List of Neapolitan royal consorts
Template:SHORTDESC: 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.
Early Byzantine Duchesses of Naples
[edit | edit source]- See Also: Dukes of Naples
- Drosu, wife of Sergius I
- Theodora, Roman senatrix, daughter of Giovanni and his wife Theodora, daughter of Theophylacto I of Tusculum & his wife Theodora; wife of John III
- Limpiasa of Capua, daughter of Richard I of Capua and Fredesenda of Hauteville, married Sergius VI in April 1078 also held title of Protosebastē
- Eva (or Anna) of Gaeta, daughter of Geoffrey Ridell, Duke of Gaeta, wife of John VI, also held title of Protosebastē
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Royal consort of Naples
[edit | edit source]Capetian House of Anjou, 1282–1382
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Jean-Joseph Ansiaux (1754-1840) Margaretha van Bourgondië, gravin van Tonnerre - Godshuis van Tonnerre 20-10-2016 17-46-06.jpg | Margaret of Burgundy | Odo, Count of Nevers (Burgundy) |
1250 | 18 November 1268 | 1282 husband's ascession |
7 January 1285 husband's death |
4 September 1308 | Charles I |
| Maria of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) |
1257 | May/June 1270 | 7 January 1285 husband's ascession |
5 May 1309 husband's death |
25 March 1323 | Charles II | |
| File:Sanchamallorka.jpg | Sancha of Majorca | James II of Majorca (Barcelona) |
1285 | 20 September 1304 | 5 May 1309 husband's ascession |
20 January 1343 husband's death |
28 July 1345 | Robert |
| Andrew of Hungary | Charles I of Hungary (Anjou) |
30 October 1327 | early 1342 | August 1344 wife's ascession |
18/19 September 1345 | Joanna I | ||
| Louis of Tarent | Philip I of Taranto (Anjou) |
1320 | 22 August 1347 | 18 August 1348 became wife's co-ruler |
26 May 1362 | |||
| File:James IV of Majorca.jpg | James IV of Majorca | James III of Majorca (Barcelona) |
c. 1336 | 26 September 1363 | 20 January 1375 | |||
| Otto of Brunswick-Grubenhagen | Henry II of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Grubenhagen) (Welf) |
1320 | 25 September 1376 | 26 August 1381 wife's deposition |
1 December 1398 | |||
House of Anjou-Durazzo, 1382–1435
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Arms of Jean de Durazzo.svg | Margaret of Durazzo | Charles, Duke of Durazzo (Anjou-Durazzo) |
28 July 1347 | February 1369 | 12 May 1382 husband's ascension |
24 February 1386 husband's death |
6 August 1412 | Charles III |
| Costanza de Clermont [1] |
Manfredo de Clermont, Conte di Motica (Clermont) |
? | 1390 | - | 1392 divorce |
? | Ladislaus | |
| File:Armoiries Chypre.svg | Mary of Lusignan | James I of Cyprus (Lusignan) |
c. 1381 | 12 February 1403 | 4 September 1404 | |||
| Mary of Enghien | John of Enghien, Count of Castro (Enghien) |
c. 1367/1370 | c. 1406 | 6 August 1414 | 9 May 1446 husband's death | |||
| File:Joan II of Naples jamesII of Bourbon.jpg | James II, Count of La Marche | John I, Count of La Marche (Bourbon) |
1370 | 10 August 1415 | 2 February 1435 wife's death |
24 September 1438 | Joanna II | |
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
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Louis Marie.jpg | Marie of Blois-Châtillon [1] |
Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) |
c. 1345 | 8 July 1360 | 12 May 1382 husband's ascension as titular king |
20 September 1384 husband's death |
12 November 1404 | Louis I |
| File:Yolande of Aragon.jpg | Yolande of Aragon [1] |
John I of Aragon (Barcelona) |
11 August 1384 | 2 December 1400 | 29 April 1417 husband's death |
14 November 1442 | Louis II | |
| File:DH-Ulrich der Vielgeliebte Gattinnen.jpg | Margaret of Savoy [1] |
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
c. 1410/1417/7 August 1420 | c. 1424/31 August 1432 | 12 November 1434 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis III | |
| File:IsabelaLorraine.jpg | 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 1453 | René |
| File:Jana di anjova.jpg | Jeanne de Laval [1] |
Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval (Laval) |
10 November 1433 | 10 September 1454 | 10 July 1480 husband's death |
19 December 1498 | ||
| File:Arms of Ferry de Vaudémont.svg | Jeanne de Lorraine [1] |
Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) |
1458 | 21 January 1474 | 10 July 1480 husband's ascension |
25 January 1480 | Charles 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
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Marie Castila 1433.jpg | Maria of Castile | Henry III of Castile (Trastamara) |
1 September 1401 | 12 October 1415 | 2 June 1442 husband became King of Naples |
4 October 1458 | Alfonso I | |
| Isabella of Clermont | Tristan de Clermont, Count of Copertino | 1424 | 30 May 1444/5 | 27 June 1458 husband's accession |
30 March 1465 | Ferdinand I | ||
| File:Royal arms of Aragon (Crowned).svg | Joanna of Aragon | John II of Aragon (Trastámara) |
c. 1454/16 June 1455 | 14 September 1476 | 25 January 1494 husband's death |
9 January 1517 | ||
| Joanna of Naples | Ferdinand I (Trastámara) |
1478 | 1496 | 7 September 1496 husband's death |
27 August 1518 | Ferdinand II | ||
| Isabella del Balzo | Pietro del Balzo, Duke of Andria (del Balzo) |
? | 28 November 1486 | 7 September 1496 husband's accession |
1501 husband's desposition |
1533 | Frederick 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
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:BNF - Latin 9474 - Jean Bourdichon - Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne - f. 3r - Anne de Bretagne entre trois saintes (détail).jpg | Anne of Brittany | Francis II, Duke of Brittany (Dreux-Montfort) |
25 January 1477 | 8 January 1499 | c. 1501 husband's accession |
29 December 1503 husband's desposition |
9 January 1514 | Louis III |
The kingdom was conquered by the Spanish in 1504, after the Battle of the Garigliano
House of Trastamara, 1504–1516
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg | Isabella I of Castile | John II of Castile (Trastámara) |
22 April 1451 | 19 October 1469 | 29 December 1503 husband's ascension |
26 November 1504 | Ferdinand III | |
| File:Germaine de Foix1.jpg | Germaine of Foix | John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (Foix-Grailly) |
c. 1488 | 19 October 1505 | 23 January 1516 husband's death |
18 October 1538 | ||
House of Habsburg, 1516–1700
[edit | edit source]House of Bourbon, 1700–1713
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Anonymous portrait of Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688-1714, future Queen of Spain).jpg | Maria Luisa of Savoy | Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (Savoy) |
17 September 1688 | 2 November 1701 | 11 April 1713 Naples ceded to Austria |
14 February 1714 | Philip IV | |
The Spanish lost the kingdom to the Austrians during the War of the Spanish Succession.
House of Habsburg, 1714–1734
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig Wolfenbuettel Austria.jpg | Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) |
28 August 1691 | 1 August 1708 | 11 April 1713 husband's ascension |
25 May 1734 Naples ceded to Spain |
21 December 1750 | Charles VI |
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
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Ritratto di Maria Amalia di Sassonia - Madrid, Museo del Prado.jpg | Maria Amalia of Saxony | Augustus III of Poland (Wettin) |
24 November 1724 | 19 June 1738 | 10 August 1759 husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain |
27 September 1760 | Charles VII | |
| File:Johann Georg Weikert - Erzherzogin Maria Karoline (1752-1814), Königin beider Sizilien, an einem Tisch sitzend, Halbfigur.jpg | Maria Carolina of Austria | Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg-Lorraine) |
13 August 1752 | 12 May 1768 | 8 September 1814 | Ferdinand IV | ||
House of Bonaparte and House of Murat, 1806–1815
[edit | edit source]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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| File:Julie Clary - enfants.jpg | Marie Julie Clary | François Clary | 26 December 1771 | 1 August 1794 | 30 March 1806 husband's accession |
1 August 1808 husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain |
7 April 1845 | Joseph |
| File:Caroline Murat by Vigee-Lebrun.jpg | Maria Annunziata Carolina Bonaparte | Carlo Maria Buonaparte (Bonaparte) |
25 March 1782 | 20 January 1800 | 1 August 1808 husband's accession |
3 May 1815 husband's deposition |
18 May 1839 | Joachim |
House of Bourbon, 1815–1816
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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
[edit | edit source]- List of monarchs of Naples
- Duchess of Calabria
- List of royal consorts of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- List of Sicilian consorts
- List of Italian consorts
- List of Sardinian consorts
- List of Aragonese consorts
- Royal Consorts of Spain
- List of French consorts
- List of Angevin consorts
- List of Lotharingian consorts