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Since both kingdoms were named Sicily, they were collectively known as the "Two Sicilies" (Utraque Sicilia, literally "both Sicilies"), and the unified kingdom adopted this name. The king of the Two Sicilies was overthrown by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, after which the people voted in a plebiscite to join the Kingdom of Sardinia .
Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom called "Two Sicilies" by the Edict of Bayonne, in 1808.Though he controlled the mainland, he never physically controlled the island of Sicily, where his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples.
Original flag of the Army of the Two Sicilies. The Army of the Two Sicilies, also known as the Royal Army of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Reale esercito di Sua Maestà il Re del Regno delle Due Sicilie), the Bourbon Army (Esercito Borbonico) or the Neapolitan Army (Esercito Napoletano), was the land forces of the ...
Thereafter the old Kingdom of Sicily was centred on the mainland, with capital at Naples, and although informally called Kingdom of Naples it was still known formally as "Kingdom of Sicily". Thus, there were two "Sicilies" — the island kingdom, however, was often called "Sicily beyond the Lighthouse" or " Trinacria ", by terms of a treaty ...
Francis II (Neapolitan and Italian: Francesco II, Sicilian: Francischieddu; christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo; 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894) was King of the Two Sicilies. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his ...
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.
After the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily merged in 1816 relations with the former Kingdom of Naples continued under the union of the Two Sicilies. While relations were not formally established in 1832, in 1816, the first interaction between both countries occurred with the reception of William Pinkney , the U.S. Special Minister Plenipotentiary ...
In 1818 the General Ordinances of the Royal Navy of the Two Sicilies were promulgated relating to the entire composition and organization of the Navy: this was the first regulation made by the new kingdom in the maritime field; they constituted various bodies of officers, a nautical observatory, an Accademia di Marina ("Naval academy") and ...