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However, Naples and Sicily were conquered by Charles, Duke of Parma (of the Spanish Bourbons) during the War of the Polish Succession in 1734, he was then installed as King of Naples and Sicily from 1735. In 1816, Naples formally unified with the island of Sicily to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies .
In 1734 the Spanish prince Don Carlos de Borbón (later King Charles III) conquered Naples and Sicily, which were then governed by the Spanish Bourbons as a separate kingdom. During the 18th century the Bourbon kings, in the spirit of “enlightened despotism,” sponsored reforms to rectify social and political injustices and to modernize the ...
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From 1734, Sicily, Naples and the rest of Southern Italy became an independent and prospering kingdom again until the 1790s, when, like the rest of Europe, Italy felt the affect of the French Revolution. In 1799 Napoleon's army reached Naples, creating the short-lived Parthenopean Republic.
Kingdom of Naples 1714–1734 ∟ ruled by Austrian monarchy Kingdom of Naples 1734–1799 Parthenopean Republic 1799 ∟ client state of the First French Republic Kingdom of Naples 1799–1806 Kingdom of Naples 1806–1815 ∟ client state of the First French Empire Kingdom of Naples 1815–1816 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1816–1861
May 17, 2018 · The War of the Polish Succession displaced the Austrian Habsburgs, and Philip V's son, Charles of Bourbon (king of Naples, 1734 – 1759; king of Spain as Charles III, 1759 – 1788), conquered Naples in 1734 and reestablished an independent kingdom.
In 1734 there was the Polish succession war, during which Charles of Bourbon took this opportunity to conquer first of all the Kingdom of Naples then that of Sicily, thus becoming Charles VII King of Naples and Charles III King of Sicily.
A Decisive Kingdom (1734-1759) Charles of Bourbon. Charles is usually considered the first King of Naples from the Bourbon family. He was the great restorer of the Kingdom, but the first king of that dynasty who reigned over the South of Italy was his father Philip V when he ascended the Throne of Madrid in 1700.
