William III of Sicily (1190 - 1198) was briefly king of Sicily for 10 months in 1194. Events March 16 - Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan January 8 - Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne Births August 24 - Alexander II of Scotland (d. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ...

He was the second son of King Tancred of Sicily and Sibylla of Accera. At the age of four, shortly after the death of first his older brother, and then a few weeks later of his father (February 20, 1194), William was crowned king by Pope Celestine III in Palermo. He would be the last of Sicily's Norman kings. His mother Sibylla, acted as his regent. Tancred (d. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events November 20 - Palermo falls to Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire December 25 - Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily. ... Celestine III, né Giacinto Bobone Orsini ( 1106 - January 8, 1198), was Pope from 1191 to 1198. ... Location within Italy Palermo (Palermo in Italian) (Palermu or Palemmu in Sicilian) (population 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy. ...

But the Emperor Henry VI claimed the throne of Sicily in right of his wife Constance, who was William's great-aunt. Even before Tancred's death he had been laying plans to invade, and his resources had been further augmented by the ransom paid by Richard I of England. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (November 1165 - September 28, 1197) was king of Germany 1190-1197, and Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197. ... Constance of Sicily ( 1154 - November 27, 1198) was in her own right Queen of Sicily, became German Empress as the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, and was the mother of the Emperor and King of Sicily Frederick II. She was the posthumous daughter of Roger II of... Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ...

Sibylla was unable to organize much effective resistance. By the end of October of 1194 Henry had conquered all the mainland parts of the kingdom and crossed over into Sicily. On November 20 Palermo fell. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Henry offered Sibylla generous terms: William was to retain the county of Lecce, which had been his father's before he had become king, and was also to receive the principality of Taranto. With that agreement reached, William, his mother and his sisters watched while Henry was crowned king of Sicily on December 25. Categories: Stub ... Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ...

Four days later, a conspiracy against the new king was uncovered, and many of the leading Sicilian political figures were arrested and sent to prison in Germany, including William and his family.

While his mother and sisters were eventually released and lived obscurely in France, nothing is known for certain of William's subsequent fate. Some say he was blinded, castrated, or both. Some say he died in captivity a few years later, others that he was released and became a monk. Another theory is that he later returned to Sicily under the alias Tancredi Palamara. Henry's son, Emperor Frederick II (who was also king of Sicily) discovered Tancredi Palamara in Messina and had him executed in 1232. Although the date generally accepted for his death is 1198. Frederick II (left) meets al-Kamil (right). ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan January 8 - Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne Births August 24 - Alexander II of Scotland (d. ...

Tancred (d. ... The following is a list of monarchs of Naples and Sicily: See also: List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria Hauteville Counts of Sicily, 1071-1130 Roger I 1071-1101 Simon 1101-1105 Roger II 1105-1130 Hauteville Kings of Sicily, 1130-1198 Roger II 1130-1154 William I 1154... Constance of Sicily ( 1154 - November 27, 1198) was in her own right Queen of Sicily, became German Empress as the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, and was the mother of the Emperor and King of Sicily Frederick II. She was the posthumous daughter of Roger II of... Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (November 1165 - September 28, 1197) was king of Germany 1190-1197, and Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197. ...