Ferdinand of Naples had been compelled in…

March 1806 CE

Ferdinand of Naples had been compelled in 1802 to make important concessions to the French by the Treaty of Florence, which reinforced France's position as the dominant power in mainland Italy, but his decision to ally with the Third Coalition against Napoleon in 1805 proves more damaging.

French forces under General André Masséna invade the Kingdom of Naples in the spring of 1806, after the British and Russian forces supposedly defending the kingdom have evacuated Italy altogether: the British to Sicily and the Russians to Corfu.

The Neapolitan-Sicilian army is crushed at the Battle of Campo Tenese, forcing Ferdinand to flee to Sicily and concede the Neapolitan crown to the French.

Napoleon now installs his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Neapolitan throne on March 30, 1806.

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