William II the Good of Sicily King of Naples and Sicily [7566] ²⁴

  General Notes:

Acceded: 1166
Weir says b.1154
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William was only eleven years old at the death of his father William I , when he was placed under the regency of his mother, Margaret of Navarre . Until the king was declared adult in 1171 the government was controlled first by the chancellor Stephen du Perche , cousin of Margaret (1166\endash 1168), and then by Walter Ophamil , archbishop of Palermo , and Matthew of Ajello , the vice-chancellor.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1166.

William married Joan Plantagenet Queen of Naples And Sicily [3915] [MRIN: 2980], daughter of Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England [2565] [9H8V-L97] and Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine [2564] [9CMK-Z62], on 13 Feb 1177 in Palermo, Sicily. (Joan Plantagenet Queen of Naples And Sicily [3915] was born in Oct 1165 in Angers Castle, Anjou, died on 4 Sep 1199 in Fontevrault Abbey, France and was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, France.). The cause of her death was died in childbirth.