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The Kingdom of Naples ( Latin: Regnum Neapolitanum; Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule ), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, 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), when the island of Sicily ...
At the end of the 15th century the Kingdom of Naples continued to be involved in the struggles among the foreign powers for domination of Italy. It was claimed by the French king Charles VIII, who held it briefly (1495). Won by the Spanish in 1504, Naples and Sicily were ruled by viceroys for two centuries.
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Ferdinand I (2 June 1424 – 25 January 1494), also known as Ferrante, [1] was king of Naples from 1458 to 1494. The only son, albeit illegitimate, of Alfonso the Magnanimous, he was one of the most influential and feared monarchs in Europe at the time and an important figure of the Italian Renaissance. In his thirty years of reign he brought ...
- Giraldona Carlino
- Alfonso V of Aragon
- 27 June 1458 – 25 January 1494
- Alfonso II
Mar 1, 2024 · Ferdinand I (born 1423, Valencia, Spain—died Jan. 25, 1494) was the king of Naples from 1458. He was the illegitimate son of Alfonso V of Aragon, who, after establishing himself as king of Naples in 1442, had Ferdinand legitimized and recognized as his heir. Succeeding Alfonso in 1458, Ferdinand was soon faced with a baronial revolt in favour ...
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Robert of Anjou ( Italian: Roberto d'Angiò ), known as Robert the Wise ( Italian: Roberto il Saggio; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. [2] He was the third son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary ...
- 5 May 1309 – 20 January 1343
- Mary of Hungary
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Ferdinand I (born Jan. 2/12, 1751, Naples—died Jan. 4, 1825, Naples) was the king of the Two Sicilies (1816–25) who earlier (1759–1806), as Ferdinand IV of Naples, led his kingdom in its fight against the French Revolution and its liberal ideas. A relatively weak and somewhat inept ruler, he was greatly influenced by his wife, Maria ...
May 17, 2018 · The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1734 – 1860) became a model of Enlightenment reform under Charles and his chief minister, Bernardo Tanucci (served 1755 – 1776). Charles III became king of Spain and left Naples to his third son, Ferdinand IV (king of Naples, 1759 – 1806; king of the Two Sicilies as Ferdinand I, 1816 – 1825).
