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Manfred
prince of Sicily
Coat of arms of Aragonese Sicily
Duke of Athens & Neopatria
Reign	1312–1317
Predecessor	Roger Deslaur
Successor	William II, Duke of Athens
Born	1306
Died	9 November 1317 Trapani
Buried	Dominican church of Trapani
Noble family	of Barcelona
Father	Frederick II of Sicily
Mother	Eleanor of Anjou

Manfred (1306 – 9 November 1317), infante of Sicily, was the second son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou.

He was appointed Duke of Athens and Neopatria in 1312 by his father at the request of the knights of the Catalan Company then in control of Athens. Manfred was only five when he was named duke. His father sent Berenguer Estanyol as his regent.

In 1316, Alfonso Fadrique, Manfred's elder (but illegitimate) brother, was appointed vicar general of Athens. The young Duke never set foot in his realm, however, for he died in a fall from his horse before his twelfth birthday. He died in Trapani and was buried in the Dominican church located there. His younger brother William succeeded him as duke.

References

• Fiske, H. Acta Aragonensia. Berlin-Leipzig, 1908.
• Ghisalberti, Alberto M. (1961). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 3: Ammirato–Arcoleo (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
• Setton, Kenneth M. (1975). "The Catalans in Greece, 1311–1388". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 167–224. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
• Setton, Kenneth M. (1976). The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-114-0.
• Setton, Kenneth M. Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975.

v t e Dukes of Athens
De la Roche dynasty (1205–1308)	Othon Guy I John I William I Helena Angelina Komnene (regent) Guy II
Brienne–Enghien dynasty (1308–1311/94)	Walter I Joanna of Châtillon Walter II Isabella Sohier Walter III Louis
Catalan Domination (1311–1388)	Roger Deslaur Manfred William II John II Frederick I Frederick II Maria Peter (IV) of Aragon
Acciaioli dynasty (1388–1395, 1402–1458)	Nerio I Antonio I Nerio II Antonio II Claire with Bartolomeo Contarini Francesco I Francesco II
from Walter I's death in 1311 titular, but recognized in Argos and Nauplia Also Dukes of Neopatras Venetian control in 1395–1402

• 1306 births
• 1317 deaths
• Dukes of Athens
• House of Barcelona (Sicily)
• Deaths by horse-riding accident in Italy
• Sons of kings