page_title: Tercio of Sicily
hierarchical_section_title: Tercio of Sicily
caption_attribution_description: Español: Julián Romero, maestre de campo del Tercio de Sicilia, caballero de Santiago
context_page_description: The Tercio of Sicily is one of the tercios that were created by a 1534 decree of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Since the 18th century, the Spanish army has maintained the tradition of this tercio in its regiments.
  The purpose of this regiment was to protect the Spanish possessions in Italy from enemy attack.
  The name includes "viejo" because it is one of the three first tercios created and originally comprised 12 companies. The tercio was stationed throughout Sicily as well as in Calabria, Marina de Catanzaro.
  Its first mission was a successful expedition to occupy La Goulette, at the time under Ottoman control. Between 1542 and 1544, it was stationed in France and in Piedmont. Later, in 1550, it undertook several campaigns against the Ottomans and through 1571, when the Ottoman forces were routed in the Battle of Lepanto in which the tercio also participated.
  Between 1571 and 1588 the Tercio of Sicily fought in Flanders against Prince William the Silent, in Tunis against the Ottomans, and in 1580 in the War of the Portuguese Succession. In 1588, the tercio lost a large number of men in the destruction of the Spanish Armada.
context_section_description: The Tercio of Sicily (Spanish: Tercio Viejo de Sicilia) is one of the tercios that were created by a 1534 decree of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Since the 18th century, the Spanish army has maintained the tradition of this tercio in its regiments.
  The purpose of this regiment was to protect the Spanish possessions in Italy from enemy attack.
  The name includes "viejo" ("old") because it is one of the three first tercios created and originally comprised 12 companies (each consisting of 150-200 men). The tercio was stationed throughout Sicily as well as in Calabria, Marina de Catanzaro.
  Its first mission was a successful expedition to occupy La Goulette, at the time under Ottoman control. Between 1542 and 1544, it was stationed in France and in Piedmont. Later, in 1550, it undertook several campaigns against the Ottomans and through 1571, when the Ottoman forces were routed in the Battle of Lepanto in which the tercio also participated.
  Between 1571 and 1588 the Tercio of Sicily fought in Flanders against Prince William the Silent, in Tunis against the Ottomans, and in 1580 in the War of the Portuguese Succession. In 1588, the tercio lost a large number of men in the destruction of the Spanish Armada.
  In the early part of the 17th century, the unit became known as the "Permanent Tercio of Sicily" Spanish: Tercio Fijo de Sicilia since it had been on that island for two centuries, even though it had participated in expedition against the Turks and in France. In the latter part of the century, the tercio found itself in France again and later was assigned the quelling of the rebellion of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1699 and Messina in 1673.
caption: Julián Romero, maestre de campo of the Tercio of Sicily, knight of the Order of Santiago.
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