LIST OF MONARCHS OF NAPLES AND SICILY

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The following is a list of 'monarchs of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily':

Contents
Counts of Sicily
Kings of Sicily
Kings of the Two Sicilies
Angevin Kings of Naples, 1266–1442
Aragonese Kings of Sicily, 1282–1409
Aragonese Kings of Naples, 1442–1500
Heads of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, 1861–present
See also

Counts of Sicily


Sicily was granted, pending its Christian reconquest, to Robert Guiscard as "duke" in 1059 by Pope Nicholas II. The Guiscard granted it as a county to his brother Roger.
'Hauteville Dynasty, 1071–1130'

10711101 Roger I Bosso

11011105 Simon

11051130 Roger II

Kings of Sicily


Roger II received royal investiture from Antipope Anacletus II in 1130 and recognition from Pope Innocent II in 1139. Sicily, which by then comprised not only the island, but also the southern third of the Italian peninsula, rapidly expanded itself to include Malta and the Mahdia, the latter if only briefly.
'Hauteville Dynasty, 1130–1198'

11301154 Roger II

11541166 William I the Bad

11661189 William II the Good

11891194 Tancred


11931194 Roger III, co-king

1194 William III

11941198 Constance
Constance was married to the Emperor Henry VI and he pressed his claim to the kingdom from William II's death, but only succeeded in displacing his wife's family in 1194.
'Hohenstaufen Dynasty, 1194–1266'

11941197 Henry I

11981250 Frederick II


12121217 Henry II, co-king

12501254 Conrad

12541258 Conradin (died 1268)

12581266 Manfred
Conradin continued his claim until his death, but his guardian Manfred seized power in 1258. In 1252, Pope Innocent IV crowned Edmund Crouchback in opposition to Conrad and in 1265 the crown of opposition was granted to Charles of Anjou, who succeeded in dispossessing Manfred in 1266.

Kings of the Two Sicilies


After 1282, Sicily was divided into Sicily proper (often called Trinacria diplomatically) and the mainland realm centred on Naples. These two kingdoms were reunited only much later.
Angevin Kings of Naples, 1266–1442

Charles of Anjou conquered Sicily in 1266, but lost the island itself in 1282. Thereafter, his kingdom, with its capital at Naples, is informally called the Kingdom of Naples.
'Capetian House of Anjou, 1246 creation'

12661285 Charles I (actual king of Sicily until 1282)

12851309 Charles II the Lame

13091343 Robert the Wise

13431382 Joan I
Joan died without a direct heir and the throne was disputed . . .
'House of Durazzo'
13821386 Charles III the Short
13861414 Ladislaus the Magnanimous
14141435 Joan II
'House of Valois-Anjou, 1360 creation'
13821384 Louis I
13841417 Louis II
14171426 Louis III (died 1434)

Louis III took the title Duke of Calabria in 1426 and Joan II recognised him as her heir, he predeceased her, but René inherited his claim. Joan then recognised René as her heir and thus united the two claims.

14351442 René the Good (died 1480).
René's claim was inherited by either his nephew (Charles IV of Anjou, who died in 1481, leaving his claims to French king Louis XI) or his grandson (René II of Lorraine). The latter's descendants continued to claim the throne of Naples, as did the French kings, down to 1529, and intermittently until 1559. René was deposed by Alfonso V of Aragon, who thus reunited the thrones of Naples and Sicily.
Aragonese Kings of Sicily, 1282–1409

Coats of Arms of the Aragonese Kings of Sicily.

Peter III of Aragon, of the House of Barcelona, conquered Sicily in 1282 and had himself crowned king in opposition to Charles I. The coexistence of the two kingdoms was eventually confirmed by treaty. To distinguish this kingdom from the Kingdom of Sicily on the mainland, it was often referred to as "Sicily beyond the Lighthouse" or Trinacria.

12821285 Peter I the Great

12851295 James I the Just

12961336 Frederick II (III)

13371342 Peter II

13421355 Louis

13551377 Frederick III the Simple

13771401 Mary

13951409 Martin I the Younger

14091410 Martin II the Humane
:''to Aragon and Spain (1409–1713), to Savoy (1713–1720), to Austria (1720–1735)''.
Aragonese Kings of Naples, 1442–1500


14421458 Alfonso I

14581494 Ferdinand I

14941495 Alfonso II
:''to France, 1495''.

14951496 Ferdinand II

14961500 Frederick IV
:''to France, 15001504''.

15041516 Ferdinand III the Catholic
:''to Spain (1516–1707), then to Austria (1707–1735)''.
:''held by Philip II of Spain from 1554, two years before he succeeded in Spain''
==Bourbon Kings of Naples and Sicily, 17351806==

Charles VII (III of Sicily, used only the name without numeral during his reign) 17351759

Ferdinand IV (III of Sicily) 17591806 (continued to reign in Sicily until 1815, when he was restored in Naples as well)


Queen Marie Caroline was de-facto ruler 17681812
==Bonapartist Kings of Naples, 1806–1815==

Joseph I 18061808

Joachim I 18081815
==Kings of the Two Sicilies, 1815–1861==

Ferdinand I (formerly Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily) 1815–1825

Francis I 18251830

Ferdinand II 18301859

Francis II 18591861
:''In 1860-61 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy

Heads of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, 1861–present



Francis II 18611894

Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta 18941934

Prince Ferdinando Pius, Duke of Noto, later, Duke of Calabria 19341960

★ Disputed Claim since 1960: currently between Prince Ferdinand Maria, Duke of Castro and Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria

See also



List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria

House of the Two Sicilies, 1861-present

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