Polity Kingdom of Naples (France)

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Was a Kingdom that controlled southern Italy (only the continental part). The Kingdom was occupied by France during the Italian Wars.

Establishment

  • July 1501: On July 19, Cesare Borgia flanked by the French army besieged Capua which, after 7 days was conquered thanks to betrayal: a citizen of Capua, corrupted by Cesare, opened the city gates.
  • August 1501: On 19 August the French entered Naples.

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. French conquest of Naples

Was a military campaign by French king Charles VIII against the Kingdom of Naples.

  • July 1501: On July 19, Cesare Borgia flanked by the French army besieged Capua which, after 7 days was conquered thanks to betrayal: a citizen of Capua, corrupted by Cesare, opened the city gates.
  • August 1501: On 19 August the French entered Naples.

1.1.2. Spanish conquest of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples was occupied by Spanish forces.

  • 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.

Disestablishment

  • 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.