Carlo I Of Naples

1227 - 1285  (58 years)

• Name	Carlo I Of Naples
  Birth	1227
  Gender	Male
  Death	1285
  Person ID	I55886	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2002

  
  

  Father	King Louis VIII Of France,   b. 5 Sep 1187   d. 8 Nov 1226 (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Blanca De Castilla, Queen Of France,   b. 1188, Palencia, Spain d. 30 Nov 1252 (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F11100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. King Carlo II Of Naples,   b. 1254, Naples, Sicily d. 5 May 1309 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F23486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Notes

  king of Naples and Sicily (1266–85), count of Anjou and Provence, youngest brother of King Louis IX of France. He took part in Louis’s crusades to Egypt (1248) and Tunisia (1270). After obtaining Provence by marriage (1246), he extended his influence into Piedmont. He became senator of Rome (1263, 1265–78) and undertook to champion the papal cause against Manfred in the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. In reward, he was crowned king (1266) by Pope Clement IV.   The posthumous son of King Louis Viii of France, Charles I (1227-1285) was created count of Anjou by his elder brother King Louis Ix in 1246, founding the second Angevin dynasty.   In 1266 Charles was invested by Pope Clement Iv with the kingship of Naples and Sicily, in return for expelling Manfred?, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site