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List of queens consort of the Two Sicilies

List of queens consort of the Two Sicilies

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The following is a list of queens consort of the Two Sicilies.

Queen consort of the Two Sicilies

House of Bonaparte (Edict of Bayonne), 1806–1815

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Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom which was called "Two Sicilies" by the Edict of Bayonne, in 1808, though he controlled the mainland, he never physically controlled the island of Sicily which his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples to.[1][2] After the Congress of Vienna, the title king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples, in 1816.[3] Under Ferdinand the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified, he had previously been king of both Naples and Sicily.

House of Bourbon, 1815–1861

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In 1861 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy

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  1. [1]
    Colletta P., History of the Kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825, p.71
  2. [2]
    (in Italian)Prolclaims with Mutat's title.
  3. [3]
    (in Italian) Romeo R., Momenti e problemi della Restaurazione nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (1815-1820), in «Mezzogiorno e Sicilia nel Risorgimento», Napoli 1963, pp 85-96

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