Louis ya yi tafiya zuwa Naples a watan Fabrairu.‘Yan kasar sun ba shi izinin shiga cikin biki, amma ya ki, inda suka yi barazanar barin sojojinsa su kori garin idan ba su kara haraji ba.Ya karɓi lakabin gargajiya na sarakunan Naples - "Sarkin Sicily da Urushalima, Duke na Apulia da Yariman Capua" - kuma ya gudanar da mulkin daga Castel Nuovo, yana tsare da sojojin haya a cikin garu mafi mahimmanci.Ya yi amfani da hanyoyin bincike da ba a saba gani ba wajen kamo duk wadanda suka hada baki wajen mutuwar dan uwansa, a cewar Domenico da Gravina.Yawancin iyalai masu daraja na gida (ciki har da Balzos da Sanseverinos) sun ƙi ba shi hadin kai.Paparoma ya ƙi tabbatar da mulkin Louis a Naples, wanda da zai haɗa masarautu biyu masu ƙarfi a ƙarƙashin mulkin Louis.Paparoman da Cardinals sun bayyana sarauniya Joanna ba ta da wani laifi daga kisan mijinta a wani taro na yau da kullun na Kwalejin Cardinal.