List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily

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

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

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

1130–1154 Roger II
1154–1166 William I the Bad
1166–1189 William II the Good
1189–1194 Tancred
- 1193–1194 Roger III, co-king
1194 William III
1194–1198 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

1194–1197 Henry I
1198–1250 Frederick II
- 1212–1217 Henry II, co-king
1250–1254 Conrad
1254–1258 Conradin (died 1268)
1258–1266 Manfred

Conrad continued his claim until his death, but his guardian Manfred seized power in 1258.

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.

House of Capet-Anjou, 1246 creation

1266–1285 Charles I (actual king of Sicily until 1282)
1285–1309 Charles II the Lame
1309–1343 Robert the Wise
1343–1382 Joan I

Joan died without an direct heir and the throne was disputed . . . House of Durazzo

House of Valois-Anjou, 1360 creation

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.

1435–1442 René the Good (died 1480)

René was deposed by Alfonso V of Aragón, who thus reunited the thrones of Naples and Sicily.

Aragonese Kings of Sicily, 1282–1409

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.

to Aragon and subsequently to Spain (1409–1713), to Savoy (1713–1720), to Austria (1720–1735).

Aragonese Kings of Naples, 1442–1500

to France, 1495.

1495–1496 Ferdinand II
1496–1500 Frederick IV

to France, 1500–1504.

1504–1516 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, 1735–1806

Charles VII 1735–1759
Ferdinand IV (III of Sicily) 1759–1806 (continued to reign in Sicily until 1815, when he was restored in Naples as well)
- Queen Marie Caroline was de-facto ruler 1768–1812

Bonapartist Kings of Naples, 1806–1815

Joseph I 1806–1808
Joachim I 1808–1815

Kings of the Two Sicilies, 1815–1860

Ferdinand I (formerly Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily) 1815–1825
Francis I 1825–1830
Ferdinand II 1830–1859
Francis II 1859–1860

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