The County of Malta was a feudal lordship of the Kingdom of Sicily, relating to the islands of Malta and Gozo. Malta was essentially a fief within the kingdom, with the title given by Tancred of Sicily the Norman king of Sicily to Margaritus of Brindisi in 1192 who earned acclaim as the Grand Admiral of Sicily. Afterwards the fiefdom was passed from nobleman to nobleman remaining as a family possession in a few instances. It was used mainly as a bargaining tool in Sicilian politics leading to a rather turbulent history. The fiefdom was elevated to a Marquisate in 1392 and either title was no longer used after 1429.
Malta (/ˈmɒltə/ MOL-tə, /ˈmɔːltə/ MAWL-tə, Maltese: [ˈmɐːltɐ]), officially the Republic ofMalta, is an island country in Southern Europe, located in the...
a number of traditions and legends arose from it, such as the unlikely claim that Count Roger gave his colours red and white to the Maltese as their national...
mainly inhabited by Muslims. In 1192, Tancred of Sicily appointed Margaritus of Brindisi the first CountofMalta, perhaps for his unexpected success in capturing...
رُجار, romanized: Rujār; Maltese: Ruġġieru; Norse: Rogierr; c. 1031 – 22 June 1101), nicknamed “Roger Bosso” and “Grand Count Roger”, was a Norman nobleman...
September 1197 as "countofMalta and of the whole kingdom admiral". After the death of the emperor on 28 September 1197, the people ofMalta and Gozo rebelled...
Military Order ofMalta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and ofMalta (Italian: Sovrano...
commander of the Great Catalan Company and held the title CountofMalta. Roger de Flor was born in Brindisi in the Kingdom of Sicily, the second son of an Italian...
January 1516) was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband of Queen Isabella I of Castile, he was also King of Castile from 1475 to...
a Aragonese nobleman that served as CountofMalta between 1421 and 1427. Monroy served as a feudal lord ofMalta, and was unpopular due to various heavy...
admiral of the navy. In 1185, he became the first count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos (or Zante). In 1192, he became the first CountofMalta. He also...
Antonio de Noli, Enrico Alberto d'Albertis, Enrico de Candia (Henry, CountofMalta) and Andrea Doria, composers Niccolò Paganini and Michele Novaro, Italian...
over Malta lasted a total of 874 years. The Crown ofMalta was patriated from that of the British for the first time in 1964 with the achievement of independence...
species are included in the total species count for Malta. The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and...
King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Countof Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia...
Television in Malta was first introduced in 1957. The first person to sell televisions in Malta was The Most Noble Count Consiglio D'Amato. The first television...
Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Countof Provence...
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