William of Capparone was a Norman knight of Palermo who came to power as the regent of Sicily and guardian of Frederick I in 1202 after the death of Markward von Anweiler. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is a person selected to act as Head of state (ruling or not because the ruler is a minor Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty to care for the personal and Property interests of another person called a ward Frederick II ( December 26, 1194 &ndash December 13, 1250) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was a Pretender to the title Markward von Annweiler (died 1202 was Imperial Seneschal and Regent of the Kingdom of Sicily. He held the post for the next four years until 1206. He was called the Great Captain.
William was probably supported by Pisans, for he dates certain instruments of Fredericks with the Pisan system. Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. He certainly did not have the support of the Hohenstaufen family, of which the young Frederick was a scion. He was opposed also by Pope Innocent III, who tried to arrange a favourable marriage for Frederick to put him under somebody else's influence. Pope Innocent III ( February 22, 1161 &ndash June 16, 1216) born Lotario de' Conti di Segni, was Pope from January
William's dictatorship in Sicily is shown in that it is known that he expelled Urso, Bishop of Agrigento, from his diocese (for the second time) for refusal to take an oath of fealty.
In Spring 1204, the pope's legate began negotiating for peace and the recognition of the pope's representatives. Capparone never fulfilled his end of the deal, however, and peace was ultimately not obtained. In 1206, William was finally removed from power and replaced by the chancellor Walter of Palearia. Walter of Palear (or Palearia, also Gualtiero da Pagliaria; died 1229 or 1231 was Chancellor of Sicily and the Bishop of Troia (1189&ndash1208 William still held the royal palace, however. With the aid of Diepold, Count of Acerra, he was eventually dislodged, as were his Pisan friends. Dipold (died after 1221 known in German as Diepold or Dietpold von Schweinspeunt or Schweinspünt, was a Ministerialis The Genoese gained ascendancy in Sicilian trade thereafter.
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- Gesta Innocentii III.
- Matthew, Donald (1992). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP is a Publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534