List of Neapolitan royal consorts

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, 1266–1382

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Beatrice of Provence	Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona)	1234	31 January 1246	26 February 1266 husband's ascession	23 September 1267		Charles I
Margaret of Burgundy	Odo, Count of Nevers (Burgundy)	1250	18 November 1268		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
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, Duke of Calabria	Charles I of Hungary (Anjou)	30 October 1327	early 1342	August 1344 wife's ascession	18/19 September 1345		Joanna I
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

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 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	?	1390	-	1392 divorce	?	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 Castro (Enghien)	c. 1367/1370	c. 1406		6 August 1414	9 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

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
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
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
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
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
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	René
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

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 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
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	Ferdinand I
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	?	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

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. 1501 husband's accession	29 December 1503 husband's desposition	9 January 1514	Louis (IV)

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 1516 husband's death	18 October 1538	Ferdinand III

House of Habsburg, 1516–1700

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	Philip III
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 1700 husband's death	16 July 1740	Charles V

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 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

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 1713 husband's ascension	25 May 1734 Naples ceded to Spain	21 December 1750	Charles IV

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 1759 husband's abdication, elevated to Queen of Spain	27 September 1760	Charles V
	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 1806 husband's accession	1 August 1808 husband'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 1808 husband's accession	3 May 1815 husband'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.

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