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House of Capet-Anjou
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Capetian House of Anjou
The
Capetian
House of Anjou
, also known as the
House of Anjou-Sicily
and
House of Anjou-Naples
, was a
royal house
and
cadet branch
of the direct
House of Capet
. It is one of three separate royal houses referred to as
Angevin
, meaning "from Anjou." Founded by
Charles I of Sicily
, a son of
Louis VIII of France
, the Capetian king first ruled the
Kingdom of Sicily
during the 13th century. Later the
War of the Sicilian Vespers
forced him out of the island of Sicily, leaving him with just the southern half of the
Italian Peninsula
— the
Kingdom of Naples
. The house and its various branches would go on to influence much of the history of
Southern
and
Central Europe
during the
Middle Ages
, until becoming defunct in 1435.
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