Royal Title: | King |
Realm: | the Two Sicilies |
Coatofarms: | Image:Great Royal Coat of Arms of the Two Sicilies.svg |
Coatofarmscaption: | Royal Coat of arms |
First Monarch: | Ferdinand I |
Last Monarch: | Francis II |
Residence: | |
Began: | 1816 |
Ended: | 1861 |
Pretender: | Disputed: |
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in Southern Italy was ruled by monarchs from its establishment in 1816 to its incorporation into the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom called "Two Sicilies" by the Edict of Bayonne, in 1808. Though he controlled the mainland, he never physically controlled the island of Sicily, where his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples.[1] [2]
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the title of king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples in 1816.[3] Under Ferdinand's rule, the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified. He had previously been king separately of both Naples and Sicily.
Portrait | Name | Arms | Reign | Succession | Life details |
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Ferdinand I Ferdinando I | 12 December 1816 – 4 January 1825 | Son of Charles III of Spain | 12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825 (aged 73) | ||
Francis I Francesco I | 4 January 1825 – 8 November 1830 | Son of Ferdinand I | 19 August 1777 – 8 November 1830 (aged 53) | ||
Ferdinand II Ferdinando II | 8 November 1830 – 22 May 1859 | Son of Francis I | 12 January 1810 – 22 May 1859 (aged 49) | ||
Francis II Francesco II | 22 May 1859 – 20 March 1861 | Son of Ferdinand II | 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894 (aged 58) |