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The Kingdom of Naples (Latin: Regnum Neapolitanum; Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule) 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 revolted and was conquered by the Crown ...
History of Naples. The history of Naples is long and varied, dating to Greek settlements established in the Naples area in the 2nd millennium BC. [1] During the end of the Greek Dark Ages a larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope – developed on the Pizzofalcone hill in the 8th century BC, [2] and was refounded as Neapolis in ...
Neapolitan Republic (1647–1648) The Neapolitan Republic was a republic created in the Kingdom of Naples, which lasted from October 22, 1647, to April 5, 1648. It began after the successful revolt led by Masaniello and Giulio Genoino against King Philip III and his viceroys. The leader of the Republic was Henry II of Lorraine, duke of Guise ...
Charles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; [ a ] 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (1735–1759).
King of Sicily, Naples and Albania (Re di Sicilia, Napoli e Albania) Charles II, the Lame(Carlo II, lo Zoppo) 7 January 1285. 5 May 1309. • Son of Charles I. King of Naples (Re di Napoli) Robert I, the Wise(Roberto I, il Saggio) 5 May 1309. 20 January 1343.
The Army of the Kingdom of Naples (Italian: Esercito Napoletano) was the primary land defence and offence force of the Kingdom of Naples. It served alongside Napoleon ’s Grande Armée in various campaigns and wars across Europe, until its final demise in the Neapolitan War of 1815. It was in service from 1806 to 1815, reborn from the Army of ...
Italy, Croatia [ a ] The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [ 3 ] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons. [ 4 ] The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and land area in Italy before the Italian ...
Naples (/ ˈneɪpəlz / NAY-pəlz; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ⓘ; Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ]) [ a ] is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, [ 3 ] after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. [ 4 ] Its province-level municipality is the third ...