Tag: Balears

• 139 – King Alphonse of Naples (1436 – 1458)

  We go back a little to see how Alphonse V of Aragon actually got onto the throne of Naples and what he had to put up with once he got there dealing with Milan, Venice, Genoa and Florence, before a rather unprecedented alliance in 1454 under the “Italic League” when everyone became friends after the…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Alphonse V, Anjou, Balears, Capua, Corsica, France, Francesco Sforza, Gaeta, Genoa, Malatesta, Milan, Naples, Rimini, Savoy, Sforza, Sicily, Venice, Visconti

• 118 Sicily goes Spanish and Naples gets big ideas (1372 – 1414)

  We see how Sicily loses its independence to the Spanish and then cross over to the mainland to see how king Ladislaus of Naples gets some big ideas on expanding his kingdom.

  A History of Italy

  August 17, 2021

  Artale di Alagona, Balears, Frederick IV of Sicily, Joanna I of Naples, Johanna II of Naples, Ladislaus I of Naples, Maria of Sicily, Martin of Aragon, Naples, Peralta, Podcast, Sardinia, Sicily