Editing Pope Innocent IV (section)

==Final conflict==
Realizing that Manfred had no intention of submitting to the Papacy or to anyone else, Innocent and his papal army headed south from [[Palace of the Popes in Anagni|his summer residence at Anagni]] on 8 October, intending to confront Manfred's forces. On 27 October 1254 the Pope entered the city of [[Naples]]. It was there, on a sick bed, that Innocent heard of [[Manfred, King of Sicily#Background|Manfred's victory]] at [[Foggia]] on 2 December against the Papal forces, led by the new Papal Legate, Cardinal [[Guglielmo Fieschi]], the Pope's nephew.<ref>[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-fieschi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ ''Biography of Cardinal Guglielmo Fieschi'' (in Italian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042702/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-fieschi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |date=5 March 2016 }}: ''il F(ieschi). già nella notte tra il 2 e il 3 dicembre con una ritirata precipitosa (tutte le salmerie furono abbandonate a Troia) ripiegò su Ariano, dove le sue truppe si dispersero. La legazione si risolse così in una catastrofica disfatta''.</ref> The tidings are said to have precipitated Pope Innocent's death on 7 December 1254 in Naples. From triumph to disaster had taken only a few months.

Shortly after Innocent's election as pope, his nephew [[Opizzo Fieschi|Opizzo]] had been appointed [[Latin Patriarchate of Antioch|Latin Patriarch of Antioch]]. In December 1251 Innocent IV himself appointed another nephew, [[Ottobuono Fieschi|Ottobuono]], Cardinal Deacon of S. Andriano.<ref>Eubel I, pp. 7, 48.</ref> Ottobuono was subsequently elected [[Pope Adrian V]] in 1276.

Upon his death, Innocent IV was succeeded by [[Pope Alexander IV]] (Rinaldo de' Conti).