charles's body was found near that of uguccione's son, francesco; their contemporaries assumed they had slain one another. rainieri della gherardesca had sworn not to be knighted until he had been revenged on the angevins for the death of his father, who had been executed by charles i of naples with conradin in 1268. he now accepted the accolade with a foot upon the corpse of charles of taranto. bartholomew of lucca helped arrange the retrieval of charles' body from the pisans after the battle. remigio dei girolami, a dominican supporter of charles' uncle, robert, king of naples, preached a sermon on charles' death.