Back Königreich beider Sizilien ALS Reino d'as Dos Sicilias AN مملكة الصقليتين Arabic Reinu de les Dos Sicilies AST Каралеўства Абедзвюх Сіцылій Byelorussian Кралство на двете Сицилии Bulgarian Rouantelezh an Div Sikilia Breton Regne de les Dues Sicílies Catalan Království obojí Sicílie Czech Kongeriget Begge Sicilier Danish
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Regno delle Due Sicilie | |||||||||||
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| 1816–1861 | |||||||||||
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| Anthem: Inno al Re (Hymn to the King) | |||||||||||
 Location of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies within Europe in 1839. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Palermo (1816–1817) Naples (1817–1861) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Neapolitan, Sicilian, Italian, Arberesh, Molise Croatian, Griko, Greek-Bovesian, Gallo-Italic of Sicily | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy (1816–1848; 1849–1861) Constitutional monarchy (1848–1849) | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 1816–1825 | Ferdinand I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1859–1861 | Francis II (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Edict of Ferdinand IV of Naples | 12 December 1816 | ||||||||||
| 5 May 1860 | |||||||||||
| 17 March 1861 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1860 | 111,900 km2 (43,200 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1860 | 8703000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Two Sicilies ducat | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Italy | ||||||||||
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The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in southern Italy from 1816 until 1861. It was created by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, after the Congress of Vienna of 1814, by uniting the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, which had been ruled by Joseph Bonaparte who conferred the title "Prince of Naples" to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren, during the reign of Napoleon. The ruling dynasty was a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.
The capital of the kingdom was Naples. Roman Catholicism was the state religion. The kingdom was full of corruption and poverty: mainly because of this, most of the population welcomed the Risorgimento with the unification of southern Italy to the rest of Italy in 1861.
In 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi and his men, who were known as "red shirts", captured Sicily. This was welcomed by the local population. Garibaldi then crossed the Strait of Messina and captured Naples. South Italy and Sicily then joined the Kingdom of Italy.
- ↑ Colletta, Pietro (1858). History of the kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825. T. Constable and Co. p. 71.
- ↑ Proclaims with Murat's title. (in Italian)