The Kingdom was conquered again by the Spanish and it was released as an independent state after the Napoleonic Wars. The Kingdom remained under Spanish influence until the War of the Spanish succession, where it was claimed by Austria. Alfonso V of Aragon settled the issue by laying claim in the Kingdom and uniting it into the Crown of Aragon. With the death of Giovanna II of Anjou, the Kingdom of Naples fell into a succession crisis. The Kingdom of Sicily was eventually renamed to The Kingdom of Naples. The Island was claimed by the Aragonese House of de Trastamara. His harsh rule provoked the Sicilian Vespers which resulted in the separation of the island of Sicily from the Kingdom of Sicily. The Kingdom was inherited by Charles of Anjou, a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, after the extinction Hohenstaufen line. The Kingdom of Sicily was founded by the Norman Hauteville dynasty in the 12th century. The Kingdom of Naples in 1444 occupies the peninsular part of the former Kingdom of Sicily. They begin the game in 1444 in a personal union under Aragon. Naples is the one of the strongest powers in Italy when the game begins, occupying the entirety of mainland Italy south of the Papal State. However, the question still remains: how will Naples break free from the iron grasp of Aragonese rule and reunite the Two Sicilies. To the south, Tunis remains a large threat to the economic stability of the Kingdom, as the marauding pirates often raid the coastline of Naples and disrupt Italian maritime trade. Meanwhile, the Italian Peninsula is shattered into small realms such as Florence and city-states like Lucca and Bologna. To the north, the Papal State controls Rome and much of Central Italy. With blood ties to the Kingdom of France, the Neapolitan Succession Crisis has become a matter of great tension between Aragon and France. They remain under union with the Crown of Aragon, but the Aragonese claim to the throne is weak and the question of who truly belongs on the throne is something of an ongoing dispute. 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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