List of viceroys of Sicily

The Viceroys of Sicily (Italian: Viceré di Sicilia) were the regents of the government of the Kingdom of Sicily in place of the Spanish Kings who acquired the title of King of Sicily from 1412 to 1759. In 1806 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, having established himself on the island, abolished the office and established in its place those of lieutenant and captain general.

Coat of arms of the Aragonese kings of Sicily.

Under the Crown of Aragon, 1409–1707

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Under the Kingdom of Spain, 1707–1713

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At the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Sicily was ceded to Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy.

Under the House of Savoy, 1713–1720

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The Spanish invaded the kingdom in 1718 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. The Duke of Savoy ceded it to Austria in 1720 by the Treaty of The Hague.

Under the Habsburg monarchy, 1720–1734

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Conquered by the Spanish in 1734 during the War of the Polish Succession, the kingdom was ceded to Charles I, Duke of Parma, a son of King Philip V of Spain.

Under the House of Bourbon, 1734–1816

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In 1816 the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were merged into the new Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

References

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Time of the Viceroys

  • GIUSEPPE GALASSO, born 1929. Il Regno di Napoli. Il Mezzogiorno angioino e aragonese (1266–1494), Utet, Torino 1992, xv, 919 pages. : ill. ; 26 cm., ISBN 88-02-04499-6 . Series Storia d'Italia (Unione tipografico-editrice torinese) ; v. 15, t. 1. (In Italian), covers also Spanish time in Naples.