The
Kingdom of Sicily was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives or cadet branch of the house of
Aragon until 1409 and thence as part of the
Crown of Aragon. The
Kingdom of Naples was ruled by the Angevin ruler
René of Anjou until the two thrones were reunited by
Alfonso V of Aragon, after the successful siege of Naples and the defeat of René on 6 June 1443.[1] Eventually, Alfonso of Aragon divided the two kingdoms during his rule. He gave the rule of Naples to his illegitimate son
Ferdinand I of Naples, who ruled from 1458 to 1494, and Aragon and Sicily
to Alfonso's brother
John II of Aragon. Eventually the Kingdom of Naples was reunited with the Aragonese Kingdom.The titles were held by the
Aragonese kings of the Aragonese
Crown until 1516, followed by the
Kings of Spain until the end of the Spanish branch of the
House of Habsburg in 1700.
The Ducal Arms of Milan (used at the time of the
House of Sforza) were the
biscione, a
heraldiccharge showing on Argent an Azure serpent in the act of consuming a human
quartering, with the Imperial eagle (the earlier single-headed).
The Kingdom of Naples-Sicily and the Duchy of Milan remained in Spanish hands until the
War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century, when Milan was conquered by the Austrians and Naples-Sicily passed to the
House of Savoy.
Gallery
Italian version of the arms of
Charles I of Spain (Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor)
Heraldic Ornaments
The closed royal crown of Naples and Sicily, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Version of the Spanish Royal Arms used by the Monarch as Sovereign of Sicily
Coat of Arms
Dates
Details
Philip II 1580–1598 Philip I, as
King of Portugal 1580–1598 Philip III/II 1598–1621 Philip IV 1621–1665 Philip III as King of Portugal 1621–1640 Charles II 1665–1700
Heraldic Ornaments
The open ducal crown of Milan, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Philip II 1558–1580
Heraldic Divisions
Dexter (To viewer's left)
Crown of Castile (Arms of Castile and León)
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Sicily
Archduchy of Austria
Duchy of Burgundy (Modern arms)
Duchy of Burgundy (Ancient arms)
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Flanders and Tirol (Lower inescutcheon)
Sinister (To viewer's right)
Duchy of Milan
Heraldic Ornaments
The open ducal crown of Milan, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Philip II 1580–1598 Philip I, as King of Portugal 1580–1598 Philip III/II 1598–1621 Philip IV 1621–1665 Philip III as King of Portugal 1621–1640 Charles II 1665–1700
Heraldic Divisions
Crown of Castile (Arms of Castile and León)
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Granada (enté en point)
Kingdom of Portugal (Upper inescutcheon)
Archduchy of Austria
Duchy of Burgundy (Modern arms)
Duchy of Burgundy (Ancient arms)
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Flanders and Tirol (Lower inescutcheon)
Inescutcheon (Central)
Duchy of Milan
Heraldic Ornaments
The closed ducal crown of Milan, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Menéndez-Pidal De Navascués, Faustino; «El escudo»; Menéndez Pidal y Navascués, Faustino; O´Donnell, Hugo; Lolo, Begoña (1999). Símbolos de España. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales.
ISBN84-259-1074-9.
Capodicasa, Antonello.
"Lo stemma di re Filippo III" [The coat of arms of Philip III]. Forte di Capopassero (in Italian). Archived from
the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2013.