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Sicily and Naples were separated since 1282, but remained dependencies of Aragon under Ferdinand I. [44] The new dynasty enhanced Naples' commercial standing by establishing relations with the Iberian Peninsula. Naples also became a centre of the Renaissance, with artists such as Laurana, da Messina, Sannazzaro and Poliziano arriving in the ...
In reply, the first form of duchy was created in 638 by the Exarch Isaac or Eleutherius (exarchic chronology is uncertain), but this official came from abroad and had to answer to the strategos of Sicily. At that time the Duchy of Naples controlled an area corresponding roughly to the present day Province of Naples, encompassing the area of ...
In 1442, Alfonso V conquered the Kingdom of Naples and unified Sicily and Naples once again as dependencies of Aragon. At his death in 1458, the War of the Neapolitan Succession (1458–1462) erupted, after which the kingdom was again separated and Naples was inherited by Ferdinand I, Alfonso's illegitimate son. Naples in the 15th century.
The Congress of Vienna in 1815 saw the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily combined to form the Two Sicilies, [50] with Naples as the capital city. Naples became the first city on the Italian peninsula to have a railway in 1839, [51] there were many factories throughout the kingdom making it a highly important trade centre. [52]
The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History. University of Pennsylvania Press. Mendola, Louis. The Kingdom of Sicily 1130-1266: The Norman-Swabian Age and the Identity of a People, Trinacria Editions, New York, 2021. Metcalfe, Alex. Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily: Arabic Speakers and the End of Islam, Routledge, 2002. Metcalfe ...
Alfonso refused to be disinherited and conquered Naples from René of Anjou in 1442. Although both Sicily & Naples were once again under the rule of the single monarch since the Sicillian Vespers, Alfonso passed the Aragonese throne (including Sicily) to his brother John, while Naples went to his illegitimate son Ferdinand.
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807) was the first Empress of Austria and last Holy Roman Empress as the spouse of Francis II. She was born a Princess of Naples as the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Queen Maria Carolina .
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily 1772–1807: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor 1768–1835: Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1769–1824: Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily 1773–1802: Maria Cristina of Savoy 1812–1836: Ferdinand V 1810–1830–1859: Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma 1791–1847: Napoleon 1769–1821: Joseph Bonaparte ...