List of Neapolitan royal consorts
This is a list of consorts of Naples. Many kings of Naples had more than one wife; they may have divorced their wife or she might have died.
Early [Byzantine] Duchesses of Naples">Duchy of Naples">Naples
- Drosu, wife of Sergius I
- Theodora, Roman senatrix, daughter of Giovanni and his wife Theodora, daughter of Theophylacto I of Tusculum & his wife Theodora; wife of John III
- Limpiasa of Capua, daughter of Richard I of Capua and Fredesenda of Hauteville, married Sergius VI in April 1078 also held title of Protosebastē
- Eva (or Anna) of Gaeta, daughter of Geoffrey Ridell, Duke of Gaeta, wife of John VI, also held title of ''Protosebastē''
Royal consort of Naples">Kingdom of Naples">Naples
House of Anjou-Durazzo, 1382–1435
The rule of the House of Durazzo was contested by the Dukes of Anjou of the House of Valois, who led several military expeditions into the kingdom. In the end Queen Joanna II, being heirless, recognized Duke Louis III in 1426 as Duke of Calabria and heir. Louis predeceased her, but his brother René inherited his claim. Joanna recognised René as her heir before her death.[House of Valois]-Anjou, 1382–1426 and 1435–1442
Louis I, Duke of Anjou, was the adopted heir of Joanna I. He succeeded her, de jure, on her death in 1382. His descendants fought the House of Durazzo, mostly in vain, but not without any successes, for the throne until an agreement was reached between Louis III and Joanna II whereby she recognised him and his house as her heirs. René, Louis's brother, succeeded Joanna in 1435.René had a contestant in King Alfonso V of Aragon who had been previously considered as a successor by Joanna II but had been later discarded in favour of René's brother. Alfonso conquered the kingdom manu militari and René was forced to flee. René's claim was inherited by either his nephew or his grandson. The latter's descendants continued to claim the throne of Naples, as did the French kings, down to 1529, and intermittently until 1559.