Charles Capet

1227 - 1285  (57 years)

• Name	Charles Capet
  Birth	21 Mar 1227	Île-De-France, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jan 1285	Italy
  Person ID	I7684	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Louis Capet, King Of France ,   b. 5 Sep 1187, Île-De-France, France d. 8 Nov 1226, Auvergne, France (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Blanca Alphonsa,   b. 4 Mar 1188   d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, Île-De-France, France (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1200
  Family ID	F4492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beatrice Provence, Queen Consort Of Sicily ,   b. 1234, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France d. 23 Sep 1267, Italy (Age 33 years)
  Children	+ 1. Charles Of Naples, King of Naples ,   b. 1 Jan 1254, Italy d. 5 May 1309, Italy (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  King of Sicily from 1266 though he received it as a papal grant in 1262 a n d w a s e x pelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vesper s o f 1 2 8 2 . Thereafter, he continued to claim the island, though his power was rest r i c t e d to the peninsular possessions of the kingdom, with his capital a t N a p l e s (and for this he is usually titled King of Naples after 1282, a s a r e h i s s uccessors). He conquered of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen and began to acquire lands i n t h e e a s tern Mediterranean. However, the War of the Sicilian Vespers f or c e d h i m to abandon his plans to reassemble the Latin Empire.