William III | |
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King of Sicily | |
Reign | February – October 1194 |
Coronation | January/February 1194 |
Predecessor | Tancred |
Successor | Constance & Henry I |
Born | c. 1186 Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | c. 1198 Alt-Ems, Swabia, Holy Roman Empire |
House | House of Hauteville |
Father | Tancred, King of Sicily |
Mother | Sibylla of Acerra |
William III (Italian: Guglielmo III; c. 1186 – c. 1198), a scion of the Hauteville dynasty, was the last Norman King of Sicily, who reigned briefly for ten months in 1194. He was overthrown by his great-aunt Constance and her husband Emperor Henry VI.