Information about List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily

The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily:

Counts of Sicily

Sicily was granted, pending its Christian reconquest, to Robert Guiscard as "duke" in 1059 by Pope Nicholas II. The Guiscard granted it as a county to his brother Roger.

Hauteville Dynasty, 1071–1130

Kings of Sicily

Roger II received royal investiture from Antipope Anacletus II in 1130 and recognition from Pope Innocent II in 1139. Sicily, which by then comprised not only the island, but also the southern third of the Italian peninsula, rapidly expanded itself to include Malta and the Mahdia, the latter if only briefly.

Hauteville Dynasty, 1130–1198

Constance was married to the Emperor Henry VI and he pressed his claim to the kingdom from William II's death, but only succeeded in displacing his wife's family in 1194.

Hohenstaufen Dynasty, 1194–1266

Conradin continued his claim until his death, but his guardian Manfred seized power in 1258. In 1252, Pope Innocent IV crowned Edmund Crouchback in opposition to Conrad and in 1265 the crown of opposition was granted to Charles of Anjou, who succeeded in dispossessing Manfred in 1266.

Kings of the Two Sicilies

After 1282, Sicily was divided into Sicily proper (often called Trinacria diplomatically) and the mainland realm centred on Naples. These two kingdoms were reunited only much later.

Angevin Kings of Naples, 1266–1442

Charles of Anjou conquered Sicily in 1266, but lost the island itself in 1282. Thereafter, his kingdom, with its capital at Naples, is informally called the Kingdom of Naples.

Capetian House of Anjou, 1246 creation

1266–1285 Charles I (actual king of Sicily until 1282)
1285–1309 Charles II the Lame
1309–1343 Robert the Wise
1343–1382 Joan I

Joan died without a direct heir and the throne was disputed . . .

House of Durazzo

House of Valois-Anjou, 1360 creation

Louis III took the title Duke of Calabria in 1426 and Joan II recognised him as her heir, he predeceased her, but René inherited his claim. Joan then recognised René as her heir and thus united the two claims.

1435–1442 René the Good (died 1480).

René's claim was inherited by either his nephew (Charles IV of Anjou, who died in 1481, leaving his claims to French king Louis XI) or his grandson (René II of Lorraine). The latter's descendants continued to claim the throne of Naples, as did the French kings, down to 1529, and intermittently until 1559. René was deposed by Alfonso V of Aragon, who thus reunited the thrones of Naples and Sicily.

Aragonese Kings of Sicily, 1282–1409

Peter III of Aragon, of the House of Barcelona, conquered Sicily in 1282 and had himself crowned king in opposition to Charles I. The coexistence of the two kingdoms was eventually confirmed by treaty. To distinguish this kingdom from the Kingdom of Sicily on the mainland, it was often referred to as "Sicily beyond the Lighthouse" or Trinacria.

to Aragon and Spain (1409–1713), to Savoy (1713–1720), to Austria (1720–1735).

Aragonese Kings of Naples, 1442–1500

to France, 1495.

1495–1496 Ferdinand II
1496–1500 Frederick IV

to France, 1500–1504.

1504–1516 Ferdinand III the Catholic

to Spain (1516–1707), then to Austria (1707–1735).

held by Philip II of Spain from 1554, two years before he succeeded in Spain

Bourbon Kings of Naples and Sicily, 1735–1806

Charles VII (III of Sicily, used only the name without numeral during his reign) 1735–1759
Ferdinand IV (III of Sicily) 1759–1806 (continued to reign in Sicily until 1815, when he was restored in Naples as well)
Queen Marie Caroline was de-facto ruler 1768–1812

Bonapartist Kings of Naples, 1806–1815

Joseph I 1806–1808
Joachim I 1808–1815

Kings of the Two Sicilies, 1815–1861

Ferdinand I (formerly Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily) 1815–1825
Francis I 1825–1830
Ferdinand II 1830–1859
Francis II 1859–1861

''In 1860-61 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy

Heads of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, 1861–present

Francis II 1861–1894
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta 1894–1934
Prince Ferdinando Pius, Duke of Noto, later, Duke of Calabria 1934–1960
Disputed Claim since 1960: currently between Prince Ferdinand Maria, Duke of Castro and Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria

Election

Nicholas II was set up by Hildebrand, with the support of the empress-regent Agnes of Poitou and of the powerful
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The family of the Hauteville (French: Maison de Hauteville, Italian: Casa d'Altavilla) was a petty baronial Norman family from the Cotentin which rose to prominence in Europe, Asia, and Africa through its conquests in the Mediterranean, especially Southern Italy
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10th century - 11st century - 12nd century
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1068 1069 1070 - 1071 - 1072 1073 1074

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1101 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1101
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Ab urbe condita 1854
Armenian calendar 550
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Bah' calendar -743 – -742
Buddhist calendar 1645
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Roger I (1031 – June 22, 1101), called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was the last great leader of the Norman conquest of southern Italy.
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Simon of Hauteville (died 1105), called Simon de Hauteville in French and Simone D'Altavilla in Italian, was the eldest son and successor of Roger the Great Count, count of Sicily, and Adelaide del Vasto, under whose regency he reigned.
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Roger II (22 December 1095^[1] – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, later became Duke of Apulia and Calabria (1127), then King of Sicily (1130).
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Anacletus II, born Pietro Pierleoni, (d. January 25 1138) was an Antipope who ruled from 1131 to his death, in a schism against the contested hasty election of Pope Innocent II.
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Pope Innocent II (died September 24, 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was Pope from 1130 to 1143, and was probably one of the clergy in personal attendance on the antipope Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna).

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He was a Roman by birth.
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1136 1137 1138 - 1139 - 1140 1141 1142

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Southern Italy

Regional statistics
Largest city Naples
Regions of Italy Apulia, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Sardinia and Sicily
Area
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47,504 mi² (123,036 km²)

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Anthem
L-Innu Malti
("The Maltese Anthem")

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Mahdia, Arabic: المهدية (al-Mahdiya), is a Tunisian coastal city with 37,000 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.

Mahdia is a provincial centre north of Sfax.
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William I (died May 7 1166), called the Bad or the Wicked, was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's death in 1154 to his own. He was the fourth son of Roger II and Elvira of Castile.
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List Of Monarchs Of Naples And Sicily