- Walter of Palearia
Walter of Palear (or Palearia, also Gualtiero da Pagliaria; died 1229 or 1231) was
chancellor of Sicily and thebishop of Troia (1189–1208) and thenbishop of Catania (from 1208).Walter put
Palermo under the authority of his brotherGentile, Count of Manopello , as guardian of the young king Frederick of Hohenstaufen. Gentile surrendered the city toMarkward von Anweiler in 1198, butPope Innocent III alleged that Markward had bribed Walter for the city and the king's regency.In 1202, an army led by Walter and
Dipold, Count of Acerra , was defeated by the claimantWalter III of Brienne , who opposed Frederick as king. Markward was killed and Frederick fell under the control ofWilliam of Capparone . Dipold wrested Frederick from Capparone in 1206 and gave him over to the guardianship of the chancellor. Walter and Dipold then had a falling out and the latter captured the royal palace, where he was besieged and captured by Walter in 1207.ources
*Matthew, Donald. "The Norman Kingdom of Sicily".
Cambridge University Press : 1992.
* [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/weblearning/MedievalHistoryTextCentre/ricsgermano.doc "Ryccardi di Sancto Germano Notarii Chronicon".] trans. G. A. Loud.External links
* [http://www.san.beck.org/AB21-Europe13thCentury.html Europe's 13th-Century Progress.]
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