The Viceroys of Sicily () 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.Time of the Viceroys
Under the Crown of Aragon, 1409–1707 John of Aragon, Duke of Peñafiel, later king John II of Aragon, 1458–1479, acted 1409–1416. Domingo Ram y Lanaja, Bishop of Lleida 1416–1419 Antonio de Cardona 1419–1421 (1st term) Giovanni de Podio 1421–1422 Niccolò Speciale 1423–1424 (1st term) Peter, infans of Aragón 1424–1425 Giovanni I Ventimiglia, Count-Marquess of Geraci 1430–1432 Niccolò Speciale 1425–1431 (2nd term subordinately at Peter of Aragon and Giovanni Ventimiglia) Pedro Felice and Adamo Asmundo 1432–1433 direct rule of King Alfonso V 1433–1435 Ruggero Paruta 1435–1439 Bernat de Requesens 1439–1440 (1st term) Gilabert de Centelles y de Cabrera 1440–1441 Raimundo Perellós 1441–1443 Lope Ximénez de Urrea y de Bardaixi 1443–1459 (1st term) Juan de Moncayo 1459–1463 Bernat de Requesens 1463–1465 (2nd term) Lope Ximénez de Urrea y de Bardaixi 1465–1475 (2nd term) Guillm Pujades 1475–1477 Joan Ramon Folc III de Cardona, Count of Prades 1477–1479 Gaspar de Espés, Viceroy of Sicily 1479–1489, Count of Sclafana,(Sicily), Lord of Albalate de Cinca (Spain). Fernando de Acuña y de Herrera 1489–1495 Juan de Lanuza y Garabito 1495-1498 Juan de Lanuza y Pimentel 1498–1507. Died in Naples, Italy, 1507. Ramon de Cardona, Count of Albento 1507–1509 Hug de Montcada 1509–1517 Ettore Pignatelli e Caraffa, 1st Duke of Monteleone, Duke of Monteleone 1517–1534 Simone Ventimiglia, Marquis of Geraci 1534–1535 Interim Ferrante Gonzaga, Prince of Molfetta 1535–1546 Ambrogio Santapace, Marquis of Licodia 1546–1547 Interim Juan de Vega, Lord of Grajal 1547–1557 Juan de la Cerda, 4th Duke of Medinaceli 1557–1564 García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca 1564–1566 Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia 1566–1568 Interim (1st term) Francesco Ferdinando II d'Avalos, 5th Marquis of Pescara, 1568–1571 Giuseppe Francesco Landriano, Count of Landriano 1571 Interim Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1571–1577 Interim (2nd term) Marcantonio Colonna, Prince of Paliano 1577–1584 Juan Alfonso Bisbal, Count of Briático 1584–1585 Interim Diego Enríquez de Guzmán, Count of Alba de Liste 1585–1592 Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares 1592–1595 Giovanni III Ventimiglia, 8th Marquess of Geraci, and Prince of Castelbuono, 1595–1598 Interim (1st term) Bernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal, Duke of Maqueda 1598–1601 Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara, Marquis of Elche 1601–1602 Interim Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duke of Feria 1602–1606 Giovanni III Ventimiglia, 8th Marquess of Geraci and Prince of Castelbuono, 1606–1607 Interim (2nd term) Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona 1607–1610 Giovanni Doria, Cardinal 1610–1611 Interim (1st term) Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna 1611–1616 Francisco Ruiz de Castro 1616–1622 Emanuel Filibert of Savoy 1622–1624 Giovanni Doria, Cardinal 1624–1626 (2nd term) Antonio Pimentel y Toledo, Marquis of Tavora 1626–1627 Enrique Pimentel, Count of Villalba, 1627 Francisco de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque 1627–1632 Fernando Afán de Ribera y Enríquez, Duke of Alcalá 1632–1635 Luis de Moncada, 7th Duke of Montalto, 1635–1639 Interim Francisco de Melo, Marquis of Villanueva, 1639–1641 Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera 1641–1644 Pedro Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marquis of los Vélez 1644–1647 Vicente de Guzmán, Marquis of Montealegre 1647 Interim Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio, Cardinal 1647–1649 John of Austria the Younger 1649–1651 Rodrigo de Sandoval y Mendoza, 7th Duke of Infantado 1651–1655 Juan Tellez-Girón y Enriquez de Ribera, 4th Duke of Osuna 1655–1656 Martín de Redín 1656–1657 Pedro Rubeo 1657–1660 Interim Fernando de Ayala, Count of Ayala 1660–1663 Francesco Caetani, 8th Duke of Sermoneta, 1663–1667 Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque 1667–1670 Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne 1670–1674 Francisco Bazán de Benavides 1674 Interim Fadrique de Toledo y Osorio, Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo 1674–1676 Anielo de Guzmán, Marquis jure uxoris of Castel Rodrigo 1676–77 Eleanor de Moura, Marquise of Castel Rodrigo 1677 Interim Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Cardinal 1677–1678 Interim Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria 1678 Francisco de Benavides, Count of Santisteban 1678–1687 Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda 1687–1696 Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugal y de la Cueva, 1696–1701, 7th Duke of Veragua from 1673 to 1710 . Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena, Duke of Escalona 1701–1702 Francesco Del Giudice, Cardinal 1702–1705 Interim Isidoro de la Cueva y Benavides, Marquis of Bedmar 1705–1707
Under the Kingdom of Spain, 1707–1713 1707–1713: Carlo Antonio Spinola, 4th Marquess of the Balbases
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
1714–1718: Annibale Maffei, Count 1718–1719: Giovan Francesco di Bette, Marquis of Lede 1719–1720: Niccolò Pignatelli, Duke of Monteleone
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 1722–1728: Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero, Marquis of Almenara 1728–1734: Cristoforo Fernandez de Cordoba, Count of Sastago
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 1734–1737: José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Montemar 1737–1747: Bartolomeo Corsini, Prince of Sismano 1747–1754: Jacques-Eustache de La Viefville, Duke of La Viefville 1755–1775: Giovanni Fogliani Sforza d'Aragona, Marquis of Pellegrino 1775–1781: Marcantonio Colonna, Prince of Stigliano 1781–1786: Domenico Caracciolo, Marquis of Villamaina 1786–1795: Francesco d'Aquino, Prince of Caramanico 1795–1798: Francisco Lopez y Rojo, Archbishop of Palermo 1798–1802: Tommaso Firrao di Luzzi, Prince of Sant'Agata 1802–1803: Cardinal Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, Archbishop of Palermo 1803–1806: Alessandro Filangieri, Prince of Cutò 1806–1813: direct rule of King Ferdinand III 1813–1816: Lieutenant-General: Francis, Duke of Calabria 1816: Lieutenant-General: Niccolò Filangieri, Prince of Cutò
In 1816 the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were merged into the new Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.GIUSEPPE GALASSO, born 1929. Il Regno di Napoli. Il Mezzogiorno angioino e aragonese (1266–1494), Utet, Torino 1992, xv, 919 pages. : ill.; 26 cm., . Series Storia d'Italia (Unione tipografico-editrice torinese); v. 15, t. 1. (In Italian), covers also Spanish time in Naples.
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