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Orlando (or Roland) (1296–1361) was the second-eldest illegitimate son of Frederick II of Sicily by his concubine Sibilla di Sormella. During his father's reign, he lived in the shadows, but he rose to influence in the courts of his half-brother Peter II and his nephews, Louis and Frederick IV, especially as the leader of the Catalan party after the death of his brother Giovanni of Randazzo.

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  • Orland d'Aragó Sormella, senyor d'Avola (Catània, 1296 ca. – Caltanissetta, 1361), fou un noble, polític i militar sicilià del segle XIV, pertanyent a la branca siciliana de la nissaga reial catalano-aragonesa dels Aragó. (ca)
  • Ο Ορλάνδος / Ρολάνντ, ισπαν. Orlando / Roland (1296 - 1361) από τον Οίκο της Βαρκελώνης-Σικελίας ήταν κυβερνήτης τού Παλέρμο (1343-45) και στρατηγός της Μεσσίνα. (el)
  • Orlando (or Roland) (1296–1361) was the second-eldest illegitimate son of Frederick II of Sicily by his concubine Sibilla di Sormella. During his father's reign, he lived in the shadows, but he rose to influence in the courts of his half-brother Peter II and his nephews, Louis and Frederick IV, especially as the leader of the Catalan party after the death of his brother Giovanni of Randazzo. In 1339, he was present fighting the Angevins then trying to conquer Lipari. Taken captive, he was freed in November 1340 through the interference of a Sienese widow, Camiola Turinga, a woman he promised to marry. He never did and was considered highly ungrateful by contemporaries, including Boccaccio. From 1343 to 1345, he was governor of Palermo and in 1345, strategos of Messina. He supported the duke of Randazzo as regent during the reign of Louis and then supported his sister-in-law Elisabeth of Carinthia after the duke's death. He was sent as an ambassador to Sardinia on behalf of Peter IV of Aragon in 1353. He continued to help Elisabeth into the reign of his other nephew Frederick the Simple. He was a soldier and a general during the last wars between the houses of Barcelona and Anjou for possession of Trinacria. He distinguished himself in the and in defending Messina from the Angevins. In 1358, he reconquered the area from Vizzini to Avola. He died in a spring skirmish at Caltanissetta, during the war between and . Orlando married Maria de Stromoncourt, and had four children: Alfonso, Federigo, Juan, and Sybilla.All boys were Barons of Avola, Sicily only Juan had issue and their descendants, while Sybilla married into Maltese nobility Michele de Bava, Baron de Djar-il-Bniet in Dingli, Rabat, on the island of Malta and had issue. (en)
  • Orlando d'Aragon ou Roland d'Aragon (vers 1296 - 1361, Caltanissetta) est le fils illégitime du roi Frédéric II de Sicile et de sa maîtresse Sybille Sormella. Il fut Gouverneur de Palerme en 1343, Stratigoto de Messine en 1345 et Ambassadeur du Royaume de Sicile en Sardaigne en 1353. Le roi Frédéric III de Sicile le nomme 1er Baron d'Avola. (fr)
  • Orlando d'Aragona Sormella, signore di Avola (Catania, 1296 ca. – Caltanissetta, 1361), è stato un nobile, politico e militare italiano del XIV secolo. (it)
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  • Orland d'Aragó Sormella, senyor d'Avola (Catània, 1296 ca. – Caltanissetta, 1361), fou un noble, polític i militar sicilià del segle XIV, pertanyent a la branca siciliana de la nissaga reial catalano-aragonesa dels Aragó. (ca)
  • Ο Ορλάνδος / Ρολάνντ, ισπαν. Orlando / Roland (1296 - 1361) από τον Οίκο της Βαρκελώνης-Σικελίας ήταν κυβερνήτης τού Παλέρμο (1343-45) και στρατηγός της Μεσσίνα. (el)
  • Orlando d'Aragon ou Roland d'Aragon (vers 1296 - 1361, Caltanissetta) est le fils illégitime du roi Frédéric II de Sicile et de sa maîtresse Sybille Sormella. Il fut Gouverneur de Palerme en 1343, Stratigoto de Messine en 1345 et Ambassadeur du Royaume de Sicile en Sardaigne en 1353. Le roi Frédéric III de Sicile le nomme 1er Baron d'Avola. (fr)
  • Orlando d'Aragona Sormella, signore di Avola (Catania, 1296 ca. – Caltanissetta, 1361), è stato un nobile, politico e militare italiano del XIV secolo. (it)
  • Orlando (or Roland) (1296–1361) was the second-eldest illegitimate son of Frederick II of Sicily by his concubine Sibilla di Sormella. During his father's reign, he lived in the shadows, but he rose to influence in the courts of his half-brother Peter II and his nephews, Louis and Frederick IV, especially as the leader of the Catalan party after the death of his brother Giovanni of Randazzo. (en)
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  • Orland d'Aragó (ca)
  • Ορλάνδος της Αραγονίας (el)
  • Orlando d'Aragon (fr)
  • Orlando d'Aragona (it)
  • Orlando d'Aragona (en)
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