Conrad of Antioch
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Conrad of Antioch was a scion of an illegitimate branch of the imperial Staufer dynasty and a nobleman of the Kingdom of Sicily. He was the eldest son of Frederick of Antioch, imperial vicar of Tuscan
Ruins of the castle of Alba today
Castle and town of Alba as depicted prior to modernisation in the 19th century (detail of illustration by Edward Lear)
John of Procida
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John of Procida was an Italian medieval physician and diplomat.
Conrad of Antioch
…Molise. Nothing is known of Conrad's activities between 1272 and 1282. It is probable, however, that he was among those partisans of the Staufer, like John of Procida, who encouraged Peter III, king of Aragon, to conquer the kingdom of Sicily in the name of his wife, Constance, daughter of King Manfred. Following the…
Reproduction of the profile present in the Duomo of Salerno (Michele Parascandolo. Storia di Procida, Benevento, 1893).