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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
AnthemInno 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.