d. 1464.

Piero Francesco, 1467.

Piero, d. 1469.

------------------------------+

Lorenzo the Magnificent, Giuliano, Giovanni, m. Caterina d. 1492. d. 1478. Sforza, d. 1498.

+------------------+

Piero, d. 1503. Giovanni, Pope Giulio, Pope Clement

Leo X, d. 1521. VII, d. 1534.

Lorenzo, Duke Giovanni, "delle of Urbino, bande nere,"

d. 1519. d. 1526.

+-----------------+

Alessandro, Caterina, m. Henri II Cosimo I, Grand d. 1537. of France, d. 1589. Duke, d. 1574.

+-------------------------+

Francesco I, d. 1587. Ferdinand I, m. Joanna of Austria, also d. 1609.

Bianca Cappello.

Maria, m. Henri IV Cosimo II, d. 1621.

of France.

Ferdinand II, d. 1670.

Cosimo III, d. 1723.

Giovanni Gastone, d. 1737.

III

SKELETON TABLE OF THE KINGS OF THE TWO SICILIES[26]

NAPLES KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES SICILY

NORMAN CONQUEST,

last half of eleventh century.

Roger, d. 1154.

+----------------+------------------+

William the Bad, d. 1166. Constance, d. 1198,

married William the Good, d. 1189. Henry VI, Emperor, d. 1197.}

} +----------------------------------+ }

} Frederick II, Emperor, d. 1250. }

}Hohenstaufen +----------------------+ }Line.

} Conrad IV, d. 1254. Manfred, d. 1266. }

} Conradin, d. 1268. }

FRENCH CONQUEST, 1266.

Charles of Anjou, 1266-1282.

SICILIAN VESPERS, 1282.

House of Anjou, 1266-1442. House of Aragon, 1282-1442.

Alfonso of Aragon, 1442-1448.

+-----------------+--------------+

House of Aragon, House of Aragon, illegitimate, legitimate, which, on 1448-1504. marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon with Isabella of Castile, became House of Spain.

1448-1504.

SPANISH CONQUEST, 1504.

Ferdinand the Catholic, 1504-1516.

Charles V, Emperor, 1516-1556.

Spanish Crown, 1556-1713.

TREATY OF UTRECHT, 1713.

Austria, 1713-1720. Savoy, 1713-1720.

WILL OF QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE, 1720.

Austria, 1720-1738.

PEACE OF VIENNA, 1738.

Spanish Bourbons, 1738-1798.

[French invasion, 1798-1802.]

Spanish Bourbons, 1802-1805.

Joseph Bonaparte, 1806-1808.

Joachim Murat, 1808-1815.

Spanish Bourbons: Ferdinand I,1815-1825.

Francis I, 1825-1830.

Ferdinand II, 1830-1859.

Francis II, 1859-1860.

FOOTNOTES:

[26] When the two kingdoms are united the names of the kings are put in the middle column, when separate in the side columns respectively.

IV

LIST OF BOOKS FOR GENERAL READING

_For the Middle Ages_

Italy and her Invaders Thomas Hodgkin.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon.

History of Latin Christianity Dean Milman.

Rome in the Middle Ages (translated from the German by Mrs. G. W. Hamilon) F. Gregorovius.

Medival Europe Ephraim Emerton.

Italian Chronicles of the Middle Ages Ugo Balzani.

Story of the Byzantine Empire C. W. C. Oman.

History of the Later Roman Empire J. Bury.

The Holy Roman Empire James Bryce.

Historical Doc.u.ments of the Middle Ages Ernest F. Henderson.