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Maria Sophie Amalie, Duchess in Bavaria (4 October 1841 – 19 January 1925) was the last Queen of the Two Sicilies as the wife of Francis II of the Two Sicilies.She was one of the ten children of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
In 1360—seventeen years before Queen Maria's ascension—Alagona had burnt and razed to the ground Augusta, an important fortified city, using forces from Syracuse and Catania. [1] However, Alagona's regency failed because of conflicts between the "Sicilian" and "Aragonese" parties, and he was forced to form a government with three other ...
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sicily (14th century). The monarchs of Sicily ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130 until the "perfect fusion" in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816. The origins of the Sicilian monarchy lie in the Norman conquest of southern Italy which occurred between the 11th and 12th century.
Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse; Beatrice of Provence: Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence c.1234 31 January 1246 26 February 1266 husband's ascension: 23 September 1267 Charles I: Margaret of Burgundy: Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre c. 1250 18 November 1268 4 September 1282 Sicily passed to Aragon
Queen of Italy (regina Italiae in Latin and regina d'Italia in Italian) is a title adopted by many spouses of the rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. The details of where and how the ruling kings ruled are in the article about them.
Princess Maria Isabel Ana of Naples and Sicily (30 April 1743 – 5 March 1749) was the third daughter of Charles VII of Naples and III of Sicily and his wife, Maria Amalia of Saxony, who later became King Charles III and Queen Maria Amalia of Spain.
Mimi Hines — the legendary singer, rubber-faced comedian, television star and Broadway performer who famously replaced Barbra Streisand in the original cast of Funny Girl — died on Monday, Oct ...
King Francis II of Naples and Queen Maria Sofia leave Gaeta of the Two Sicilies. Meanwhile, the revolutionary parties were conspiring for the overthrow of the Bourbons in Calabria and Sicily, and Giuseppe Garibaldi was preparing for a raid in the south of Italy.