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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

(historical) A former kingdom in southern Italy with its capital at Palermo and Naples between 1816 and 1861, covering Sicily and most of the present-day Mezzogiorno.

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By April 1860 Garibaldi had invaded and quickly subdued Sicily, and by February 1861 the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ceased to exist, Francis and Maria fled to Austria. Source: Internet

Bourbons ruled in Naples from 1734–1806 and in Sicily from 1734–1816, and in a unified Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1816–1860. Source: Internet

Eventually Sicily would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860. Source: Internet

The Papal States in central Italy and the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the south were both restored. Source: Internet

When the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was restored, the system was kept in place with members of the nobility filling mayoral roles. Source: Internet

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