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Queen Joan I also played a part in the ultimate demise of the first Kingdom of Naples. As she was childless, she adopted Louis I Of Naples as her heir, effectively setting up a junior Angevin line in competition with the senior line. After Joan I's death in 1382 , the two competing Angevin lines contested each other for the possession of the Kingdom of Naples over the following decades. Joan II Of Naples adopted Alfons V Of Aragon (whom she later repudiated) and Louis III Of Anjou as heirs alternately, finally settling succession on Louis' son René Of Anjou (later René I of Naples) of the junior Angevin line. René of Anjou temporarily united the claims of junior and senior Angevin lines. In 1442 , however, King Alfons V Of Aragon conquered the Kingdom of Naples and unified Sicily and Naples once again as dependencies of Aragon . At his death in 1458 , the kingdom was again separated and Naples was inherited by Ferdinand I Of Naples , Alfons' illegitimate son. When Ferdinand I died in 1494 , Charles VIII Of France invaded Italy, using the Angevin claim to the throne of Naples as a pretext, thus beginning the Italian Wars . Charles VIII expelled Alphonso II Of Naples from Naples in 1495 , but his cousin, Ferdinand II Of Aragon had resumed control of the kingdom by 1504 . After the War Of The Spanish Succession , possession of the kingdom again changed hands. Under the terms of the Treaty Of Rastatt in 1714 , Naples was given to Charles VI , the Holy Roman Emperor . Sicily was later informally annexed to the Empire, but Sicily was not legally reunited with Naples until the 1815 Congress Of Vienna , forming The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies . In 1806 , Napoléon Bonaparte installed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte , and then his brother-in-law Joachim Murat as kings of Naples, the latter reigning until 1815 . SEE ALSO |