Charles II of Naples

I have chosen King Philip II because I wanted to learn more about him and his reign of Spain. King Philip II was king of Spain from the year 1556 until 1598. He was also known as Philip the Prudent, King of Portugal, King of Naples and Sicily, jure uxoris King of England and Ireland, Duke of Milan, and Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. He ruled one of the world’s largest empires. He became king in the Golden Age. The Spanish Golden Age was a period of flourishment in the arts and

up just so their grandson, Charles V, would slowly let it fall back to the bottom. He was not the only one who played part in the downfall how ever. Philip the II had a part in it also. Lets take a journey into the rise and fall of Hapsburg Spain starting with the “Catholic Kings also known as Ferdinand and Isabella(Perry,374)”. Then finish it off like Charles V and Philip II did with the Empire. Ferdinand and Isabella were the main

Netherland, and all Spanish territories when the childless king Charles dies. The remaining Italian dependencies, the detached Spanish colonies among Sicily and Naples (France) and Austria belong to, the, Dutch Of Milan. However, Joseph, Ferdinand departed two years later. The Dutch Republic bequeathed the Spanish Netherlands and its colonies to Archduke Charles. Subsequently, he went on and designated France to exercise authority over Naples, Sicily and other Spanish boundaries in Italy. Leopold, his

As King of Spain Charles became ruler of many greater and lesser European states. He was the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties, Habsburg Monarchy, Burgundian Netherlands, and the Crowns of Castile and Aragon. From Spain he ruled over large areas in Central, Western, and Southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia. Charles was the first king to rule Castile, León, and Aragon at the same time. In 1519, Charles became Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria

Notorious. Brutal. Murderer. These are all words to describe the criminal mastermind, Charles “Lucky’ Luciano. Throughout his life, he was known as the “Father of the Mafia” and nobody wanted to mess with him. Lucky Luciano lived a hard life and made his mark on the world through the notorious world of the Mafia. Luciano was born on November 11, 1896 in Lercara Friddi, Sicily. His parents were Antonio and Rosalia Luciano. His actual birth name was Salvatore Luciano. Luciano did not leave Sicily

Lucky Luciano was an Italian mobster during the 1920s. He was born on November 24, 1897 and lived until January 26, 1962. He was born in Sicily, Italy and died in Naples, Italy due to a heart attack. He was the father of organized crime here in the United States. During the 1920’s Luciano became one of the “Big Six.” Lucky was the man instrumental in creating the American Mafia. He began his crime life early after he moved to America. At just age 10, he was charged with his first crime, shoplifting

commissioned by Robert the Wise, the third king of Naples. Naples, throughout its modern history, has had a strong connection to France due to its location, identity as a port city, and familial ties between the French monarchy and its own. The city became part of the Sicilian Kingdom in 1264 when the grandfather of Robert the Wise and brother of King Louise IX of France, Charles I, was declared the king of the two Sicilies combining the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily. This installation of

Charles Hapsburg, who later became Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was born in the Flemish city of Ghent on February 24, 1500 (3) to Phillip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad (2). He had four sisters: Eleanor, Isabel, Mary, and Katherine. Ferdinand I was his only brother (7). His maternal grandparents were the very famous Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon who funded Columbus’s expeditions (6). His paternal grandfather was Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (7). Charles V was raised in the Netherlands

limited extent to their coterminous times of development. Towards the finish of the fifteenth century, the Ottomans started to assume a bigger part in the Italian Peninsula. In 1494, both the Papacy and the Kingdom of Naples appealed to the Sultan straightforwardly for his help against Charles VIII of France in the First Italian War. The Ottomans policy towards Europe amid the sixteenth century was one of disturbance against the Habsburg dynasties. The Ottomans teamed up with Francis I of France and his

An illegitimate grandson of Roger II named Tancred claimed the throne quickly. Fearing Joan, who backed the rule of William II’s aunt, Constance, he restricted her movement and took all of her feudal revenue for himself. Joan’s brother, Richard I “Lionheart” of England, stopped in Sicily while on his way to the Holy Land for the Crusade. Richard threatened Tancred for his sister’s release and for her royal dowry. Tancred complied with her release, though he had to compensate for her royal seat (Monte