Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
The Kingdom of Naples (Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule; French: Royaume de Naples) was a French client state in southern Italy created in 1806 when the Bourbon Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily sided with the Third Coalition against Napoleon and was in return ousted from his kingdom by a French invasion. Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon I, was installed in his stead: Joseph conferred the title "Prince of Naples" to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren. When Joseph became King of Spain in 1808, Napoleon appointed his brother-in-law Joachim Murat to take his place. Murat was later deposed by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after striking at Austria in the Neapolitan War, in which he was decisively defeated at the Battle of Tolentino.
Kingdom of Naples | |||||||||
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Flag (1811–1815)
Medium Coat of arms (1808–1815)
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| Status | Client state of the French Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Naples | ||||||||
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• 1806–1808 | Joseph I | ||||||||
• 1808–1815 | Joachim-Napoleon | ||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Proclamation | 30 March 1806 | ||||||||
• Joseph Bonaparte enters Naples | 15 February 1806 | ||||||||
| 10 March 1806 | |||||||||
• Joachim Murat replaces Joseph | 1 August 1808 | ||||||||
| 3 May 1815 | |||||||||
| 9 June 1815 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||