List of Neapolitan royal consorts explained

This is a list of consorts of Naples. Many kings of Naples had more than one wife; they may have divorced their wife or she might have died.

See Also: Dukes of Naples

Capetian House of Anjou, 1266 - 1382

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Beatrice of ProvenceRaymond Berenguer IV of Provence
(Barcelona)
123431 January 124626 February 1266
husband's ascession
23 September 1267Charles I
Margaret of BurgundyOdo, Count of Nevers
(Burgundy)
1250 18 November 12687 January 1285
husband's death
4 September 1308
Maria of HungaryStephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1257May/June 12707 January 1285
husband's ascession
5 May 1309
husband's death
25 March 1323Charles II
Sancha of MajorcaJames II of Majorca
(Barcelona)
1285 20 September 13045 May 1309
husband's ascession
20 January 1343
husband's death
28 July 1345Robert
<---->Andrew, Duke of CalabriaCharles I of Hungary
(Anjou)
30 October 1327 early 1342August 1344
wife's ascession
18/19 September 1345Joanna I
<---->James IV of MajorcaJames III of Majorca
(Barcelona)
c. 133626 September 136320 January 1375
<---->Otto of Brunswick-GrubenhagenHenry II of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Grubenhagen)
(Welf)
132025 September 137626 August 1381
wife's deposition
1 December 1398

House of Anjou-Durazzo, 1382 - 1435

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Margaret of DurazzoCharles, Duke of Durazzo
(Anjou-Durazzo)
28 July 1347 February 136912 May 1382
husband's ascension
24 February 1386
husband's death
6 August 1412Charles III
Costanza de Clermont
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Manfredo de Clermont, Conte di Motica?1390-1392
divorce
?Ladislaus
Mary of LusignanJames I of Cyprus
(Lusignan)
c. 1381 12 February 14034 September 1404
Mary of EnghienJohn of Enghien, Count of Castro
(Enghien)
c. 1367/1370 c. 14066 August 14149 May 1446
husband's death

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 Joanna 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. Joanna recognised René as her heir before her death.

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

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Marie of Blois-Châtillon
Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany
(Châtillon)
c. 13458 July 136012 May 1382
husband's ascension as titular king
20 September 1384
husband's death
12 November 1404Louis I
Yolande of Aragon
John I of Aragon
(Barcelona)
11 August 13842 December 140029 April 1417
husband's death
14 November 1442Louis II
Margaret of Savoy
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)
c. 1410/1417/7 August 1420c. 1424/31 August 143212 November 1434
husband's death
30 September 1479Louis III
Isabelle de Lorraine Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
c. 1400 24 October 1420 2 February 1435
husband's ascension
c. 1442
husband's flight; reverted to titular queen
28 February 1453René
Jeanne de Laval
Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval
(Laval)
10 November 143310 September 145410 July 1480
husband's death
19 December 1498
Jeanne de Lorraine
Frederick II of Vaudémont
(Lorraine)
145821 January 1474 10 July 1480
husband's ascension
25 January 1480Charles IV of Anjou

Louis I, Duke of Anjou, was the adopted heir of Joanna 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 Joanna II whereby she recognised him and his house as her heirs. René, Louis's brother, succeeded Joanna in 1435.

René had a contestant in King Alfonso V of Aragon who had been previously considered as a successor by Joanna 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

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Maria of Castile Henry III of Castile
(Trastamara)
1 September 1401 12 October 1415 2 June 1442
husband became King of Naples
4 October 1458Alfonso I
Isabella of ClermontTristan de Clermont, Count of Copertino1424 30 May 1444/527 June 1458
husband's accession
30 March 1465Ferdinand I
Joanna of AragonJohn II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
c. 1454/16 June 1455 14 September 147625 January 1494
husband's death
9 January 1517
Joanna of NaplesFerdinand I
(Trastámara)
1478 14967 September 1496
husband's death
27 August 1518Ferdinand II
Isabella del BalzoPietro del Balzo, Duke of Andria?28 November 14867 September 1496
husband's accession
1501
husband's desposition
1533Frederick IV

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

House of Valois-Orléans, 1501–1504

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

House of Trastamara, 1504–1516

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Isabella I of CastileJohn II of Castile
(Trastámara)
22 April 145119 October 146929 December 1503
husband's ascension
26 November 1504Ferdinand III
Germaine of FoixJohn of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne
(Foix-Grailly)
c. 148819 October 1505 23 January 1516
husband's death
18 October 1538

House of Habsburg, 1516–1700

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Isabella of PortugalManuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 1503 11 March 15261 May 1539Charles IV
Mary I of EnglandHenry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 1516 25 July 1554 17 November 1558Philip I
Elisabeth of ValoisHenry II of France
(Valois)
2 April 1545 22 June 15593 October 1568
Anna of AustriaMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 1549 4 May 157026 October 1580
Margaret of AustriaCharles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
25 December 1584 18 April 15993 October 1611Philip II
Elisabeth of FranceHenry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 1602 25 November 161531 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644Philip III
Mariana of AustriaFerdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 1634 7 October 164917 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696
Marie Louise of OrléansPhilippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Orléans)
26 March 1662 19 November 167919 12 February 1689Charles V
Maria Anna of NeuburgPhilipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
(Wittelsbach)
28 October 166714 May 16901 November 1700
husband's death
16 July 1740

House of Bourbon, 1700–1713

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

House of Habsburg, 1714–1734

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, 1735–1806

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Maria Amalia of SaxonyAugustus III of Poland
(Wettin)
24 November 172419 June 173810 August 1759
husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain
27 September 1760Charles V
Maria Carolina of AustriaFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg-Lorraine)
13 August 175212 May 17688 September 1814Ferdinand IV

House of Bonaparte and House of Murat, 1806–1815

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Marie Julie ClaryFrançois Clary26 December 1771 1 August 179430 March 1806
husband's accession
1 August 1808
husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain
7 April 1845Joseph
Maria Annunziata Carolina BonaparteCarlo Maria Buonaparte
(Bonaparte)
25 March 1782 20 January 18001 August 1808
husband's accession
3 May 1815
husband's deposition
18 May 1839Joachim

House of Bourbon, 1815–1816

none

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Titular Queen consort of Naples.