State

Kingdom of Naples

Italian state (1282–1816)

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1282–1816
Founded
1282
Ended
1816
Capital
Naples
Government
absolute monarchy
Succeeded by
Kingdom of the Two SiciliesKingdom of Naples

Overview

The Kingdom of Naples, officially the Kingdom of Sicily citra Pharum or "on this side of the lighthouse", was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until then, the island of Sicily and southern Italy had constituted the "Kingdom of Sicily". When the island of Sicily revolted and was conquered by the Crown of Aragon, it became a separate kingdom also called the Kingdom of Sicily. This left the Neapolitan mainland in the possession of Charles of Anjou who continued to use the name "Kingdom of Sicily". Later, two competing lines of the Angevin family competed for the Kingdom of Naples in the late 14th century, which resulted in the murder of Joanna I at the hands of her successor, Charles III of Naples. Charles' daughter Joanna II adopted King Alfonso V of Aragon as heir, who would then unite Naples into his Aragonese dominions in 1442.

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All rulers (34)

  1. Charles II of Naples1285–1309
  2. Charles III of Naples1382–1386
  3. Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours1501–1503
  4. Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo1503–1504
  5. Juan de Aragón y de Jonqueras, 2nd count of Ribagorza1507–1509
  6. Charles de Lannoy1522–1527
  7. Philibert of Chalon1528
  8. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba1555–1558
  9. Pedro Afán de Ribera1559–1571
  10. Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle1571–1575
  11. Juan de Zúñiga y Requesens1579–1582
  12. Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda1586–1595
  13. Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera1603–1610
  14. Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade1610–1616
  15. Gaspar de Borja y Velasco1620
  16. Antonio Zapata y Cisneros1620–1622
  17. Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba1622–1629
  18. Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga1631–1637
  19. Ramiro Núñez de Guzmán1637–1644
  20. Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera1644–1646
  21. John Joseph of Austria1648
  22. Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 8th Count of Oñate1648–1653
  23. García de Avellaneda y Haro1653–1658
  24. Gaspar de Bracamonte, 3rd Count of Peñaranda1658–1664
  25. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León1671
  26. Antonio Pedro Sancho Dávila y Osorio1672–1675
  27. Francisco de Benavides1687–1695
  28. Luis Francisco de la Cerda1695–1702
  29. Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona1702–1707
  30. Marco Antonio Borghese1721–1722
  31. Charles III of Spain1734–1759
  32. Josep Antoni de Rubí i de Boixadors1734
  33. Manuel of Orléans1735
  34. Joseph Bonaparte1806–1808

Records (61)

  1. 1282–1302 — War of the Sicilian VespersWar
  2. 1282 — Battle of NicoteraNaval battle
  3. 1283–1286 — Aragonese CrusadeWar
  4. 1283 — Battle of MaltaNaval battle
  5. 1284 — Battle of the Gulf of NaplesNaval battle
  6. 1300 — Battle of GaglianoBattle
  7. 1301 — Siege of MessinaSiege
  8. 1315 — Battle of MontecatiniBattle
  9. 1353–1420 — Sardinian–Aragonese WarWar
  10. 1353 — Battle of d’AsinaraNaval battle
  11. 1420–1424 — Mediterranean campaign of Alfonso V of AragonCampaign
  12. 1423–1424 — War of L'AquilaWar
  13. 1424 — Battle of AquilaBattle · Muzzio Sforza ▸ Braccio da Montone
  14. 1435 — Battle of GaetaBattle · Genoa ▸ Aragon
  15. 1437–1442 — Siege of NaplesSiege
  16. 1438 — Siege of NaplesSiege
  17. 1441–1442 — Siege of NaplesSiege
  18. 1443–1468 — Skanderbeg's rebellionRebellion
  19. 1462 — Battle of TroiaBattle · Aragon ▸ Neapolitan Barons, Jean of Anjou
  20. 1472 — Attack on AntalyaBattle
  21. 1478–1480 — Pazzi WarWar
  22. 1479 — Battle of Poggio ImperialeBattle
  23. 1479 — Siege of Colle di Val d'ElsaSiege
  24. 1481 — Ottoman invasion of OtrantoBattle
  25. 1482–1484 — War of FerraraWar
  26. 1494–1495 — Italian War of 1494–1495War
  27. 1495 — Battle of SeminaraBattle
  28. 1496 — Siege of AtellaSiege
  29. 1502 — Battle of BarlettaBattle · Spain ▸ France, Swiss Mercenaries
  30. 1503 — Battle of CerignolaBattle
  31. 1503 — Battle of RuvoBattle
  32. 1503 — Battle of GariglianoBattle · Spain ▸ France, Italian allies
  33. 1503 — Battle of SeminaraBattle · Spain ▸ France
  34. 1551 — Djerba IncidentNaval battle
  35. 1554 — Sack of ViesteMassacre
  36. 1561 — Waldensian massacre in CalabriaMassacre
  37. 1570–1573 — Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573War
  38. 1612 — Action of May 1612Naval battle
  39. 1645 — Siege of ChaniaSiege
  40. 1734 — Battle of BitontoBattle
  41. 1734 — Siege of GaetaSiege
  42. 1734 — Siege of CapuaSiege
  43. 1744 — Battle of VelletriBattle
  44. 1792–1802 — French Revolutionary WarsWar
  45. 1793 — Siege of ToulonSiege
  46. 1793–1796 — Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796Campaign
  47. 1795 — Battle of GenoaNaval battle
  48. 1795 — Battle of Hyères IslandsNaval battle
  49. 1796 — Treaty of Paris in october 1796Treaty
  50. 1798–1802 — War of the Second CoalitionWar
  51. 1799 — Battle of NaplesBattle · France ▸ Naples
  52. 1805–1806 — War of the Third CoalitionWar
  53. 1806 — Siege of GaetaSiege
  54. 1806 — Invasion of NaplesInvasion
  55. 1806 — Siege of MarateaSiege
  56. 1807–1814 — Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814Naval battle
  57. 1808 — Invasion of CapriInvasion
  58. 1809 — Battle of the Procida CanalNaval battle
  59. 1815 — Battle of CarpiBattle
  60. 1815 — Battle of Castel di SangroBattle
  61. 1815 — Battle of San GermanoBattle · Habsburg Empire ▸ Kingdom of Naples

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