1266-1282
Angevins (French)

1266 The French Pope deposes Edmund and gives Sicily to Charles I of Anjou (brother of Louis IX).
The Angevins oppress Sicily as no previous power has, (high taxes and division of baronial fiefs among French aristocrats), and are generally detested.
1282 The Sicilian Vespers, a popular uprising killing thousands of French occupiers, pave the way for a new conqueror.

They offered the Sicilian crown to Peter III of Aragon and six months after the start of the rebellion Peter III of Aragon is proclaimed King of Sicily. In 1409 the lines of succession within the House of Aragon merged and Sicily was reunited with Aragon in Spain.

In the dialect one can find French words like the following:"custurieri" for tailor, "racina" for grapes (fr. raisin) o “muarra” for closet (fr. armoire).

The Sicilian Vespers