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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 100. Chapters: Battles involving the Kingdom of Sicily, Kings of Sicily, Philip II of Spain, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, List of monarchs of Sicily, Philip V of Spain, Roger II of Sicily, Charles I of Naples, Philip III of Spain, Peter III of Aragon, Philip IV of Spain, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Alfonso V of Aragon, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles III of Spain, Charles II of Spain, John II of Aragon, Conradin, William I of Sicily, Roger I of Sicily, Cocalus, Tancred, King of Sicily, William II of Sicily, Frederick III of Sicily, Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, James II of Aragon, Manfred, King of Sicily, Alfonso II of Naples, Martin of Aragon, Conrad IV of Germany, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Joan II of Naples, Maria, Queen of Sicily, Martin I of Sicily, Battle of Nocera, Peter II of Sicily, William III of Sicily, Frederick III the Simple, Battle of Falconaria, Battle of Rignano, Battle of Sanluri, Louis, King of Sicily, Simon of Sicily, Roger III of Sicily. Excerpt: Charles III (Spanish: Carlos III; Italian: Carlo III; 20 January 1716 - 14 December 1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese. In 1731, the fifteen-year-old Charles became the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I, at the death of his childless great uncle Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. In 1734, as the Duke of Parma, he conquered the kingdoms of Naples and of Sicily, and was crowned as the King of Naples and Sicily on 3 July 1735, reigning as King Charles, although he is contemporarily known as Charles VII of Naples and Charles V of Sicily. In 1738 he married the Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, an educated, cultured woman who gave birth to thirteen children, eight of whom reached adulthood....
