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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 Kingdom of Naples (Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule) was a French client state in southern Italy that existed from 1806 to 1815. It was founded after the Bourbon Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily sided with the Third Coalition against Napoleon , and was in return ousted from his kingdom by a French invasion .
Kingdom of Naples (including Sicily): 6,000,000 (400,000 in Naples), army of 60,000 to 80,000, 2 ships of the lines and some frigates; Republic of Venice: 3,500,000 (140,000 in the city of Venice itself), standing army and navy of 30,000, 12-15 ships of at least 54 guns plus frigates and brigs
The new dynasty enhanced commerce by connecting Naples to the Iberian peninsula and made Naples a centre of the Italian Renaissance: artists who worked in Naples in this period include Francesco Laurana, Antonello da Messina, Jacopo Sannazzaro and Angelo Poliziano. The court also granted land holdings in the provinces to the nobility; this ...
(1762–1800) 21 January 1799 24 February 1799 Military: Championnet was appointed to defend the Roman Republic, but despite the French Directory's directives, he also conquered Naples and created the Parthenopean Republic. After a short dictatorship, he was deposed and imprisoned by France itself. 2 Jacques MacDonald (1765–1840) 24 February 1799
Map of Naples, 1572 An 18th-century painting depicting an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Naples. The Naples area has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. The earliest historical sources in the area were left by the Myceneans in the 2nd millennium BC. During its long history, Naples ...
After the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily merged in 1816 relations with the former Kingdom of Naples continued under the union of the Two Sicilies. While relations were not formally established in 1832, in 1816, the first interaction between both countries occurred with the reception of William Pinkney , the U.S. Special Minister Plenipotentiary ...
The Kingdom of Naples was a state at the southern part of the Italian peninsula from 1282 until 1816. The main article for this category is Kingdom of Naples . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingdom of Naples .