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CRONOLOGIA

VICERE' di NAPOLI

CHRONOLOGY

VICEROYS OF NAPLES

The title of Viceroy and/or Captain General was already used at the time of Emperor Lothar II (1137) , and also during the Angevin and Aragonese ruling.

I will outline here only the sequel of Rulers from the arrival of Charles VIII (1495-98) , although in contest with the Aragonese and The Catholic King :

Louis of Armagnac , Duke de Nemours was Viceroy ( 1502 ) on behalf of Louis XII of France.

Spanish Ruling
1503 - 1707

Ferdinand II (of Aragon ) King of Aragona and Sardinia(1479),Granada (1492),
Naples (1503) , Castiglia (1507) , and Spain (1512)
1503 – 1516

1504-07 Gonsalvo Ferrante di Cordoba , Duke of Terranova “El Gran Capitan”

1507 Antonio di Cardona , Marchese di Padula as Lieutenant when Cordoba left.

1507-09 Juan de Aragon , Conte di Ripacorsa
Antonio de Guevara , Count of Potenza as Lieutenant when Aragon left.

1509-22 Raimondo di Cardona , Conte di Alveto (Viceroy for The Catholic King)

Charles V of Hapsburg –Austria, Emperor of the H.R.E.(1530)
King of Spain (1516) , King of Germany and Austria (1519) ,
King of Naples , Sicily and Sardinia(1516)
1516 – 1556

1522-27 Carlo di Lannoy , Viceroy on behalf of Emperor Charles V.

1524-26 Andrea Caraffa (Carafa) , Conte di S.Severina in absence of Lannoy

1523 Ugo di Moncada , Knight of Jerusalem was Regent on account of Lannoy

1527-28 Ugo di Moncada on the death of Lannoy

1529-30 Philbert de Chalons , Prince of Orange

1530-32 Pompeo Colonna , Cardinal

1532-53 Pedro di Toledo , Marchese di Villafranca.

1553-55 Pedro Pacheco ,Cardinal Saguntino , on behalf of Charles V and reconfirmed
by Philip II when his father invested him of the Kingdom of Naples.

1555 Bernardino di Mendoza

Philip II of Hapsburg- Spain , King of Spain (1556),
King of Naples and Sicily (1556)
1556 – 1598

1555-58 Fernando Alvarez di Toledo , Duke of Alba

1556 Federico Alvarez di Toledo , Interim when his father went to Spain.

1558 Juan Martinez de Lara , Lieutenant

1558 Bartolomeo della Cueva d’Albuquerque , Cardinal

1559-71 Perafan de Ribera , Duke of Alcala’

1571-75 Antonio Perrenot , Cardinal of Granvelle

1571-72 Diego Simanca , Bishop of Badaxo , Lieutenant when Perrenot went to Rome for the election of Gregory XIII.

1575-79 Inigo Lopez di Mendoza , Marchese di Mondegiar.

1579-82 Juan de Zuniga , Prince of Pietreperzia , Commander of Castile

1582-86 Pedro Giron , Duke of Ossuna

1586-95 Juan de Zuniga (nephew of the Commander ) , Conte di Miranda.

Philip III of Hapsburg –Spain
King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1598)
1598 – 1621

1595-99 Enriquez de Guzman , Count of Olivares

1599-03 Pedro Fernando Ruiz de Castro , Count of Lemos

1603-10 Juan Alfonso Pimentel d’Herrera , Count of Benavente

1610-16 Pedro Fernandez de Castro , Count of Lemos (first son of the previous Viceroy )

1616-20 Pedro Giron , Duke of Ossuna (nephew of the previous Viceroy )

Philip IV of Hapsburg – Spain
King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1621)
1621 - 1665

1620-22 Antonio Zapata , Archbishop of Burgos , Cardinal

1622-29 Antonio Alvarez de Toledo , Duke of Alba , Knight of the Golden Fleece.

1629-31 Fernando Afan de Ribera , Duke of Alcala’.

1631-37 Manuel di Zuniga e Fonseca , Count of Monterey and Fuentes.

1637-44 Ramiro Felipe Nunez de Guzman , Duke of Medina de las Torres.

1644-46 Juan Alfonso Enriquez de Cabrera , Admiral of Castile , Duke of Medina de Riosecco.

1646-48 Rodrigo Ponze de Leon , Duke of Arcos ( during this period The Masaniello Revolt occurred , Philip IV sent with the Title of Viceroy and Plenipotentate his illegitimate son
Don Juan of Austria .

1648 Don Juan of Austria

1648-53 Inigo Velez de Guevara y Tassis , Count of Onate and Villamediana

1653-59 Garcia d’Haro y Avellaneda ,Count of Castrillo

1659-64 Gaspar Bracamonte y Guzman , Count of Penaranda .

Charles II of Hapsburg – Spain
King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1665)
1665 -1700

1664-66 Pascual de Aragon , Cardinal d’Aragon

1666-71 Pedro Anonio de Aragon

1671-72 Federico de Toledo Osorio , Marquis of Villafranca

1672-75 Antonio Alvarez , Marquis of Astorga

1675-83 Fernando Joaquin Fajardo , Marquis de Los Velez

1683-87 Gaspar de Hario , Marquis of Carpio

1687-95 Francesco de Benavides , Count of Santesteban

1695-02 Louis Francesco de La Cerda , Duke of Medinaceli

Philip V of Bourbon – Spain
King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1700)
1700 – 1707

1702-07 Juan Manuel Fernando Pacheco de Acuna , Duke of Escalona , Marquis of Villena

Austrian Occupation and Ruling
1707 - 1734

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The title of Viceroy and/or Captain General was already used at the time of Emperor Lothar II (1137) , and also during the Angevin and Aragonese ruling.

I will outline here only the sequel of Rulers from the arrival of Charles VIII (1495-98) , although in contest with the Aragonese and The Catholic King : Louis of Armagnac , Duke de Nemours was Viceroy ( 1502 ) on behalf of Louis XII of France.

Ferdinand II (of Aragon ) King of Aragona and Sardinia(1479),Granada (1492), Naples (1503) , Castiglia (1507) , and Spain (1512) 1503 – 1516

Charles V of Hapsburg –Austria, Emperor of the H.R.E.(1530) King of Spain (1516) , King of Germany and Austria (1519) , King of Naples , Sicily and Sardinia(1516) 1516 – 1556

Philip II of Hapsburg- Spain , King of Spain (1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1556) 1556 – 1598

Philip III of Hapsburg –Spain King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1598) 1598 – 1621

Philip IV of Hapsburg – Spain King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1621) 1621 - 1665

Charles II of Hapsburg – Spain King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1665) 1665 -1700

Philip V of Bourbon – Spain King of Spain , Naples and Sicily (1700) 1700 – 1707