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Peter II of Sicily

{{Short description|King of Sicily from 1337 to 1342}}

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| name = Peter II

| image = Pedro II da Sicília.jpg

| caption = Peter kneeling before Christ, from a mosaic in the cathedral of Messina

| succession = King of Sicily

| reign = 25 June 1337 - 15 August 1342

| predecessor = Frederick III

| successor = Louis

| issue = {{plainlist|

| issue-link = #Marriage and children

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| house = Barcelona

| father = Frederick III of Sicily

| mother = Eleanor of Anjou

| spouse = Elisabeth of Carinthia

| birth_date = 1304

| birth_place =Altofonte, Kingdom of Sicily

| death_date = {{death date|1342|8|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Calascibetta, Kingdom of Sicily

| burial_place = Cathedral of Palermo

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Peter II ({{Langx|la|link=yes|Petrus}}, {{Langx|it|link=yes|Pietro}}, {{Langx|scn|link=yes|Pietru}}; 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.{{sfn|Grierson|Travaini|1998|p=256}} 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.{{sfn|Grierson|Travaini|1998|p=268}}

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).{{sfn|Grierson|Travaini|1998|p=268}}

Under Peter, the Neapolitans conquered the Lipari Islands and took the cities of Milazzo and Termini in Sicily itself.{{sfn|Grierson|Travaini|1998|p=268}} He died after a short illness on 8 August 1342{{sfn|Grierson|Travaini|1998|p=268}} in Calascibetta and was buried in the cathedral of Palermo. He was succeeded by Louis, his eldest son, who was only four years old.{{sfn|Grierson|Travaini|1998|p=269}}

Marriage and children

He married Elisabeth of Carinthia,{{sfn|Ritzerfeld|2015|p=289}} with whom he had nine children:

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book |title=The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary |editor-first=Clayton J. |editor-last=Drees |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2001 }}
  • {{cite book |first1=Philip |last1=Grierson |first2=Lucia |last2=Travaini |title=Medieval European Coinage: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |volume=14 (Italy) part 3 (South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia) |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1998 }}
  • {{cite book |title=The Renaissance: The Protestant Revolution and The Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe |url=https://archive.org/details/renaissanceprot06hulmgoog |first=Edward Maslin |last=Hulme |publisher=The Century Co. |year=1915 }}
  • {{cite book |chapter=The Language of Power: Transgressing Borders in Luxury Metal Object of the Lusignan |first=Ulrike |last=Ritzerfeld |title=Medieval Cyprus: a Place of Cultural Encounter |editor-first1=Sabine |editor-last1=Rogge |editor-first2=Michael |editor-last2=Grünbart |publisher=Waxmann Verlag GmbH |year=2015 }}

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Category:14th-century kings of Sicily

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