Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)

Kingdom of Naples
Regno di Napoli (Italian)
Regno 'e Napule (Neapolitan)
1806–1815
Flag of Naples
Flag (1811–1815)
Medium Coat of arms (1808–1815) of Naples
Medium Coat of arms (1808–1815)
The Kingdom of Naples in 1812
The Kingdom of Naples in 1812
StatusClient state of the French Empire
CapitalNaples
Common languages
Government
King 
• 1806–1808
Joseph Napoleon
• 1808–1815
Joachim Napoleon
Historical eraNapoleonic 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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Naples
Today part ofItaly

The Kingdom of Naples (Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule) was a French client state in southern Italy that existed from 1806 to 1815. It was founded after 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, 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 Marshal 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.


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