King Louis XII has asserted a family…

King Louis XII has asserted a family inheritance to support his claim to the Duchy of Milan.

In the case of Naples, however, Louis has no inheritance to claim.

Instead, his claim to Naples rests entirely on the claim of Charles VIII and his temporary occupation of the Naples.

Called the "Angevin inheritance” this had come to Charles VIII as early as 1481 and had been the basis of Charles' military campaign against Naples in 1495.

Louis XII claims the Angevin inheritance only because he, Louis XII, is the successor of Charles VIII to the throne of France.

The present king of Naples, Frederick IV, had claimed the throne of Naples upon the death in 1496 of his nephew, Ferdinand II, who was the son of Alfonso II of Naples.

Alfonso II had abdicated the throne of Naples to Charles VIII in 1495.

Thus, both Ferdinand and his uncle, Frederick IV are considered illegitimate inheritors and usurpers of the Neapolitan title that rightly belonged to the king of France—now Louis XII.

Louis XII and the monarchs of Spain having agreed to these terms on November 11, 1500, in the Treaty of Granada, Pope Alexander VI, nominal overlord of the Kingdom of Naples, provides his approval of this deal on June 25, 1501.