Editing Kingdom of Naples

{{Infobox former country
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Naples
| common_name = Naples
| capital = [[Naples]]
| common_languages = Italian<br>Latin
| religion = Roman Catholicism
| government_type = Monarchy
| title_leader = King
| year_start = 1282
| year_end = 1816
| today = [[Italy]]
}}

'''Kingdom of Naples''' was a monarchy in southern [[Italy]] that covered the mainland part of the former [[Kingdom of Sicily]] south of the Papal States. Its capital was [[Naples]]. The kingdom developed after the Sicilian Vespers of 1282 and was joined with the island kingdom of Sicily in 1816 to form the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]].

The kingdom appears in records connected to the early Nostrini family, the southern Italian origin of the [[Noord family]]. [[Cosenza]], [[Aversa]], [[Naples]], and other places used by the family were within the kingdom during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.<ref name="convocazione-background">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "The legal position of southern Italian estates changed after the reforms in the [[Kingdom of Naples]] in 1806. The Nostrini household began reviewing land papers, inheritance claims, and branch obligations."</ref>

== History ==
The mainland kingdom separated from Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers, when the island came under Aragonese control while the Angevin rulers kept the mainland realm centred on Naples. The kingdom was often politically tied to Sicily, Aragon, Spain, Austria, France, and the Bourbon monarchy during later centuries.

Naples became the main political and administrative centre of the kingdom. The city remained the capital through the Angevin, Aragonese, Spanish, Austrian, Bourbon, and Napoleonic periods. Southern cities and provinces were governed through royal, provincial, ecclesiastical, and local institutions.

In 1806, French rule in Naples brought legal and administrative reforms that affected landholding, feudal rights, estate records, and local authority. These reforms changed the legal position of southern Italian estates and caused families with older branch holdings to review land papers and inheritance claims.<ref name="convocazione-background" />

The Bourbon monarchy was restored after the Napoleonic period. In 1816, the Kingdom of Naples and the island Kingdom of Sicily were formally joined as the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]].

== Nostrini family ==
The [[Noord family]] originated in [[Calabria]] under the surname Nostrini. Early Nostrini members lived and worked in places that were part of the Kingdom of Naples, including [[Cosenza]], [[Rossano]], [[Aversa]], and [[Naples]].<ref name="noord-origins">''[[Noord family]]'': "The Noord family originated in [[Calabria]], Southern Italy, in 1761 under the surname Nostrini."</ref>

[[Domenico Nostrini]] was born at Casa Nostrini in [[Cosenza]] on 16 February 1744 and died there on 18 November 1810. Cosenza was part of [[Calabria Citra]] in the Kingdom of Naples during his lifetime.<ref name="domenico">''[[Domenico Nostrini]]'': "Domenico Nostrini was born on 16 February 1744 at Casa Nostrini in [[Cosenza]]. At the time, Cosenza was part of [[Calabria Citra]] in the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref>

The legal reforms of 1806 affected the estate papers that later formed part of the Nostrini succession dispute. After Domenico Nostrini's death, [[Vittorio Nostrini]] summoned the senior branch representatives to [[Aversa]]. The [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]] was held from 23 to 30 April 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]], in Aversa, Kingdom of Naples.<ref name="convocazione-lead">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini was a formal family convocation held from 23 to 30 April 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]] in [[Aversa]], north of [[Naples]]."</ref>

The final act of 30 April 1811 recognized Vittorio Nostrini as capofamiglia, confirmed the authority of the northern branch, and ordered the transfer of the central family archive from Calabria. After the convocation, most of the family relocated toward northern Italy, and the surname Nostrini was gradually replaced with Norte in northern records between 1812 and 1819.<ref name="convocazione-aftermath">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'': "After the convocation, most of the family relocated toward northern Italy. Between 1812 and 1819, the moving branches began using the surname Norte in northern records. The older Nostrini name remained tied to the Calabrian origin of the family."</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Naples]]
* [[Aversa]]
* [[Cosenza]]
* [[Calabria]]
* [[Calabria Citra]]
* [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]
* [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]
* [[Casa di San Michele]]
* [[Domenico Nostrini]]
* [[Vittorio Nostrini]]
* [[Noord family]]

== References ==
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