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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 • Son of Charles II King of Naples (Re di Napoli) Joanna I (Giovanna I) 20 January 1343
Pages in category "Monarchs of Naples" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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 ...
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Naples, which was the capital of the Duchy of Naples since the 7th century, surrendered to Roger II of Sicily in 1137, and was annexed to the Kingdom of Sicily. [6] The Normans were the first to bring political unity to southern Italy in the centuries after the failure of the Byzantine effort to reconquer Italy.
Under the new rulers the city was administered by a compalazzo (palatine count), with little independence left to the Neapolitan patriciate. In this period Naples had a population of 30,000 and yet got its sustenance from the inland country: commerce activities were mainly delegated to foreign people, mainly from Pisa and Genoa.
Robert was born around 1276, the third son of the future Charles II of Naples (then heir apparent) and his wife Mary of Hungary. [3] His father was the son of the incumbent King of Naples, Charles of Anjou, who had established an Italian realm a decade earlier in 1266.
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 .