William III ( Italian : Guglielmo III ; c. 1186 – c. 1198), a scion of the Hauteville dynasty , was the last Norman King of Sicily , who reigned briefly for ten months in 1194. He was overthrown by his great-aunt Constance and her husband Emperor Henry VI .
8-2225: (Redirected from Willem III ) William III or William the Third may refer to: Kings [ edit ] William III of Sicily ( c. 1186 – c. 1198 ) William III of England and Ireland or William III of Orange or William II of Scotland (1650–1702) William III of the Netherlands and Luxembourg (1817–1890) Nobles [ edit ] William III, Duke of Aquitaine (913–963) William II, Count of Provence , also numbered William III of Provence, (late 980s–1018) William III, Count of Toulouse , also styled William III of Provence ( c. 970 –1037) William III of Provence (died after 1037) William III of Weimar (died 1039) William III, Marquess of Montferrat ( c. 970 –1042) William III, Lord of Montpellier (died 1058) William V, Count of Angoulême , also known as William Taillefer III (1084–1118/20) William III, Count of Burgundy ( c. 1110 –1127) William III of Forcalquier (died 1129) William III of Mâcon (1088–1156) William III, Count of Nevers ( c. 1107 –1161) William III, Count of Ponthieu ( c. 1093 –1172) William III, Count of Jülich ( r. 1207–1219 ) William II, Count of Flanders , also styled William III of Dampierre (1224–1251) William de Cantilupe (died 1254) William III of Baux (died 1257) William III Giudice of Cagliari ( r. 1256–1258 ) William III of Geneva (1280-1320) William I, Count of Hainaut or William III of Holland ( c. 1286 –1337) William III, Earl of Ross , known as Uillearn , 5th Earl of Ross (died 1372) William I, Duke of Bavaria or William III of Hainaut (1330–1389) William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375–1435) William III of Isenburg-Wied ( r. 1413–1462 ) William III, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (1434–1480) William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425–1482) William III, Landgrave of Hesse (1471–1500) Horses [ edit ] William
16-491: Is said to have been blinded and castrated, on orders of Henry. According to some sources he died in captivity at Hohenems Castle a few years later. Another theory is that he later returned to Sicily under the alias Tancredi Palamara. Henry's son, Emperor Frederick II (who was also king of Sicily) discovered Tancredi Palamara in Messina and had him executed in 1232. However, referring to several letters by Pope Celestine III ,
24-489: The Hohenstaufen emperor Henry VI claimed the throne of Sicily in right of his wife. Even before Tancred's death he had been laying plans to invade, and his resources had been further augmented by the ransom he had received for the release of King Richard I of England . In August 1194 Henry marched against Sicily. Sibylla was unable to organize much effective resistance. By the end of October Henry had conquered all
32-500: The Third (horse) See also [ edit ] Guillaume III (disambiguation) , the French equivalent of William III King William (disambiguation) Prince William (disambiguation) List of people named William#Royalty and nobility [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
40-456: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_III&oldid=1217949879 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Hiberno-Scottish Gaelic-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William III of Sicily William
48-599: The mainland parts of the kingdom and crossed over into the island of Sicily. On 20 November Palermo fell, William and his mother fled to Caltabellotta Castle. Henry offered Sibylla generous terms: William was to retain the County of Lecce , the home territory of his father before he had become king, and was also to retain the Principality of Taranto in turn for renouncing the royal crown. With that agreement reached, William, his mother and his sisters watched while Henry
56-530: Was crowned King of Sicily on 25 December. Nevertheless, four days later, an alleged conspiracy against the new king was uncovered, and many of the leading Italo-Norman political figures were arrested and sent to prison in Germany , including William and his family. While his mother and sisters were eventually released and lived in obscurity in France , nothing is known for certain of William's subsequent fate. He
64-732: Was the second son of Count Tancred of Lecce and his wife Sibylla of Acerra . When in 1189 King William II of Sicily died childless, Tancred, an illegitimate son of the Norman duke Roger III of Apulia gained the support of Pope Clement III to be crowned King of Sicily, denying the rights of his aunt Constance, daughter of late King Roger II . At the age of four, shortly after the death of his older brother Roger , William had been crowned co-ruler by his father, Tancred, in Palermo . His father died on 20 February 1194, while his mother, Sibylla, acted as his regent. However, Constance's husband,
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