Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies
Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies | |||||||||||
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| 1816–1861 | |||||||||||
.svg) Flag o the Twa Sicilies
 Coat o airms
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 The Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies (green). | |||||||||||
| Caipital | Naples | ||||||||||
| Common leids | Italian | ||||||||||
| Releegion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||
| Govrenment | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||
| Keeng | |||||||||||
• 1816–1825 | Ferdinand I | ||||||||||
• 1825–1830 | Francis I | ||||||||||
• 1830–1859 | Ferdinand II | ||||||||||
• 1859–1861 | Francis II | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 12 December 1816 | ||||||||||
• Italian unification | 12 Februar 1861 | ||||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||||
| 1860 | 111,900 km2 (43,200 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1860 | 8703000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Twa Sicilies ducat | ||||||||||
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The Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie)[1] wis the lairgest o the Italian states afore the Italian unification.[2] It wis furmed as a union o the Kinrick o Sicily an the Kinrick o Naples, which collectively haed lang been cried the "Twa Sicilies" (Utriusque Siciliae). The Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies lastit frae 1816 till 1860, when it wis annexed bi the Kinrick o Sardinie, which eventually acame the Kinrick o Italy in 1861.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Swinburne, Henry. Travels in the Two Sicilies (1790). British Library.
- ↑ De Sangro, Michele (2003). I Borboni nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (in Italian). Lecce: Edizioni Caponi.