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Also Known As Robert the Wise • Roberto d’Angiò • Roberto il Saggio • Robert of Anjou
Born 1278
Died January 19, 1343 (aged 65) • Naples • Italy
Title / Office king (1309-1343), Kingdom of Naples
Ferdinand II
king of Naples
Louis I
duke of Anjou
Alfonso V, bronze medal by Pisanello, 1448–49; in the Bargello, Florence
Alfonso V
king of Aragon and Naples
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Swedish statesman
Charles II
king of Naples
Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Guglielmo Pepe
Italian soldier
Niccolò Acciaiuoli
Italian statesman and soldier
Muzio Attendolo Sforza
Italian condottiere
Peter III, painting by Filippo Ariosto, 1587-88; in the Museo Militar, Castillo de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
Peter III
king of Aragon and Sicily
Charles I of Naples and Sicily
Charles I
king of Naples and Sicily
Louis II
duke of Anjou
Louis III
king of Naples and Sicily
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
John A. Rawlins
United States general
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
James Fannin
American military figure

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