 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1258, vaSicily vakatora chitsuwa cheCorfu nemhenderekedzo yeAlbania, kubva kuDyrrhachium kuenda kuValona neButhrotum uye kusvikira mukati menyika seBerat. Izvi zvakaita kuti Manfred ave nenzvimbo inokosha yokuenda kuBalkan, achidzora mugumo wokumadokero weVia Egnatia huru, nzira huru yokuenda kuConstantinople. Nechekare muzana ramakore rechi11 nerechi12, nzvimbo imwe cheteyo yakanga yava chinangwa chevaNorman vokumaodzanyemba kweItaly mukurwisa kwavo Umambo. Pashure pokubvisa Manfred pachigaro, muChibvumirano cheViterbo 1267 Charles akawana kuzivikanwa kwake somudyi wenhaka waManfred. Muna 1272, vakuru vakuru vechiLatin avo vakanga vabata nhare dzeValona, Kanina, uye Berat nokuda kwaManfred vakazvipa kuna Charles, uye nokukurumidza pashure mauto aCharles akatorawo Dyrrhachium. Awana rutsigiro rwemachinda mazhinji eAlbania, Charles akazivisa kugadzwa kweHumambo hweAlbania mugore rimwe chetero. 