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May 10, 2016 · When the island and the mainland were finally re-united, to avoid bruising egos the new entity was renamed the Kingdom of the two Sicilies. This happened at the beginning of the eighteenth century. For the last 3 centuries prior to that Southern Italy had been ruled by Spain.
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For the last 3 centuries, prior to the creation of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, Southern Italy was ruled by Spain. In 1734 one of the Spanish Princes, Carlo di Borbone managed to convince the Spanish government to relinquish control of Southern Italy and he became the first monarch of the Neapolitan Bourbon dynasty (Borboni di Napoli) to rule over ...
In 1856, at the Paris International Exhibition, the Kingdom of Two Sicilies received the prize for the third industrially developed country in the world and the first in Italy. Next, you can see some examples that represent the Kingdom of Two Sicilies’ accomplishments, many first in the Italian peninsula and some in Europe or the world. These accom...
The following picture shows the kingdom’s economic situation compared to the other states of the peninsula including the “future liberator” Kingdom of Sardinia. In a nutshell, the economic situation was the following 1. The taxes were lower than those of other states of the peninsula. 2. State property and church assets exceeded the ones of the oth...
The previous graph may give a better idea as to why the bankrupt kingdom of Sardinia wanted to “liberate the brothers of the South” from the Bourbon royal dynasty. The war was bankrolled by England (Rothschild family) who among other interests, had its eye on the sulfur mines in Sicily and wanted to prevent France from gaining a foothold in the Med...
Aug 25, 2016 · A t the Independent Neapolitan Nation’s headquarters in Naples, Italy, there is a statue of the siren Parthenope. The ancient Greek myth claims a king requested suitors fight for his daughter’s...
Map of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. In 1443 the Kingdom of Naples was conquered by Alfonso V of Aragon (1443-1458). His son Ferdinand I (1458-1494) – the famous Ferrante – succeeded him and remained King of Naples only (he never reigned over Sicily).
The name Two Sicilies was used in the Middle Ages to mean the kingdoms of Sicily and of Naples (see Sicily and Naples, kingdom of). Alfonso V of Aragón, who in 1442 reunited the two kingdoms under his rule, styled himself king of the Two Sicilies.
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was formed in 1815 with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples and extended from Southern mainland Italy to the island of Sicily. It was annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860 to form the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
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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.
