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Castle a few years later. Another theory is that he later returned to Sicily under the alias
Tancredi Palamara. Henry's son, Emperor Frederick II (who was also king of Sicily) discovered Tancredi Palamara in Messina and had him executed in 1232. However, referring to several letters by
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In August 1194 Henry marched against Sicily. Sibylla was unable to organize much effective resistance. By the end of
October Henry had conquered all the mainland parts of the kingdom and crossed over into the island of Sicily. On 20 November Palermo fell, William and his mother fled to
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in turn for renouncing the royal crown. With that agreement reached, William, his mother and his sisters watched while Henry was crowned King of Sicily on 25 December. Nevertheless, four days later, an alleged conspiracy against the new king was uncovered, and many of the leading
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emperor Henry VI claimed the throne of Sicily in right of his wife. Even before
Tancred's death he had been laying plans to invade, and his resources had been further augmented by the ransom he had received for the release of King
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