List of Neapolitan monarchs

The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Naples.

Monarchs of Naples

Capetian House of Anjou, 1266–1382

Name	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Charles I 1266–1285	21 March 1226 son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile	Beatrice of Provence 31 January, 1246 7 children Margaret of Burgundy 18 November 1268 1 child	7 January, 1285 Foggia aged 58
Charles II 1285–1309	1248 son of Charles I of Naples and Beatrice of Provence	Maria of Hungary 1270 14 children	August 1309 aged 61
Robert 1309–1343	1277 son of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary	Yolanda of Aragon 2 children Sancha of Majorca July 1304 No children	20 January, 1343 aged 65
Joan I 1343–1382	1328 Naples daughter of Charles, Duke of Calabria and Marie of Valois	Andrew, Duke of Calabria 1334 1 child Louis of Taranto 20 August 1346 2 children James IV of Majorca 26 September 1363 No children Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 25 September 1376 No children	12 May 1382 San Fele aged 54

Joan was deposed and later killed by her cousin, Charles, Duke of Durazzo

House of Anjou-Durazzo, 1381–1435

Name	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Charles III 1381–1386	1345 son of Louis of Durazzo and Margherita of Sanseverino	Margherita of Durazzo February 1369 3 children	24 February 1386 Visegrad aged 41
Ladislaus 1386–1414	14 July 1376 Naples son of Charles III of Naples and Margherita of Durazzo	Costanza de Clermont 1390 No children Marie of Lusignan 12 February 1403 No children Mary of Enghien 1406 No children	6 August 1414 Naples aged 38
Joan II 1414–1435	23 June 1373 Zadar daughter of Charles III of Naples and Margherita of Durazzo	William, Duke of Austria No children James II, Count of La Marche 1415 No children	2 February 1435 Naples aged 52

The rule of the House of Durazzo was contested by the Dukes of Anjou of the House of Valois, who led several military expeditions into the kingdom. In the end Queen Joan II, being heirless, recognized Duke Louis III in 1426 as Duke of Calabria and heir. Louis predeceased her, but his brother René inherited his claim. Joan recognised René as her heir before her death.

House of Valois-Anjou, 1382–1426 and 1435–1442

Name	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Louis I 1382–1384	23 July 1339 Château de Vincennes son of John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg	Marie of Blois 1360 3 children	20 September 1384 Bari aged 45
Louis II 1384–1417	1377 son of Louis I of Naples and Marie de Blois	Yolande of Aragon 1400 5 children	29 April 1417 Angers aged 40
Louis III 1417–1426	1403 son of Louis II of Naples and Yolande of Aragon	Margaret of Savoy 1432 No children	12 November 1434 Cosenza aged 31
René 1435–1442	16 January 1409 Château d'Angers son of Louis II of Naples and Yolande of Aragon	Isabelle de Lorraine 1420 10 children Jeanne de Laval 10 September 1454 No children	10 July 1480 Aix-en-Provence aged 71

Louis I, Duke of Anjou, was the adopted heir of Joan I. He succeeded her, de jure, on her death in 1382. His descendants fought the House of Durazzo, mostly in vain, but not without any successes, for the throne until an agreement was reached between Louis III and Joan II whereby she recognised him and his house as her heirs. René, Louis's brother, succeeded Joan in 1435.

René had a contestant in King Alfonso V of Aragon who had been previously considered as a successor by Joan II but had been later discarded in favour of René's brother. Alfonso conquered the kingdom manu militari and René was forced to flee. 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.

House of Trastámara, 1442–1501

Name	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Alfonso I 1442–1458	1396 Medina del Campo son of Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque	Maria of Castile 1415 No children	27 June 1458 Naples aged 52
Ferdinand I 1458–1494	2 June 1423 illegitimate son of Alfonso I	Isabella of Taranto 1444 6 children Joanna of Aragon 14 September 1476 2 children	25 January 1494 aged 71
Alfonso II 1494–1495	4 November 1448 Naples son of Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Taranto	Ippolita Maria Sforza 10 October 1465 3 children Trogia Gazzela 2 children	18 December 1495 Messina aged 47
Ferdinand II 1495–1496	26 August 1469 Naples son of Alfonso II of Naples and Ippolita Maria Sforza	Joan of Naples 1496 No children	7 September 1496 Naples aged 27
Frederick IV 1496–1501	19 April, 1452 Naples son of Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Taranto	Anna of Savoy 11 September 1478 1 child Isabella del Balzo 28 November 1486 5 children	9 November 1504 Tours aged 51

The French conquered the kingdom in 1501 and King Frederick was taken as a prisoner to France, where he died.

French direct rule, 1500–1504

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Louis (IV) 1501–1504		27 June 1462 Château de Blois son of Charles, Duke of Orléans and Marie of Cleves	Joan of France 8 September 1476 No children Anne of Brittany 8 January 1499 4 children Mary of England 9 October 1514 No children	1 January 1515 Paris aged 52

The kingdom was conquered by the Spanish in 1504, after the Battle of the Garigliano

Spanish direct rule, 1504–1707

Name	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Ferdinand III 1504–1516	10 March 1452 son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enriquez	Isabella of Castile 19 October 1469 5 children Germaine of Foix 1505 No children	23 January 1516 Madrigalejo aged 54
Charles IV 1516–1554	24 February 1500 Ghent son of Philip I of Castile and Juana of Castile	Isabella of Portugal 10 March 1526 3 children	21 September 1558 Yuste aged 58
Philip I 1554–13 September 1598	21 May 1527 Valladolid son of Charles IV and Isabella of Portugal	Maria of Portugal 1543 1 child Mary I of England 1554 No children Elisabeth of Valois 1559 2 children Anna of Austria 4 May 1570 5 children	13 September 1598 Madrid aged 71
Philip II 1598–1621	14 April 1578 Madrid son of Philip I and Anna of Austria	Margaret of Austria 18 April 1599 5 children	31 March 1621 Madrid aged 42
Philip III 31 March 1621–1647 interrupted by Republic 1648–17 September 1665	8 April 1605 Valladolid son of Philip II and Margaret of Austria	Elisabeth of Bourbon 1615 7 children Mariana of Austria 1649 5 children	17 September 1665 Madrid aged 60
Charles V 17 September 1665 – 1 November 1700	6 November 1661 Madrid son of Philip III and Mariana of Austria	Maria Luisa of Orléans 19 November 1679 No children Maria Anna of Neuburg 14 May 1690 No children	1 November 1700 Madrid aged 38
Philip IV 16 November 1700 – 11 April 1713	19 December 1683 Versailles son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Anna of Bavaria	Maria Luisa of Savoy 2 November 1701 4 children Elisabeth of Parma 24 December 1714 7 children	9 July 1746 Madrid aged 62

The Spanish lost the kingdom to the Austrians during the War of the Spanish Succession

Austrian direct rule, 1714–1734

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Charles VI 7 July 1707 – 2 June 1734		1 October 1685 Vienna son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg	Elisabeth Christine 1 August 1708 4 children	20 October 1740 Vienna aged 55

The kingdom was conquered by a Spanish army in 1734, during the War of the Polish Succession. Together with Sicily Naples was recognized independent under a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons by the Treaty of Vienna in 1738.

House of Bourbon-Naples 1735–1806

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Charles VII 2 June 1734 – 6 October 1759		20 January 1716 Madrid son of Philip IV and Elizabeth of Parma	Maria Amalia of Saxony 1738 13 children	14 December 1788 Madrid aged 72
Ferdinand IV 6 October 1759 – 23 January 1798 interrupted by Republic 23 June 1799 – 1 March 1806		12 January 1751 Naples son of Charles VII and Maria Amalia of Saxony	Marie Caroline of Austria 12 May 1768 17 children Lucia Migliaccio of Floridia 27 November 1814 No children	4 January 1825 Naples aged 73

House of Bonaparte, 1806–1815

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Joseph I 30 March 1806 – 8 July 1808		7 January 1768 Corte son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino	Julie Clary 1 August 1794 3 children	28 July 1844 Florence aged 76
Joachim I^[1] 1 August 1808 – 22 May 1815		25 March 1767 La Bastide-Fortunière son of Pierre Murat-Jordy and Jeanne Loubières	Caroline Bonaparte 1 August 1794 3 children	13 October 1815 Pizzo aged 48

House of Bourbon-Naples 1815–1816

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Ferdinand IV restored 22 May 1815 – 8 December 1816		12 January 1751 Naples son of Charles VII and Maria Amalia of Saxony	Marie Caroline of Austria 12 May 1768 17 children Lucia Migliaccio of Floridia 27 November 1814 No children	4 January 1825 Naples aged 73

In 1816 King Ferdinand IV merged the two Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily into the new Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and took the new title of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies.

References

^ First King of Two Sicilies by the Edict of Bayonne, Colletta P., History of the Kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825, p.71