Rupture With The Papacy
With James now powerless, Joanna could finally celebrate her coronation on 28 October 1419, when she was crowned Queen of Sicily and Naples. However, her relationship with Naples' nominal feudal suzerain, Pope Martin V, soon worsened. On advice from Caracciolo, she denied Martin economic aid to rebuild the papal army. In response, the Pope called in Louis III of Anjou, son of the rival of King Ladislaus and himself still a pretender to the Neapolitan throne.
In 1420, Louis invaded Campania, but the Pope, trying to gain personal advantage from the menace posed to Joan, called the ambassadors of the two parties to Florence. However, Joanna rejected the ambiguous papal proposal and called on the help of the brother of her erstwhile betrothed, the powerful King Alfonso V of Aragon, whom she promised the hereditary title to Naples. Alfonso entered Naples in July 1421.
Louis lost the support of the Pope, but at the same time the relationship between Joanna and Alfonso suddenly worsened. In May 1423, Alfonso had Caracciolo arrested and besieged Joan's residence, the Castel Capuano. An agreement was obtained; Sergianni was freed and fled to Aversa with Joan. Here she met again with Louis, declared her adoption of Alfonso to be null and void, and named Louis as her new heir. Alfonso had to return in Spain, and she could easily return to Naples in April 1424.
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