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Sicily is in Italy.
On 20th August 1270 King Edward I of England (age 31) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 29) sailed from Dover, Kent [Map] to Tunis [Map] via Sicily [Map]. On arrival at Sicily [Map] King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 43), brother of the recently deceased King Louis IX of France (age 56), had signed a treaty with the Emir so Edward returned to Sicily [Map].
On 22nd September 1272 King Edward I of England (age 33) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) left Acre [Map] for Sicily [Map] where he spent the winter convalescing. Whilst there he learned of the death of his father King Henry III of England (age 64), his uncle Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall and his eldest son John Plantagenet.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1693. The Bishop of Lincoln (age 56) preached in the afternoon at the Tabernacle near Golden Square, set up by him. Proposals of a marriage between Mr. Draper and my daughter Susanna (age 24). Hitherto an exceedingly warm winter, such as has seldom been known, and portending an unprosperous spring as to the fruits of the earth; our climate requires more cold and winterly weather. The dreadful and astonishing earthquake swallowing up Catania, and other famous and ancient cities, with more than 100,000 persons in Sicily [Map], on 11th January last, came now to be reported among us.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th February 1693. An extraordinary deep snow, after almost no winter, and a sudden gentle thaw. A deplorable earthquake at Malta, since that of Sicily [Map], nearly as great.
On 4th October 1190 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 33) attacked and captured Messina, Sicily [Map].
Before 12th May 1191 Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 26) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 69) met King Richard's sister Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily (age 25) at Messina, Sicily [Map] from where they travelled to Limassol [Map].
On 15th August 1209 Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor (age 14) and Constance Barcelona (age 30) were married at Messina, Sicily [Map]. She the daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1172 Henry Hauteville Prince Capua (age 14) died at Palermo [Map].
On 11th November 1189 William "Good" II King Sicily (age 34) died at Palermo [Map]. His first cousin Tancred (age 51) succeeded King Sicily.
In February 1209 Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence (age 35) died at Palermo [Map] whilst accompanying his sister Constance (age 30) to her wedding. His son Raymond (age 11) succeeded IV Count Provence.
In 1260 Beatrix of Sicily Marchioness Saluzzo was born to Manfred King Sicily (age 28) and Helena Angelina Doukaina at Palermo [Map].
Before 9th May 1271 King Edward I of England (age 31) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 30) sailed from Palermo [Map] and travelled to Acre [Map] arriving on 9th May 1271. They were later joined by Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 26), John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 53) and Teobaldo Visconti Archdeacon of Liège (age 41) (who would become Pope a month later).
On 29th September 1812 Archibald William Montgomerie 13th Earl Eglinton was born to Major-General Archibald Montgomerie (age 39) and Mary Montgomerie Lady Lamb (age 25) at Palermo [Map].
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 3rd June 1821 Jacopo Fitz James Stuart 15th Duke Alba 13th Duke Veragua 8th Duke Berwick was born to Carlos Miguel Fitz James Stuart 12th Duke Veragua 7th Duke Berwick 14th Duke Alba (age 27) and Rosalía Ventimiglia Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick Duchess Alba (age 23) at Palermo [Map].
On 04 or 5th December 1270 Theobald "Young" II King Navarre (age 30) died at Trapani returning from the Eighth Crusade. His brother Henry (age 26) succeeded I King Navarre, III Count Champagne. Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 22) by marriage Queen Navarre, Countess Champagne.