Editing Ferdinand I of Naples (section)

==== The League of Italian powers ====
Ferrante further strengthened his power with a series of alliances. Around 1463 he promoted a league between the major [[List of historic states of Italy|Italian states]]: Naples, Florence, and Milan. The pacification of the kingdom of Naples had positive effects throughout Italy and the alliance was, as Ernesto Pontieri writes, also beneficial "for the purpose of preserving peace in [[Italy]]".<ref name="www.ilportaledelsud.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilportaledelsud.org/ferrante_1.htm|title=ferdinando I d'aragona|website=www.ilportaledelsud.org}}</ref>

However, the equilibrium achieved with such great effort soon proved to be very precarious. The duchy of Milan [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza|Galeazzo Maria sforza]] in March 1470 allied himself with [[Louis XI|Louis XI of France]], effectively invalidating the league with Florence and Naples. Ferrante, then, exploited the weak point of the [[House of Sforza|Sforza]] power represented by [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]], fomenting the rebellion of the [[Genoa|capital]], where in 1476 there were riots to the cry of "long live the king of Naples and long live freedom".<ref name="www.ilportaledelsud.org" />