The Spanish monarchs of the

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and

Philip V Philip V may refer to: * Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC) * Philip V of France (1293–1322) * Philip II of Spain, also Philip V, Duke of Burgundy (1526–1598) * Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was ...

used separate versions of their royal arms as sovereigns of the Kingdom of

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and the Duchy of Milan with the arms of these territories.

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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

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. The Kingdom of Naples was ruled by the Angevin ruler

René of Anjou René of Anjou ( it, Renato; oc, Rainièr; ca, Renat; 1409–1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed as the preceding dynasty was restored t ...

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. 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 John II ( Spanish: ''Juan II'', Catalan: ''Joan II'', Aragonese: ''Chuan II'' and eu, Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (''el Gran'') or the Faithless (''el Sense Fe''), was King of Aragon from 1458 until his death ...

. 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

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until the end of the Spanish branch of the

in 1700. When Francesco II Sforza, duke of Milan died without heirs in 1535, emperor Charles V got the Duchy. The Emperor held the Duchy throughout, eventually investing it on his son

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. The possession of the Duchy by Spain was finally recognized by the French in the

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in 1559. * The Royal Arms of Sicily after 1282 were

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ed Per ''

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'' Aragon and Hohenstaufen: 1/4 are the arms of Aragon ('' Or, four pales Gules''), and 2/3 are the arms of the

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(''

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, an eagle Sable''). * The Royal Arms of Naples used by the monarchs of the

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were borne by

Charles III of Naples Charles the Short or Charles of Durazzo (1345 – 24 February 1386) was King of Naples and the titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles II, and King of Hungary from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II. In 1381, Charles created the chivalr ...

as his heirs: the arms of

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(''

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of eight Gules and Argent''), the arms of the

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(''Argent, the

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Or'') and the ancient arms of

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('' Azure semé-de-lys Or charged with a

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of three points Gules''). In 1504 Ferdinand II of Aragon became monarch of Naples and added the arms of Charles III in his heraldry but he removed the arms of Anjou. Francisco Olmos, José María de
«La moneda napolitana de Fernando el Católico, documento propagandístico de la unidad de las coronas»
pp.141–162. Revista General de Información y Documentación, 3 (2001). Madrid, Universidad Complutense. PP. 155–186, ISSN 1132-1873. * The Ducal Arms of Milan (used at the time of the House of Sforza) were the

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, a

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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

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in the early 18th century, when Milan was conquered by the Austrians and Naples-Sicily passed to the House of Savoy.

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References

* Francisco Olmos, José María de
«Las primeras acuñaciones del príncipe Felipe de España (1554–1556): Soberano de Milán Nápoles e Inglaterra». «The First Coins of Prince Felipe of Spain (1554–1556): Sovereign of Milan, Naples and England»
pp. 165–166. ''Documenta & Instrumenta'', 3 (2005). Madrid, Universidad Complutense. PP. 155–186. *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. . *{{cite web , url=http://www.fortedicapopassero.it/pagine/stemma.htm , title=Lo stemma di re Filippo III , last1=Capodicasa , first1=Antonello , work=Forte di Capopassero , language=Italian , trans-title=The coat of arms of Philip III , access-date=April 5, 2013 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831061556/http://www.fortedicapopassero.it/pagine/stemma.htm , archive-date=August 31, 2014 , url-status=dead Spanish Monarchs Spanish Monarchs Italy–Spain relations Spanish monarchs in Italy

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