Council of Italy

The Council of Italy, officially, the Royal and Supreme Council of Italy (Spanish: Real y Supremo Consejo de Italia, Italian: Reale e Supremo Consiglio d'Italia) was a ruling body and key part of the government of the Spanish Empire in Europe, second only to the monarch himself. It was based in Madrid and administered the Spanish territories in Italy: the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdom of Sicily, the State of the Presidi and the Duchy of Milan.

Before the 1556 creation of the Council due to the complexity of Italian issues, Spanish possessions in Italy were administered by the Council of Aragon.