{{Short description|Prince of Sicily and Duke of Athens (1306–1317)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox noble|type | name = Manfred | title = prince of Sicily | image = Coat of Arms of Eleanor of Sicily, Queen of Aragon.svg | image_size = 120px | caption = Coat of arms of Aragonese Sicily | succession = Duke of Athens & Neopatria | predecessor = Roger Deslaur | successor = William II, Duke of Athens | reign = 1312–1317 | spouse = | issue = | noble family = of Barcelona | father = Frederick II of Sicily | mother = Eleanor of Anjou | birth_name = | birth_date = 1306 | birth_place = | death_date = 9 November 1317 | death_place = Trapani | burial_date = | burial_place = Dominican church of Trapani }}
'''Manfred''' (1306 – 9 November 1317), ''infante'' of Sicily, was the second son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou.
He was appointed Duke of Athens and Neopatria in 1312 by his father at the request of the knights of the Catalan Company then in control of Athens. Manfred was only five when he was named duke. His father sent Berenguer Estanyol as his regent.
In 1316, Alfonso Fadrique, Manfred's elder (but illegitimate) brother, was appointed vicar general of Athens. The young Duke never set foot in his realm, however, for he died in a fall from his horse before his twelfth birthday. He died in Trapani and was buried in the Dominican church located there. His younger brother William succeeded him as duke.
==References== *Fiske, H. ''Acta Aragonensia''. Berlin-Leipzig, 1908. *{{DBI|last=Ghisalberti|first=Alberto M. | volume=3}} * {{Setton-A History of the Crusades | volume = 3 | first = Kenneth M. | last = Setton | authorlink = Kenneth Setton | chapter = The Catalans in Greece, 1311–1388 | pages = 167–224 }} * {{The Papacy and the Levant|volume=1}} *Setton, Kenneth M. ''Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380''. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975.
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Category:1306 births Category:1317 deaths Category:Dukes of Athens Category:House of Barcelona (Sicily) Category:Deaths by horse-riding accident in Italy Category:Sons of kings