Europe · High and late Middle Ages
House of Anjou-Sicily
drawn on the map 1272–1325, 1375–1384
The line descending from Charles I ruling the mainland Kingdom of Naples after 1282: Charles II (1285–1309), Robert the Wise (1309–1343), and Queen Joanna I (1343–1382). This branch acquired claims and titles across the central Mediterranean (a collateral Angevin line ruled Hungary and Poland).
- Shown on the map
- 1272–1325, 1375–1384 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 32k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The line descending from Charles I ruling the mainland Kingdom of Naples after 1282: Charles II (1285–1309), Robert the Wise (1309–1343), and Queen Joanna I (1343–1382). This branch acquired claims and titles across the central Mediterranean (a collateral Angevin line ruled Hungary and Poland). Great patrons of art and letters (Boccaccio and Petrarch frequented Robert's court). The murder of Joanna I (1382) and the disputed succession opened the way to the rival claims of the Valois-Anjou and Durazzo houses.
Common questions
- What was the House of Anjou-Sicily?
- The line descending from Charles I ruling the mainland Kingdom of Naples after 1282: Charles II (1285–1309), Robert the Wise (1309–1343), and Queen Joanna I (1343–1382). This branch acquired claims and titles across the central Mediterranean (a collateral Angevin line ruled Hungary and Poland).
- When is the House of Anjou-Sicily shown on the map?
- The border data draws the House of Anjou-Sicily 1272–1325, 1375–1384, in 2 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the House of Anjou-Sicily?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the House of Anjou-Sicily covered about 32,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Capetian House of Anjou en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetian_House_of_Anjou
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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