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Conventions

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

All the same conventions apply here as set out under Talk:List of wars of succession#Conventions for the list of wars of succession. It may be useful to read Talk:List of wars of succession#Not a "war of succession" to judge whether a particular war was actually a war of succession or something else, like a princely rebellion. Note especially that the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s were NOT wars of succession, but of secession, that is, wars of independence. All belligerents were republics or claimed to be republics or their representatives, there was no royal succession involved. Countless otherwise "reliable" sources got this wrong. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 20:56, 10 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Naples

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@Nederlandse Leeuw: How exactly did the death of king Martin lead to the war in Naples? Braganza (talk) 11:18, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

It's a good question. I see that the sources I provided are insufficient to establish this link directly. I reasoned that Louis III of Anjou inherited the claim to Naples from his mother Yolande of Aragon, whose uncle was Martin of Aragon, who claimed Naples, but never really held it. Now I see that the claim of his father Louis II of Anjou to Naples (de facto controlled parts of it during 1389–1399, and died in 1417) was much more important. The casus belli seems to have been Pope Martin V's investitute of Louis III of Anjou as king of Naples on 4 December 1419, with the argument/pretext that Joanna II of Naples was unmarried and childless, and therefore the Neapolitan throne reverted to the pope as Naples' suzerain. In that case, the cause of the war may be regarded Martin V's deposition of Joanna as queen of Naples. The bulk of the fighting happened in 1420–1423.

So all in all, it seems we are dealing with 3 functionally separate conflicts. I'll list them separately, and used this as the source for the 1420–1423 war over Naples.

Abulafia, David (5 December 2016). The French Descent into Renaissance Italy, 1494–95: Antecedents and Effects. Routledge. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-1-351-88933-9. Retrieved 31 March 2026.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Good day, NLeeuw (talk) 13:45, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done. NLeeuw (talk) 13:56, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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