Editing Ferdinand II of Naples (section)

=== Charles VIII in Naples ===
The French entered Naples on 22 February 1495 and Charles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-CVIII/2|title=Carlino (Con stemma coronato)}}</ref> took up residence in Castel Capuano, the ancient fortified palace of the Norman rulers. Now master of Naples, Charles asked to meet Prince Frederick in conversation and through him offered Ferrandino large possessions in France, provided that he renounced any claim to the kingdom of Naples and royal dignity. Frederick, who knew well the intentions of his nephew, immediately replied that Ferrandino would never accept such an offer, since "he was deliberate to live and die as a king, as he was born".<ref>{{cite book |title=Vite de' re di Napoli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqtEAQAAMAAJ&dq=era+deliberato+a+vivere+e+morire+da+re%2C+com%27era+nato&pg=PA196|author=Niccola Morelli|year = 1849|page=196}}</ref>

Despite having many supporters among the Neapolitan nobles, largely nostalgic for the Angevin period, and the almost total control of the kingdom, Charles did not know how to exploit these conditions in his favor and imposed French officials at the top of all administrations.

[[File:French_troops_and_artillery_entering_Naples_1495.jpg|link=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:French_troops_and_artillery_entering_Naples_1495.jpg|left|thumb|The Entry of the French into Naples (22 February 1495), from the ''Figurative Chronicle of the Fifteenth Century'' by Melchiorre Ferraiolo]]

The weakness of his choices, dictated by the arrogant conviction of being the undisputed master of the realm and perhaps of the entire Peninsula, gave time and strength to the other Italian states to coalesce against him and ferrandino to reorganize the Neapolitan armies.

At the beginning of May 1495 a heavy naval defeat at the hands of the Genoese fleet (second battle of Rapallo) almost totally deprived Carlo of the naval support necessary for the transport of heavy artillery and the logistics of the army. In the same month the king of France, following the pro-Aragonese impulses of the Neapolitan people and the advance of Ferrandino's armies in the Kingdom, understood the need to leave Naples and set out to return to his homeland, where he managed to arrive despite the defeat suffered by the forces of the anti-French league in the battle of Fornovo.<ref name="Le vite de Re di Napoli" />

Charles, despite having many supporters among the Neapolitan nobles, largely nostalgic for the Angevin period, and the almost total control of the kingdom, did not know how to exploit these conditions in his favor and imposed French officials at the top of all administrations. The weakness of his choices, dictated by the arrogant conviction of being the undisputed master of the realm and perhaps of the entire Peninsula, gave time and strength to the other Italian states to unite against him and Ferrandino to reorganize the Neapolitan armies.{{blockquote|[...] And long live King Fernando, flower of the garden, <br/>
and let the King of France die a crooked foot! <br/>
And long live King Fernando and the Crowns <br/>
and let the King of France die drunkard! <br/>
And long live the crowned King Fernando, <br/>
and let the King of France die and be quartered! <br/>
And the King of France who has pain in his calzone, <br/>
and he holds a nose like a corbellone, <br/>
And long live King Fernando and his wand, <br/>
and let the King of France and whoever awaits him die! <br/>
Long live the ever victorious army, <br/>
and the strong arm of King Fernando. <br/>
Long live the captain of Zaragoza; <br/>
Night with days never rests, <br/>
fighting the French all of them <br/>
that have plundered Ponente and Levante.|Canzone diffusa a Napoli ai tempi della cacciata dei francesi (1495). Riportata da Anne Denis nella sua opera "Charles VIII et les Italiens".}}