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and several fiefs in Calabria as a reward for his services. In May 1242, Andrew led a group of knights in an attack on Rieti and its environs. Although it was feared he would attack Rome, he spared the city. In September, he was in Salerno, where he decided a lawsuit brought by the monastery of
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and two Abruzzese noblewomen. On 3 May, Frederick appointed him master justiciar of the same territory over which he was captain, effectively giving him complete viceregal authority from Porta Roseti to the Tronto. One of his first duties was to put into effect the new laws concerning judges,
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to cede the diocese's rights in the church of Saint Philip in Golisano to the monastery of Montevergine. In November 1234, his brother-in-law drew up his will, in which he named Andrew the guardian of his daughters and the administrator of his estates in Sicily. In 1236, King Frederick
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with maladministration. Later that year, he enforced the ban on the export of horses, replaced William of Spinosa as castellan of Rocca Ianula with John of Trentenaria and assembled an army of knights at
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against the crown in favour of the former. In February 1243, he attended another diet at Foggia. Afterwards, he arranged the administration of various properties confiscated by the crown in
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Andrew died on 17 May 1246, during the first confrontations between the conspirators and Frederick's forces before the final stand at Capaccio. The day of his death is recorded in the
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Andrew had only one daughter, Constance, who inherited the lordships of Golisano and Polizzi, as confirmed by Innocent IV in 1254. She was married twice. In 1277 or 1278, she married
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of the same from 1240. He was for a brief period in 1242–1243, captain over the whole kingdom. His energetic administration in the period 1239–1241, when he was facing the
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of Montevergine, which also records that his wife died on 19 June without specifying the year. It is corroborated by royal records showing that the fief of
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Andrew became Frederick's most important military advisor, often offering independent advice. In January 1240, he created the office of
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Andrew worked energetically to increase the number of castles under royal control and improve their readiness for war. He appointed new
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In 1241, Frederick ordered a levy of church property to pay for the war. Andrew informed the prelates at an ecclesiastical assembly at
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nearly captured the pope's nephew for use as a hostage during negotiations. He received instructions from Frederick to attack papal
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in July 1245 affected his own sense of legitimacy as Frederick's viceroy. He was in contact with one of the leading conspirators,
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Despite years of loyal service, by early 1246 Andrew had joined a conspiracy against Frederick's life. It is most likely that the
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Andrew succeeded his father in Golisano, but without the title of count. As lord of Golisano, he had to remit the royal
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to improve the kingdom's strategic position. Frederick at first reserved judgement until he could see Andrew's list.
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in 1245. He joined a conspiracy against the emperor's life and was killed during its suppression.
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to garrison the castles under his command. He proposed the destruction of some castles in the
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was charged with inspecting his castles twice a week and every castle in the kingdom had a
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In December 1239, Andrew brought his wife over from Sicily and set her up in the castle of
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in June. To collect the church's treasures, he dispatched as emissaries Peter of Melfi to
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In early October 1239, Frederick appointed Andrew captain of the entire kingdom north of
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Castelli e fortezze nelle città italiane e nei centri minori italiani (secoli XIII–XV)
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to the crown by 21 May 1246. The office of captain was left vacant after his death.
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In July 1241, Andrew took charge of the high-profile prisoners, including Cardinals
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notaries and physicians promulgated at Foggia. He summoned the procurators of the
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to the papal side in September, he was once again charged with collecting the
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and the county of Fondi. Andrew ordered the arrest of all citizens of
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in May. Taking custody of them at Naples, he had them imprisoned in
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of the northern half of the kingdom from 1239 until 1246 and master
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In the spring of 1242, Frederick granted Andrew the castles of
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In March 1240, Andrew charged the procurators and castellan of
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The Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen: Immutator Mundi
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depicting the battle of Giglio and the two cardinals in
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for the war. In August 1245, he held an inquest in the
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Index

Andrea di Cicala
Kingdom of Sicily
Frederick II
Golisano
Polizzi
captain
justiciar
a papal invasion
Rieti
Council of Lyon
Castelcicala
sh
Campania
Paul
Alife
Golisano
island of Sicily
Palermo
Roccella
monastery of Montevergine
Ischia Maggiore
tithe
diocese of CefalĂą
Arduin of CefalĂą
enfeoffed
Polizzi
Calabria
Porta Roseti
Tronto
war against the Papacy

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