DBA Armies

IV/5 SICILIAN 1072 AD - 1266 AD & 1282 AD - 1442 AD

This list covers Sicily from its conquest from the Arabs by the Normans of the Dukedom of Apulia in southern Italy and the combination of the two as the Kingdom of Naples, through its acquisition by the Swabian Hohenstaufen dynasty in 1198, until the death in battle at Benevento in 1266 of Manfred (natural son of the 4 times excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick 11) fighting the French army of Charles of Anjou (brother of the King of France and invading on behalf of the Pope); then from the “Sicilian Vespers” revolt of 1282 that called in Pere III of Aragon and ended in 1302 with him as King of Sicily and Charles and his successors ruling in Italy as Kings of Naples. In 1409 Sicily became part of the Kingdom of Aragon, then in 1442 Sicily and Naples were united under Alfonso V of Aragon as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and becomes covered by 1V/61. German mercenary sergeants used by Manfred in 1266 were very heavily armoured, wearing the new “coats of plates” over full mail, but were clumsy and un-enterprising, so can be 4Kn. References: Armies of Feudal Europe 1. Heath, Armies of the Middle Ages Vol 11. Heath.

IV/5a — Sicilian Army 1072 AD - 1193 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 3 x knights (3Kn), 6 x Saracen archers (Ps), 1 x Griffon javelinmen (3Ax) or Italian communal spearmen (Sp), 1 x crossbowmen (4Cb) or Berbers (LH)
Terrain: Littoral
Aggression: 3
Enemies:

IV/5b — Sicilian Army 1194 AD - 1266 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 3 x knights (3Kn), 1 x Saracen mounted archers (Mtd-4Bw) or Berbers (LH) or Germans (4Kn), 5 x Saracen archers (Ps), 1 x Italian communal spearmen (Sp), 1 x Griffons (7Hd)
Terrain: Littoral
Aggression: 3
Enemies:
Allies: IV/17

IV/5c — Sicilian Army 1282 AD - 1442 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 3 x knights (3Kn), 1 x Aragonese cavalry (Cv), 1 x Aragonese crossbowmen mixed with shield-men (4Cb), 5 x Catalans (3/4Ax), 1 x Italian communal crossbowmen (8Cb)
Terrain: Littoral
Aggression: 3
Enemies:
Allies: III/35c or (IV/32 & IV/60) or IV/68a