List of queens consort of the Two Sicilies explained

The following is a list of queens consort of the Two Sicilies.

Queen consort of the Two Sicilies

House of Bonaparte (Edict of Bayonne), 1806–1815

Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom which was called "Two Sicilies" by the Edict of Bayonne, in 1808, though he controlled the mainland, he never physically controlled the island of Sicily which his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples to.^{[1] [2]} After the Congress of Vienna, the title king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples, in 1816.^[3] Under Ferdinand the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified, he had previously been king of both Naples and Sicily.

House of Bourbon, 1815–1861

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	María Isabella of Spain	Charles IV of Spain (Bourbon-Spain)	6 July 1789	6 July 1802	4 January 1825 husband's accession	8 November 1830 husband's death	13 September 1848	Francis I
	Maria Cristina of Savoy	Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (Savoy)	14 November 1812	21 November 1832		21 January 1836		Ferdinand II
	Maria Theresa of Austria	Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (Habsburg-Lorraine)	31 July 1816	27 January 1837		22 May 1859 husband's death	8 August 1867
	Maria Sophie of Bavaria	Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	4 October 1841	3 February 1859	22 May 1859 husband's accession	20 March 1861 husband's deposition	19 January 1925	Francis II

In 1861 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy

See also

• List of monarchs of the Two Sicilies
• House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
  • • • Duchess of Calabria List of Neapolitan consorts List of Sicilian consorts List of Italian consorts
• List of Sardinian consorts
• Royal Consorts of Spain
• List of Tuscan consorts

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=7IM2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA51 Colletta P., History of the Kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825, p.71
2. Prolclaims with Mutat's title.
3. Romeo R., Momenti e problemi della Restaurazione nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (1815-1820), in «Mezzogiorno e Sicilia nel Risorgimento», Napoli 1963, pp 85-96