The Battle of Benevento was fought on 26 February 1266 near Benevento, in present-day Southern Italy. It was waged between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily. Manfred's defeat and death resulted in the capture of the Kingdom of Sicily by Charles, effectively ending the rule of the Hohenstaufen in the Italian Peninsula.
The Papacy had long been in conflict with the imperial house of Hohenstaufen over their rule in Italy. At the time of the battle, the Hohenstaufen ruler of the Kingdom of Sicily was Manfred, illegitimate son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. While the rightful heir to the kingdom was young and safely across the Alps in Bavaria. Manfred, Taking advantage of a false rumor of Conradin's death, had usurped the throne in 1258. Pope Urban IV determined to take the Kingdom from him, and in 1263, concluded a secret treaty with Charles of Anjou, promising him the Sicilian throne instead.
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