Charles I, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem

1220 - 1285  (65 years)

• Name	Charles I
  Birth	1220  [2]
  General Information	He was also the Count of Anjou, Provence, and Maine.  [1]
  Reign	From 1266 to 1285 (46 years)
  King of Sicily
  Crowned	6 Jan 1266 (46 years)  [3]
  On 6 January 1266 he was crowned the King of Sicily.
  Death	7 Jan 1285	Foggia, Apulia, Italy   [1, 2]
  Burial	Aft 7 Jan 1285	Naples, Campania, Italy   [1]
  Siblings	2 brothers
  + 1. Saint Louis IX, King of France,   b. 25 Apr 1215, Poissy, Île-de-France, France d. 25 Aug 1270, near Tunis  (Age 55 years) ▻ Margerite of Provence,  m. 27 May 1234 + 2. Charles I, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem,   b. 1220   d. 7 Jan 1285, Foggia, Apulia, Italy  (Age 65 years) ▻ Beatrix of Provence, Countess of Provence,  m. 31 Jan 1246 + 3. Robert I, Count of Artois,   b. Sep 1216   d. 9 Feb 1250, Mansoura, Egypt  (Age 33 years) ▻ Matilda of Brabant,  m. 14 Jun 1237
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Charibert   d. After 636  (18 x Great Grandfather)  Dangerose,   b. Abt 1080  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2960	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth date as March 1226. [1]

  
  

Father	Louis VIII, King of France,   b. 5 Sep 1187, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Nov 1226, Château de Montpensier, Montpensier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 39 years)
Mother	Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France,   b. 4 Mar 1188, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 64 years)
Family ID	F2278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Beatrix of Provence, Countess of Provence,   b. 1234   d. 23 Sep 1267, Nocera Terinese, Calabria, Italy (Age 33 years)
Marriage	31 Jan 1246  [1, 2, 4, 5]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 1 month - She : ~ 12 years and 1 month.
Children	+   1. Charles II, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem,   b. 1254   d. 6 Jun 1309, Caranova, Campania, Italy (Age 55 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Princess Maria of Hungary  m. 1270
Family ID	F2347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Oct 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Charles I, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem(1220 – 1285) 2Louis VIII, King of France(1187 – 1226) 4Philip II, King of France(1165 – 1223) 8Louis VII, King of France(1120 – 1180) 16Louis VI, King of France(1081 – 1137) 17Adelaide of Maurienne(1092 – 1154) 9Adelaide of Blois(1140 – 1206) 18Theobald IV, Count of Blois and Champagne(1090 – 1152) 19Mathilda von Sponheim( – 1161) 5Isabella of Hainaut(1170 – 1190) 10Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur(1150 – 1195) 20Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut(1099 – 1171) 21Alice de Namur(1115 – 1169) 11Marguerite of Lorraine(1148 – 1194) 22Dietrich von Lothringen II, Count of Alsace and Flanders(1101 – 1166) 23Sybil of Anjou(1112 – 1165) 3Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France(1188 – 1252) 6Alfonso IX, King of Castile(1155 – 1214) 12Sancho III, King of Castile(1134 – 1158) 24Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 25Berengaria of Barcelona(1116 – 1149) 13Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre(Abt 1134 – 1156) 26Garcia IV el Restaurador, King of Navarre(1110 – 1150) 27Margaret de l'Aigle(Abt 1104 – 1141) 7Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile(1162 – 1214) 14Henry II, King of England(5 Mar 1132/33 – 1189) 28Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy(1113 – 1151) 29The Empress Maud(1102 – 1167) 15Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine(1123 – 1204) 30William X, Duke of Aquitaine(1099 – 1137) 31Éléonore de Châtellerault(1105 – 1130)

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 7 Jan 1285 - Foggia, Apulia, Italy Burial - Aft 7 Jan 1285 - Naples, Campania, Italy  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Charles I, first Angevin king of Naples and Sicily. The statue is by Arnolfo di Cambio

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S1454] von Redlich, D. R. Marcellus. "The Descent of Queen Philippa, Wife of King Edward III of England From the Royal Hungarian House of Arpád" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XCVI, April 1942). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).