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19 hours ago · Italy, Croatia [a] The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [1] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons. [2] The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising of Sicily and most of ...
1 day ago · The Papal States in central Italy and the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the south were both restored. Popular opposition to the reconstituted and corrupt clerical government led to revolts in 1830 and in 1848 , which were suppressed by the intervention of the Austrian army.
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2 days ago · In 1861, however, Sicily became part of the Kingdom of Italy as a result of the Risorgimento. Prior to the Risorgimento, the Two Sicilies were conquered by the Kingdom of Sardinia during the Expedition of the Thousand (led by general Giuseppe Garibaldi) in 1860, and subsequently brought under the monarchial realm of Sardinia.
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May 11, 2024 · In the 12th and 13th centuries the island formed a part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (or Naples), and in the 18th century Sicily was ruled by the Bourbons.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Brigands: The Quest for Gold – Season 1 Episode 1 Recap & Review. 26 April 2024 by Christine Kinori. The Map. Episode 1 of Brigands: The Quest for Gold starts with a voiceover explaining the history of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies in 1860 when a red hero they call Garibaldi arrives promising people freedom, and the narrator says he joined the fight.
May 15, 2024 · Saint Celestine V (born 1215, Isernia?, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies—died May 19, 1296, near Ferentino, Papal States; canonized May 5, 1313; feast day May 19) was the pope from July 5 to Dec. 13, 1294, the first pontiff to abdicate. He founded the Celestine order.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Roger de Flor (born c. 1267, Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies—died April 30, 1305, Adrianople, Byzantine Empire) was a Sicilian-born military adventurer and mercenary captain whose service to the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II had disastrous consequences.
