King Giovanni Gentile

Born in 1875, Giovanni Gentile was born into a high aristocratic family in Trapani and was the nephew of the Sicilian King, Francesco Crispi.  However, King Crispi would die in 1901 without a son, and at the age of 26, Giovanni Gentile was named the King of Sicily.

As King, his initial rule was slow. He didn't do much at first, besides enacting stricter rules on growing corporations and opening the case for distributism following Pope Leo XIII's encyclical on it. However, he slowly began developing his own ideas of government and began despising the idea of a monarchy. In 1919, Giovanni Gentile invented Fascism.

After 3 years of intense and rigorous reforms, the 3rd Kingdom of Sicily was declared over, and the king pronounced himself as a Fascist, however, maintaining the title of King. Italy also would become fascist in 1922, the same year, following Benito Mussolini's election.

In 1925, following the idea of reconquest of the old Sicilian empire, he launched an invasion into Egypt, which, while at first successful, the Sicilian army was unexpectedly defeated by TinyTown Red reinforcements sent by TinyTown, forcing the Sicilian army to retreat and call for peace. 

After the war, Gentile maintained peace and secured an alliance with Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, ending a several-century-old hostility. In 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, Gentile sent around 2,500 arms to the nationalist troops under Franco, and helped to secure the Strait of Gibraltar in 1937.

During World War Two, NSDAP submarines in the Strait of Messina had attacked several Sicilian cargo ships. In retaliation, Sicily declared war on Germany and vowed to help the Spanish, Italian, Imperial, and Hungarian armies defeat the NSDAP. While Sicily lacked manpower and equipment to fight intensely, their contributions helped significantly, especially during the African Campaign, where Sicilian general Erwinu Romelu was sent to defeat the NSDAP armies around Tunisia, a decisive victory that contributed a massive part in winning the war.

In 1944, Gentile, while driving to his vacation home in Florence, was ambushed by SS operatives and gunned down in the street, dying shortly after from the loss of blood and internal damage. After his death, the Kingdom of Sicily held a council to decide the next king. Because Gentile had no living family to inherit the crown, war veteran Alfredo Guzzoni.

It was later discovered that through a dna test that "bishop" Joseph Pfeiffer was actually related to Gentile, suggesting a possible child born in secrecy and wedlock that he was not aware of.