King of the Two Sicilies
| King of the Two Sicilies | |
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Coat of arms
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Francis II
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| Style | His/Her Majesty |
| First monarch | Joachim I |
| Last monarch | Francis II |
| Formation | August 1, 1808 |
| Abolition | February 12, 1861 |
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Four official residences: |
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Four official residences:
The following is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, until the fusion into the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
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.
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the title of king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples in 1816. Under Ferdinand's rule, the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified. He had previously been king of both Naples and Sicily.
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