![]() Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily His grandson, Robert the Wise ruled the kingdom from 1309 to 1343 and due to various reasons, some maybe not so legitimate, his granddaughter Joanna succeeded him. Because of this he is usually styled as the King of Naples after 1282 and so are his successors. He was later expelled but still claimed power over the peninsular possessions of the kingdom and made his capital at Naples. ![]() He managed to get a papal grant to the Kingdom of Sicily in 1262 and then earned it by conquest in 1266. He was not satisfied with being the brother of a King and sought a kingdom for himself. The story of the reign of Joanna is complicated and has its roots going back to Charles of Anjou, the brother of the saintly King Louis IX of France. ![]() Needless to say, this history in this book is more than mesmerizing. There are many elements in this story that mimic what I’ve watched in the TV show. I don’t know for certain if George RR Martin found inspiration for his “Game of Thrones” books from this era in history or not but it certainly appears that he did. ![]()
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