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The struggles for the control of wheat
between Chiaramontani and Ventimiglia brothers obliged, in 1359, the young
king Frederick III to prepare the army to the insurrection. The conflict
of interests between these two families were due to the favourable
economic conditions that were in our city.
King
Frederick III liberated the cities of
Salemi, Alcamo, Castellamare and Calatubo. In this period count
Francesco II of Ventimiglia known as “a pious and large merit man”,
was so faithful to the crown that in 1360 in Cefalů obtained all the
affairs of the kingdom from the deputy Eufemia. So Francesco II of
Ventimiglia, known Guarnerio Ventimiglia, acquired the power of Alcamo; he possessed a castle with three towers
on the Monte Bonifato.
The first child Enrico Ventimiglia and Guarnerio Ventimiglia were the only governors of Alcamo before 1398.
In
the 1397, at the death of Frederick III, as his daughter was under age,
the soveregueity of Alcamo was given to four deputies, among whom there
was count Francesco II of Ventimiglia. In 1392 there was a conflict
between king Martino I and
Enrico Ventimiglia to defend the Pape’s Bonifacio IX authority.
This
conflict ended with the victory of king Martino I, who was supported by
the Alcamesi, infact the people of Alcamo struggled to free themselves
from king Enrico Ventimiglia . But after the reconciliation between king
Enrico Ventimiglia and king
Martino I, king Enrico of
Ventimiglia conquered Alcamo again. So on 8th February 1396
Enrico Ventimiglia, after swearing to king Martino I and Queen
Maria D’Aragona, obtained Alcamo ‘s territory and many
privileges too.
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