Sometimes it takes just one strong woman to rule a kingdom full of ambitious men. Meet Margaret of Sicily, the most powerful woman in Europe and the Mediterranean for six years during the twelfth century. This is the first biography of the most important Queen of Sicily of the Italy's Norman-Swabian era. Margaret of Navarre ruled a polycultural, multiconfessional population of millions in a state encompassing the island of Sicily and most of peninsular Italy south of Rome. Among her subjects were Muslims, Jews, and Christians East and West. This ebook is based on the 512-page print edition, but without the notes and bibliography.