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- At the end of the 15th century the Kingdom of Naples continued to be involved in the struggles among the foreign powers for domination of Italy. It was claimed by the French king Charles VIII, who held it briefly (1495). Won by the Spanish in 1504, Naples and Sicily were ruled by viceroys for two centuries.
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Naples in the 15th century. When Ferdinand I died in 1494, Charles VIII of France invaded Italy, using as a pretext the Angevin claim to the throne of Naples, which his father had inherited in 1481 on the will of Charles IV of Anjou , nephew and heir of King René who had no surviving son.
Aug 8, 2024 · At the end of the 15th century the Kingdom of Naples continued to be involved in the struggles among the foreign powers for domination of Italy. It was claimed by the French king Charles VIII, who held it briefly (1495). Won by the Spanish in 1504, Naples and Sicily were ruled by viceroys for two centuries.
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In 661 Naples, with the permission of the emperor Constans II, was ruled by a local duke, Basilius, whose allegiance to the emperor soon became merely nominal. In 763 the duke Stephen II switched his allegiance from Constantinople to the Pope .
4 days ago · Pedro de Toledo (viceroy 1532–53) reorganized the Kingdom of Naples and placed it firmly within the Spanish monarchical orbit dominated by Castile. Within the kingdom, he oversaw the eradication of the pro-French barons and attempted to install centralized, absolutist policies.
In the 15th century, the house was raised to ducal status within. house of Bourbon Summary. House of Bourbon, one of the most important ruling houses of Europe. Its members were descended from Louis I, duc de Bourbon from 1327 to 1342, the grandson of the French king Louis IX (ruled 1226–70).
The history of Naples and its kingdom (Regno) during these four centuries is one of constant change, foreign influence, and internal turmoil and renewal: in short, a major metropolis of early modern Europe.
May 17, 2018 · The early modern kingdom of Naples [2], whose twelve provinces compromised the southern third of the Italian peninsula, was the military and fiscal cornerstone of Spain [3]'s Mediterranean empire from its conquest in December 1503.
