The Battle of Gagliano was a military engagement between the forces of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Angevin Kingdom of Naples. Fought in early 1300 during the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the battle
Ruins of the castle at Gagliano, the fortress targeted by the Angevin advance prior to the battle.
Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise, was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. He
Robert in a miniature by Simone Martini, 1317
Silver gigliato of Robert I of Anjou King of Naples, 1309-1343.