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Henry or Enrico di Navarra (before 1144–1173×77), born Rodrigo, was a son of García Ramírez of Navarre and Margaret of L'Aigle, and brother of Queen Margaret of Sicily, who made him Count of Montescaglioso (1166) and then Count of the Principate (1168). ==Arrival in Sicily (1166)== The chief primary source for Henry's life is the Sicilian court chronicler known as Hugo Falcandus.〔His chronicle, (''History of the Tyrants of Sicily'' ), is available in its original Latin at The Latin Library. Henry is also mentioned in the chronicle of Romuald Guarna. Both historians are contemporaries.〕 He is an extremely unfriendly source to Henry. He reports the rumour that Henry was never acknowledged as a son by the Navarrese king and was considered a bastard, the product of one the queen's affairs.〔Hans Houben, "Enrico di Navarra", ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''.〕 This is contradicted by the actions of his sister, who always treated him as a full brother of royal blood.〔John Julius Norwich, ''The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130–1194'' (London: Longmans, 1970).〕 Falcandus sums up Henry's appearance (short and swarthy) and character thus:
Upon his arrival in Sicily Margaret made him change his name from Rodrigo (Latin ''Rodericus''), which sounded strange to the local nobility, to the more palatable Henry (Latin ''Henricus''). Henry arrived in the kingdom of Sicily between May and September 1166. His sister had been, since the death of her husband, William I of Sicily, regent in the name of her young son, William II. In May or a short time after, perhaps before his arrival, he was married to an illegitimate daughter of Roger II and thus his sister's sister-in-law.〔Houben, "Enrico di Navarra"; Norwich, ''The Kingdom in the Sun'', does not believe the marriage, obviously arranged by Margaret, ever took place.〕 On this occasion he was invested with Montescaglioso on the mainland, probably to keep him out of court politics. He was also given the fiefs of Noto, Sclafani and Caltanissetta on the island, territories which had been governed by Geoffrey, the previous Count of Montescaglioso, before his imprisonment for taking part in the rebellion of 1155–56.〔 Henry first paid a visit to Palermo, the capital and the location of his nephew's court. There "he would spend wildly, with neither forethought nor consideration" and squander his money, creating such a poor reputation that he was forced to leave for Messina on the opposite end of the island.〔 There too he gambled and fell in with criminals, so that the queen was forced to order him to leave the island and go to Montescaglioso.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry, Count of Montescaglioso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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