King William II of Sicily ("the Good") (born 1153)

William II of Sicily

King of Sicily from 1166 to 1189

William II, called the Good, was king of Sicily from 1166 to 1189. From surviving sources William's character is indistinct. Lacking in military enterprise, secluded and pleasure-loving, he seldom emerged from his palace life at Palermo. Yet his reign is marked by an ambitious…