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 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
Royal consort of Naples Capetian House of Anjou, 1282–1382 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Margaret of Burgundy Odo, Count of Nevers (Burgundy) 1250 18 November 1268 1282husband's ascession 7 January 1285husband's death 4 September 1308 Charles I Maria of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) 1257 May/June 1270 7 January 1285husband's ascession 5 May 1309husband's death 25 March 1323 Charles II Sancha of Majorca James II of Majorca (Barcelona) 1285 20 September 1304 5 May 1309husband's ascession 20 January 1343husband's death 28 July 1345 Robert Andrew of Hungary Charles I of Hungary (Anjou) 30 October 1327 early 1342 August 1344wife's ascession 18/19 September 1345 Joanna ILouis of Tarent Philip I of Taranto(Anjou)132022 August 1347 18 August 1348became wife's co-ruler26 May 1362 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 1381wife's deposition 1 December 1398
House of Anjou-Durazzo, 1382–1435 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Margaret of Durazzo Charles, Duke of Durazzo (Anjou-Durazzo) 28 July 1347 February 1369 12 May 1382husband's ascension 24 February 1386husband's death 6 August 1412 Charles III Costanza de ClermontTitular Queen consort of Naples. Manfredo de Clermont, Conte di Motica (Clermont) ? 1390 - 1392divorce ? Ladislaus Mary of Lusignan James I of Cyprus (Lusignan) c. 1381 12 February 1403 4 September 1404 Mary of Enghien John of Enghien, Count of Lecce () c. 1367/1370 c. 1406 6 August 1414husband's death 9 May 1446 James II, Count of La Marche John I, Count of La Marche (Bourbon) 1370 10 August 1415 2 February 1435wife'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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Marie of Blois-Châtillon Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) c. 1345 8 July 1360 12 May 1382husband's ascension as titular king 20 September 1384husband's death 12 November 1404 Louis I Yolande of Aragon John I of Aragon (Barcelona) 11 August 1384 2 December 1400 29 April 1417husband's death 14 November 1442 Louis II Margaret of Savoy Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) c. 1410/1417/7 August 1420 c. 1424/31 August 1432 12 November 1434husband's death 30 September 1479 Louis III Isabelle de Lorraine Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) c. 1400 24 October 1420 2 February 1435husband's ascension c. 1442husband's flight; reverted to titular queen 28 February 1453 René Jeanne de Laval Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval (Laval) 10 November 1433 10 September 1454 10 July 1480husband's death 19 December 1498 Jeanne de Lorraine Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) 1458 21 January 1474 10 July 1480husband'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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Maria of Castile Henry III of Castile (Trastamara) 1 September 1401 12 October 1415 2 June 1442husband 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 1458husband's accession 30 March 1465 Ferdinand I Joanna of Aragon John II of Aragon (Trastámara) c. 1454/16 June 1455 14 September 1476 25 January 1494husband's death 9 January 1517 Joanna of Naples Ferdinand I (Trastámara) 1478 1496 7 September 1496husband's death 27 August 1518 Ferdinand II Isabella del Balzo Pietro del Balzo, Duke of Andria (del Balzo) ? 28 November 1486 7 September 1496husband's accession 1501husband'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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Anne of Brittany Francis II, Duke of Brittany (Dreux-Montfort) 25 January 1477 8 January 1499 c. 1501husband'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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse 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 Germaine of Foix John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (Foix-Grailly) c. 1488 19 October 1505 23 January 1516husband's death 18 October 1538
House of Habsburg, 1516–1700 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Isabella of Portugal Manuel I of Portugal (Aviz) 24 October 1503 11 March 1526 1 May 1539 Charles IV Mary I of England Henry VIII of England (Tudor) 18 February 1516 25 July 1554 17 November 1558 Philip I Elisabeth of Valois Henry II of France (Valois) 2 April 1545 22 June 1559 3 October 1568 Anna of Austria Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) 1 November 1549 4 May 1570 26 October 1580 Margaret of Austria Charles II, Archduke of Austria (Habsburg) 25 December 1584 18 April 1599 3 October 1611 Philip II Elisabeth of France Henry IV of France (Bourbon) 22 November 1602 25 November 1615 31 March 1621 husband's ascension 6 October 1644 Philip III Mariana of Austria Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) 24 December 1634 7 October 1649 17 September 1665 husband's death 16 May 1696 Marie Louise of Orléans Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (Orléans) 26 March 1662 19 November 1679 19 12 February 1689 Charles V Maria Anna of Neuburg Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (Wittelsbach) 28 October 1667 14 May 1690 1 November 1700husband's death 16 July 1740
House of Bourbon, 1700–1713 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Maria Luisa of Savoy Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (Savoy) 17 September 1688 2 November 1701 11 April 1713Naples 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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) 28 August 1691 1 August 1708 11 April 1713husband's ascension 25 May 1734Naples 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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Maria Amalia of Saxony Augustus III of Poland (Wettin) 24 November 1724 19 June 1738 10 August 1759husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain 27 September 1760 Charles VII 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 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Marie Julie Clary François Clary 26 December 1771 1 August 1794 30 March 1806husband's accession 1 August 1808husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain 7 April 1845 Joseph Maria Annunziata Carolina Bonaparte Carlo Maria Buonaparte(Bonaparte) 25 March 1782 20 January 1800 1 August 1808husband's accession 3 May 1815husband's deposition 18 May 1839 Joachim
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 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
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