Kingdom of Trinacria
Kingdom of Trinacria | |||||||||
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| 1282–1442 | |||||||||
| Motto: Animus Tuus Dominus (Latin for 'Courage is thy Lord') (in use in the Sicilian Vespers of 1282) | |||||||||
| Status | Sovereign state (until 1412) Part of the Crown of Aragon (1412–1442) | ||||||||
| Capital | Palermo 38°35′31″N 16°4′44″E / 38.59194°N 16.07889°E | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Demonym | Sicilian | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1282–1285 | Peter I the Great | ||||||||
• 1416–1458 | Alfons V | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 4 September 1282 | |||||||||
| 31 August 1302 | |||||||||
• Alfonso V conquered the Kingdom of Naples and unified both Kingdoms | 1442 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy Malta | ||||||||
The Kingdom of Trinacria was established after Sicilian Vespers in 1282, when King Peter III of Aragon ascended the throne, and was consolidated after the War of the Sicilian Vespers in 1302. According to the Peace of Caltabellota, the Kingdom of Sicily was officially divided into two parts, one of which was the island part of Sicily, officially called the Kingdom of Trinacria[a] or the Kingdom of Sicily on the other side of the Lighthouse,[3] but informally called the Kingdom of Sicily.[4][5]
Since then, Sicily island was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives of the House of Barcelona, and was then added permanently to the Crown of Aragon as a result of the Compromise of Caspe of 1412.[6][7] Meanwhile, the continental part of the Kingdom of Sicily, known colloquially as the Kingdom of Naples, remained under the crown of King Charles II of Anjou. The two resulting kingdoms were separated until 1442, when King Alfonso V of Aragon conquered the Kingdom of Naples and unified both Kingdoms.[8]
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References
- ^ Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Marchant, J.R.V, & Charles, Joseph F. (Eds.), Revised Edition, 1928
- ^ "Sicilian Culture: The Folklore, Legends & Traditions: Trinacria." Sicilian Culture: The Folklore, Legends & Traditions: Trinacria. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 November 2014. "Sicily." Sicily. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 November 2014.
- ^ Latin: Regnum Siciliae ultra Pharum
- ^ Gillespie, Alexander (2016). The Causes of War: Volume II: 1000 CE to 1400 CE. Vol. II. Hart Publishing. p. 115.
- ^ Merlo, Grado Giovanni (1981). Tabacco, Giovanni (ed.). Basso Medioevo. Medioevo V-XV secolo (in Italian). Italy: Il Mulino. p. 535.
- ^ Allan W. Atlas (1985). Music at the Aragonese court of Naples. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-521-24828-0.
- ^ Rzhevskaya, Valentina (31 March 2025). THE COMPROMISE OF CASPE: AN EPISODE FROM THE HISTORY OF PEACEFUL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT (PDF). European Political and Law Discourse. pp. 241–243.
Page 241: On March 29 1412 the nine electors got down to their task in an Aragonese town of Caspe and on June 25 they declared the Castilian prince don Fernando elected. Fernando de Antequera was solemnly proclaimed King of Aragon three days later.
- ^ Bisson, T.N. (1991). The Medieval Crown of Aragon. Oxford University Press. p. 144.