Italy: Charles I of Anjou (Carlo D'Angio; 1226/27 - 1285), Count of Anjou, King of Sicily and King of Albania, Palazzo Reale di Napoli (Royal Palace), Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples

Charles I (early 1226/1227 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou.

He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) in the Holy Roman Empire, Count of Anjou and Maine (1246–85) in France; he was also King of Sicily (1266–85) and Prince of Achaea (1278–85). In 1272, he was proclaimed King of Albania; and in 1277 he purchased a claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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