presence of a non-mafiotized North and to some extent - the center of Italy and therefore - the presence of an economic and political elite competing with the mafia, the...

The Norman Kingdom of Sicily is somewhat one of my most favorite states of history, and for good reason: it was rich, advanced, and tolerant of Muslims. In particular I have been fascinated by the Kingdom’s attempts to expand into Tunisia and North Africa, and how it governed its territories...

OTL After extensive strategic maneuvering, Conradin's larger army confronted Charles of Anjou's forces on the Palentine Plains near the town of Tagliacozzo, specifically close to Scurcola Marsicana. Both armies were organized into three divisions. The initial Hohenstaufen division, led by the...

OTL: 500-480s BCE, Doric Greek "tyrants" became the dominant powers in Sicily, most especially the city of Gela. Gela, led by Gelon, takes Syracuse and makes it his capital. Gelon undertakes an ethnic cleansing of Ionian Greeks and Sicels. Ionian Greeks requested aid and support from Carthage...

On 1268, Conradin, the grandson of Frederick II of HRE would kill and defeat Charles of Anjou which he had outnumbered already which would cause him to be crowned as the King of Sicily as Conrad II of Sicily, finally having the throne that was stolen by his own uncle, Manfred. The first thing...

The available sources at the time provide limited information about events beyond the Lombard core areas. Still, by 860, the Muslims appeared to be as strong in southern Italy as they were in Sicily, indicating their potential for complete conquest in the region. Their dominance extended the...

On 1268, Conradin would win against the usurper Charles, Count of Anjou and Provence and expel the French from Sicily and he would marry Elizabeth of Hungary, who is close to succession in Hungary, seeing that the Count of Provence and Anjou had married his son to Mary, a Hungarian Princess...

In all of history, there has only ever been one succesful slave rebellion, in Haiti. What would the effects of a succesful slave rebellino 2000 years earlier be? Could the slaves have ever succesfully kicked the Romans out of Sicily? If they had, what would happen? What sort of society would...

Both Mehmed II and Suleiman had designs upon Sicily which for the former never came about due to his death and for the latter never came about due to Suleiman's failure to capture Malta. Let's ignore Suleiman's attempt, and posit that Mehmed II instead of landing Otranto, lands in Sicily and...

IOTL, Leopoldo was the third son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. His eldest brother Ferdinand became Ferdinand II and their middle brother, Charles, married morgantically and renounced his right to the throne. Leopold, as Count of Syracuse, enacted a number of reforms in Sicily that made him...

Supposing the Kingdom of Naples ruled by the House of Murat remained in place after the Congress of Vienna like it almost did in otl, how would the Bourbon Kingdom of Sicily develop? What would be the likely geo-political and economic developments of Sicily in this tl? How would this Kingdom...

Long story short: what if Edmund (OTL earl of Lancaster and Leicester), second son of King Henry III of England, becomes King of Sicily in 1263? Long story long: OTL, Emperor Frederick II, who was also the King of Sicily, managed to make himself an enemy of a long list of Popes. When Frederick...

Welcome to this timeline that will talk about the spring of different countries with some adjustments that may affect Europe and the world And I hope you'll try to help me make the timeline look as cool as possible and help me correct any mistakes if any. Hope you like the schedule, and let's...

OTL, the 1280s were an unmitigated disaster for the Sicilian Angevins: first, war with Aragon in the form of the Sicilian Vespers breaks out in the spring of 1282, losing Charles of Anjou the island of Sicily (at the time, no one knows this loss will be permanent); then his son and heir, Charles...

On 1378, Maria of Sicily would change her plans in marrying Gian Galleazzo and instead decided to marry another man, she knew the possible implications of the possible marriage and she realized that the barons and nobility of Sicily were against the marriage of Maria of Sicily and Gian...

The idea have been inspired by some older thread but what if the Fatimids instead of conquering and settling Egypt in 969 remained in Ifriqiyia and thrower they’re ressource at controlling southern Italy Mediterranean island and try conquer central Italy (essentially doing a reverse Norman...

The Muslim settlement of Lucera (Lucaera Saracenorum or Lugêrah in Arabic) was a settlement created by Frederick II Hohenstaufen of Sicilian Muslim after their revolt in Sicily Frederick II started around 1220 expelling the Muslim from Sicily after failed revolt and afraid of them being too...

In 480 BC, supposedly on the same day as the Battle of Salamis, the Greek forces of Gelon, King of Syracuse, and Theron, tyrant of Agrigentum, defeat the Carthaginian force under the Carthaginian Malik(Carthage was not yet a republic.) Hamilcar I. It had far reaching consequences, inaugurating...

With a POD after 1815, find a way to make three states occupy the italian peninsula. "Italy" in this timeline is nothing more than a geographical/historical expression like "Iberia", "Gaul", or "the balkans". "Lombardy" in the north consisting of the Po valley + Tuscany , Nice and Savoy with...