![]() In 1444, the Kingdom of Naples is a captive in a very delicate situation. ![]() Alfonso V of Aragon settled this dispute with blood, driving out all other pretenders and uniting the Crown of Aragon with the Kingdom of Naples. When Queen Joan I died childless, the Neapolitan Kingdom fell into a constant state of civil war with cousins of all kinds of claims and titles to their name fighting for control of the Kingdom. With only the territories in mainland Italy to his name, the Kingdom of Sicily became forfeit and its King adopted the title: the Kingdom of Naples. After the Sicilian Rebellion of 1282, the Neapolitan King Charles of Anjou lost control of the island to Peter III of Aragon. ![]()
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