ILCS 1170 Lecture 7: 1091-1285 Continuted

• School: UConn
• Department: Italian Literary and Cultural Studies
• Course: ILCS 1170
• Professor: Concetta Chiappetta- Miller

Document Summary

William the ii did not have and heir. Sicily at this time still included the south tip of italy. Above the kingdom of sicily is the holy roman empire. Concern that the roman empire will attempt to take over. Popes will align with the emperors in order to spread christianity. Because william ii has no heirs, the roman takeover is imminent. William"s aunt constance married to king henry (son of holy roman empire) 1194 on christmas day henry crowns himself king of sicily, On the same day his son, frederick ii, is born. And constance want to prove that it is hers so she has a public birth on. Frederick ii is only 3 years old so he can"t take over. And constance dies when frederick is 4. Grows up an orphan - child of palermo . At 18 he is king of german territory. Conradin (son of conrad) killed at 16 by charles d" anjou.