Daily Medieval

Pope Urban IV's first move to try to curtail Manfred of Sicily's imperial ambitions was to excommunicate him. This was Manfred...

After Manfred of Sicily  (née Lancia) was excommunicated by the pope in 1254, he handled it in two ways. The first was to talk to the pope a...

Manfred of Sicily (1232 - 1266), the last King of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen dynasty , had one child with Beatrice of Savoy, their daughte...

King Henry VI of Germany who survived the Erfurt Latrine Disaster went on to become Holy Roman. Emperor. He was the second son of Holy Roma...