In 1356, they were crowned in Messina as rulers of Sicily, but failed to capture the entire island, which had been seized from the Kingdom of Naples by the House of Barcelona in 1285 and thereafter ruled as a separate kingdom.
In 1356, they were crowned in Messina as rulers of Sicily, but failed to capture the entire kingdom. Louis aspired to reconquer the island of Sicily, which had been seized from the Kingdom of Naples by the House of Barcelona in 1285 and thereafter ruled as a separate kingdom.