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Statue of Charles in Hyères, Provence

Charles I of Anjou (1226/1227–1285) was the youngest son of Louis VIII of France. He acquired vast territories and many titles by a variety of means and founded the Second House of Anjou. He accompanied Louis during the Seventh Crusade to Egypt. In 1263 he agreed with the Holy See to seize the Kingdom of Sicily, which included southern Italy to well north of Naples. Pope Urban IV declared a crusade against the incumbent Manfred, and Charles occupied the kingdom with little resistance. In 1270 he took part in the Eighth Crusade and forced the caliph of Tunis to pay him a yearly tribute. The popes tried to channel his ambitions away from Italy and assisted him in acquiring claims to Achaea and Jerusalem. In 1281 Charles was authorised to launch a crusade against the Byzantine Empire. A riot, known as the Sicilian Vespers, broke out in March 1282 that put an end to his rule on the island of Sicily. He was able to defend the mainland territories with the support of France and the Holy See. (Full article...)

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i have taken the liberty of replacing the blurb submitted at tfa/r with a version of the draft written by Gog and reviewed by fac nominator Borsoka, because the former was too short for a tfa blurb, and i felt that it read more like a curriculum vitae than most tfa blurbs, while Gog's blurb read more like a summary of the life of the featured subject. if the previous blurb is to be preferred, i would not mind being reverted.

courtesy pinging Vida0007 (tfa/r nominator), Gog (blurb drafter), Borsoka (fac nominator), and Jimfbleak (tfa coordinator for this month). dying (talk) 00:22, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

dying fine with me Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:18, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dying: I second Jim's motion. Vida0007 (talk) 12:47, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I think "Achaea" should be linked to the Principality of Achaea (instead of Achaea) in the seventh sentence (just like Jerusalem which is linked to the Kingdom of Jerusalem). Borsoka (talk) 11:59, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

oh, good point. i will bring it up at wp:errors, as i am not sure if anyone else is paying attention to this page, and the blurb has already been protected via cascading protection. dying (talk) 22:56, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]