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Chapter 38ChrP.5.38

De coronacione Caroli in regnum Cecilie et morte Manfredi filii naluralisf.

Charles Crowned, Manfred Deprived

Pope Clement crowns Charles king of Sicily in 1265, and Charles deprives Manfred, Frederick's illegitimate son, of both life and kingdom.

Of Frederick the emperor. In the year of our Lord 1265, Pope Clement crowned the aforementioned Charles with a crown into the kingdom of Sicily, which Pope Urban had granted to him. This Charles deprived Manfred, the natural (illegitimate) son of Frederick the emperor, of his life and of the kingdom.

Citations

Source references to Martinus and Ptolemy.

(Martinus) page 408. (Ptolemy)

Read the original Latin

Friderici n imperatoris. Anno domini mcclxv Clemens papa im Carolum predictum corona vit 2 3 in regnum Ce cilie, quod ei papa Urbanus dedit. Hic Carolus Manfredum filium naturalem Friderici imperato ris II vita et regno privavit. (Mart. p. 408. Ptol )

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