Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Kingdom of Naples
1282–1816
Formed when the Sicilian Vespers (1282) severed the mainland from the island; the Angevins retained the peninsular "Kingdom of Sicily," conventionally called the Kingdom of Naples (its capital Naples). The Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) confirmed the split.
- Existed
- 1282–1816
- Shown on the map
- 1285–1449, 1459–1501 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 69k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Formed when the Sicilian Vespers (1282) severed the mainland from the island; the Angevins retained the peninsular "Kingdom of Sicily," conventionally called the Kingdom of Naples (its capital Naples). The Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) confirmed the split. Angevin rulers included Charles I, Charles II, Robert the Wise, and the much-troubled queens Joanna I and Joanna II. In 1442 Alfonso V of Aragon ("the Magnanimous") conquered Naples, briefly reuniting it with Sicily under the Crown of Aragon. Thereafter Naples passed under Spanish rule and was governed as a viceroyalty for two centuries. The tax revolt led by the fisherman Masaniello (1647) briefly convulsed Spanish Naples. In 1734 the Spanish Bourbons established an independent Neapolitan kingdom under Charles of Bourbon. The Parthenopean Republic (1799), a short-lived French-backed Jacobin republic, was bloodily suppressed by Bourbon and Sanfedist forces. Naples was merged into the Two Sicilies in 1816.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Naples?
- Formed when the Sicilian Vespers (1282) severed the mainland from the island; the Angevins retained the peninsular "Kingdom of Sicily," conventionally called the Kingdom of Naples (its capital Naples). The Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) confirmed the split.
- When did the Kingdom of Naples exist?
- The Kingdom of Naples existed 1282–1816. On this map it is drawn 1285–1449, 1459–1501.
- How large was the Kingdom of Naples?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Naples covered about 69,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and the scholarship of Donald Queller, Thomas Madden and Jonathan Harris on the Fourth Crusade, whose post-conspiracy reading of 1204 this document follows. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Kingdom of Naples en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples
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