Editing Kingdom of Naples (section)

== 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]].