🔹 Use the slider at the bottom of the map to adjust the displayed year.
🔹 Use the play controls to quickly increment the year and animate the map through time.
The settings gear (⚙️) can be used to access additional controls:
🔹 Use the "Enter year" box to quickly navigate to a specific year.
🔹 Use the "Play rate" box to set the rate of the animation (and the skip controls increment).
🔹 Use the opacity slider to adjust the transparency of the polity shapes.
🔹 Use the "Choose base map" dropdown to switch between different base maps.
🔹 Learn more about the polity border choices.
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| it_sicily_k_2 personal union with de_empire_2 | 1194 CE 1197 CE |
| de_empire_2 personal union with it_sicily_k_2 | 1215 CE 1250 CE |
| Year Range | Kingdom of Sicily - Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties (it_sicily_k_2) was in: |
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Henry VI ascended to the throne of Sicily following the death of William II, the last Norman king without a direct heir, and after defeating the rival claimants who were supported by the local nobility and external forces including the Byzantine Empire.
Henry VI was crowned King of Sicily at Palermo in 1194, adding the kingdom to his territories which already included the German and Italian lands under the Holy Roman Empire.
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[1]: Deutsche Biographie, “Heinrich VI. - Deutsche Biographie,” Zotero link: N3KBRKCS
Frederick II was crowned as King of the Romans on 25 July 1215, in Aachen, marking the end of the German throne dispute. Frederick II ascended to the throne of Sicily as a child following his mother’s death in 1198. His early years were marked by regencies until he came of age. [1]
[1]: Olaf B. Rader, Friedrich II: Der Sizilianer Auf Dem Kaiserthron: Eine Biographie (München: Beck, 2010). Zotero link: 9YCFRHDU