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Both Naples and Sicily were conquered by a Spanish army during the War of the Polish Succession in 1734, and Charles, Duke of Parma, a younger son of King Philip V of Spain, the first member of the French House of Bourbon to rule in Spain, was installed as King of Naples and Sicily from 1735.
During the events of the long War for the Spanish Succession, Philip – although winner of the war and for this reason real king of Spain – lost the viceroyalty of Naples and Sicily in favour of the Austrian Habsburgs, who kept it until 1734, the year when Charles of Bourbon – son of Philip V and his second wife Elisabeth Farnese ...
Mar 24, 2021 · In 1734 he conquered, with the Spanish army, the Kingdom of Naples and subsequently Sicily. He was the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Sicily, which represents a rich period for the island from a cultural and economic point of view
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After two centuries of Spanish rule and then a brief Austrian occupation, the kingdom became an independent dynastic state ruled by a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons in 1734. Until 1816 Naples and Sicily were separate kingdoms, each with their own laws, customs, and constitutions.
• The Bourbons of Naples and The Last Bourbons of Naples by Sir Harold Acton. • The Pursuit of Italy - A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples by David Gilmour (2011). • The Force of Destiny - A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan (2008). • A History of Sicily by Moses Finley and Denis Mack Smith.
The Royal House of Bourbon history ruled over the two kingdoms of Naples and Sicily from 1734 to 1816, then over the two unified kingdoms known as the Two Sicilies, until 1860.
Finally, in 1442, Naples fell to the ruler of Sicily, Alfonso V of Aragon, who in 1443 assumed the title of king of the Two Sicilies —i.e., of Sicily and Naples. The title was retained by his son and grandson, Ferdinand I and Ferdinand II.
