After accompanying Conradin on his Italian expedition, Frederick passed into captivity on September 8, 1268 at Astura[?] to the south of Anzio[?]. Handed over to Charles of Anjou, he remained in degrading imprisonment in the Castell dell 'Ovo[?] in Naples until publicly beheaded in the Piazza del Mercato[?] in Naples on October 29.
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