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Name: Kingdom of Naples (Spain)

Type: Polity

Start: 1503 AD

End: 1707 AD

Nation: naples

Parent: spain

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Kingdom of Naples (Spain)

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Naples (Spain) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a Kingdom that controlled southern Italy (only the continental part). Naples was Viceroyalty of Spain for two centuries.

Establishment

May 1503: Soon disagreements arose among the occupiers on the methods of partition. Ferdinand's insistence on being recognized as king of both Naples and Sicily immediately led to a war between France and Spain. Defeated at Cerignola and Garigliano by the Spaniards commanded by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Luigi was forced to abandon Naples and retreat to Lombardy. Naples was occupied by the Spanish on May 16, 1503.

Chronology

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1. Italian Wars

Were a series of conflicts covering the period between 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France, and their Habsburg opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

1.1.Italian War of 1499-1504

Was the second of the so-called Italian Wars. The first phase of the war was fought for control of the Duchy of Milan by an alliance of Louis XII of France and the Republic of Venice against Ludovico Sforza, the second between Louis of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon for possession of the Kingdom of Naples.

1.1.1.Spanish conquest of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples was occupied by Spanish forces.

1.2.War of the League of Cambrai

Was one of the so-called Italian wars.

1.2.1.First Phase - The league of Cambrai

Was the first phase of the War of the League of Cambrai, one of the so-called Italian Wars.

1.2.1.1.French invasion of Venice (War of the League of Cambrai)

Was a French invasion of the Republic of Venice during the War of the League of Cambrai.

January 1510: In the south of the Italian peninsula, Ferdinand II of Aragon reconquered the ports of Puglia.

1.3.War of the League of Cognac

Was one of the so-called Italian Wars. It was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V —primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain— and the League of Cognac, an alliance including the Kingdom of France, Pope Clement VII, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Florence.

January 1530: The remaining Venetian possessions in Apulia went to Charles of Naples.

1.3.1.French Invasion of Naples (War of the League of Cognac)

Was the French invasion of Naples during the War of the League of Cognac.

May 1528: Siege of Naples.

August 1528: An epidemic in Naples in 1528 led to the retreat of the French army from the region.

1.4.Italian War of 1536-1538

Was one of the so-called Italian Wars. It was a conflict between King Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. The objective was to achieve control over territories in Northern Italy, in particular the Duchy of Milan.

July 1537: Ottoman troops were landed in Otranto from their encampment in Valona.

August 1537: The Ottomans leave Otranto.

1.5.Italian War of 1551-1559

Was one of the so-called Italian Wars.

1.5.1.Mediterranean campaigns

Was a French and Ottoman naval campaign during the Italian War of 1551-1559.

January 1553: In 1552, when Henry II attacked Charles V, the Ottomans sent 100 galleys to the Western Mediterranean, which were accompanied by three French galleys under Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramon in their raids along the coast of Calabria in Southern Italy, capturing the city of Reggio.

February 1553: In 1552, when Henry II attacked Charles V, the Ottomans sent 100 galleys to the Western Mediterranean, which were accompanied by three French galleys under Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramon in their raids along the coast of Calabria in Southern Italy, capturing the city of Reggio.

2. War of the Spanish Succession

The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Philip of Anjou and Charles of Austria, and their respective supporters. It was a global war, with fighting taking place in Europe, Asia, and America. At the end of the war, Philip II, who was the successor chosen by Charles II as a descendant of Charles' paternal half-sister Maria Theresa, became King of Spain and of its overseas empire. The Spanish possessions in Europe were partitioned between various European Monarchies.

2.1.Italian Theatre (War of Spanish Succession)

Was the theatre of war of the War of the Spanish Succession in Italy.

September 1707: Gaeta fell to the imperials after a siege.

January 1708: Imperial troops seized the Spanish Bourbon Kingdom of Naples.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1517: King Charles I, known as Emperor Charles V, in 1516 united all the kingdoms on the Iberian peninsula, save the Kingdoms of Portugal and the Algarve. At the same time his territories also encompassed the Habsburg domains in central Europe and in the Low Countries.

January 1529: Mola, a town in Italy, was again under Venetian control from 1528.

January 1529: In 1528, the territory of Otranto was under the rule of the Republic of Venice. The Superintendent during this time was Pietro Loredan, a prominent Venetian nobleman who held various political positions within the Republic.

January 1529: In 1528, Brindisi came under the control of the Republic of Venice. This marked a period of Venetian rule in the region, following their conquest of Brindisi in 1496. The Venetians held control until 1509, when the territory was lost to the Kingdom of Naples.

January 1529: Monopoli, a strategic port city in southern Italy, was under Venetian control from 1528.

January 1529: Polignano was a territory in Italy that was under Venetian control during two periods: from 1495 to 1509 and again from 1528 to 1530. The Republic of Venice was a powerful maritime republic in the Mediterranean during this time.

January 1556: Charles V, who was King of Spain and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, left the Spanish Empire to his son Philip and the Austrian Lands to his brother Ferdinand I.