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Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies

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Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies

Regno delle Due Sicilie (it)
Regno d''e Ddoje Sicilie (nap)
Regnu dî Dui Sicili (scn)
1816–1861
Banner o Twa Sicilies
Flag o the Twa Sicilies
Coat o airms o Twa Sicilies
Coat o airms
Anthem: Inno al Re
(Hymn tae the Keeng)
The Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies (green).
The Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies (green).
CaipitalNaples
Common leidsItalian
Releegion
Roman Catholic
GovrenmentAbsolute 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
1860111,900 km2 (43,200 sq mi)
Population
 1860
8703000
CurrencyTwa Sicilies ducat
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Kinrick o Sicily
Kinrick o Naples
Kinrick o Italy (1861–1946)

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

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  1. Swinburne, Henry. Travels in the Two Sicilies (1790). British Library.
  2. De Sangro, Michele (2003). I Borboni nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (in Italian). Lecce: Edizioni Caponi.