This article is about the Norman kingdom founded in 1130 and its successors based on the island of Sicily. For the mainland southern Italian kingdom after 1282, see Kingdom of Naples.
Kingdom of Sicily
Regnum Siciliae(Latin)
Regnu di Sicilia(Sicilian)
Regno di Sicilia(Italian)
1130–1816
Flag (From 14th century)
Coat of arms (From 14th century)
Motto: Animus Tuus Dominus(Latin)
Courage is thy Lord
The Kingdom of Sicily in 1190
The Kingdom of Sicily and its territorial divisions in the 14th century.
Status
Sovereign state (1130–1282, 1806–1816) Part of the Crown of Aragon (1282–1479) Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire (1479–1713) Personal union with the Duchy of Savoy (1713–1720) Under Habsburg rule (1720–1735) Personal union with the Kingdom of Naples (1735–1806)
The Kingdom of Sicily (Latin: Regnum Siciliae; Italian: Regno di Sicilia; Sicilian: Regnu di Sicilia[2][3][4][5]) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south of the Italian Peninsula plus, for a time, in Northern Africa from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816. It was a successor state of the County of Sicily, which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of the southern peninsula. The island was divided into three regions: Val di Mazara, Val Demone and Val di Noto.
After a brief rule by Charles of Anjou, a revolt in 1282 known as the Sicilian Vespers threw off Angevin rule in the island of Sicily. The Angevins managed to maintain control in the mainland part of the kingdom, which became a separate entity also styled Kingdom of Sicily, although it is retroactively referred to as the Kingdom of Naples, after its capital. From 1282 to 1409, the island was ruled by the Crown of Aragon as an independent kingdom, and was then added permanently to the Crown. Following the dynastic union of Castile and Aragon in 1479, it was a viceroyalty of the Spanish kingdom. [6][7] During the war of the Spanish succession (1700-1714), the island was taken over by the House of Savoy. In 1720, Savoy gave it to Austria in exchange for Sardinia. Later, the island was ruled by a branch of the Bourbons. Following the Napoleonic period, the Kingdom of Sicily was formally merged with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which in 1861 became part of the new unified Kingdom of Italy.
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