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The last king of the Bourbon dynasty in Naples, who ruled from 1859 to 1861. He was deposed by the Italian unification and fled to Austria, where he died in 1894.
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Francis II (born Jan. 16, 1836, Naples—died Dec. 27, 1894, Arco, Italy) was the king of the Two Sicilies from 1859 until his deposition in 1860, the last of the Bourbons of Naples. He was the only son of Ferdinand II by his first consort, Maria Cristina of Savoy.
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HM Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies, is the last. Under his reign, the Kingdom was invaded first by the Garibaldian army, then by the Savoy army and later annexed to the newborn Kingdom of Italy. All this, only one year after the death of Ferdinand II, who died aged 48, and Francis unexpectedly ascended the Throne aged only 23. He was born on 1...
It is not possible to relate here the entire history of the Risorgimento, the conquest of the Kingdom by the Piedmont army. We can just say that today’s many historical reconstructions of the events of those days are more serene, true and objective than the “official version” provided by history in the past 140 years. Many historians (and not only ...
The siege of Gaeta was one of the most tragic and heroic events in the history of Risorgimento. While leaving Naples on 8 December 1860, Francis II issued a proclamation of which we quote some passages: «(…) I preferred to leave Naples, my own house, my beloved capital city, not to expose it to the horror of a bombing, such as it later happened in ...
Learn about the life and reign of Francesco II, the only child of Ferdinando II and the last king of Naples and Sicily before Italian unification. Discover how he failed to defend his kingdom from Garibaldi's invasion and Piedmontese troops, and how he died in exile in 1894.
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [3] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons. [4]
Francis II (Neapolitan and Italian: Francesco II, christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo; Sicilian: Francischieddu; 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894) was King of the Two Sicilies. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his ...
King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (* 14.8.1777, O 26.6.1797, O 19.8.1802, † 8.11.1830) Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Holy Roman Empress Consort
