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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Quick Facts

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Date 1815 - 1861

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1839
Side-by-side maps of central Italy showing the changing boundaries of the Papal States. The left map highlights the Papal States after the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 in green, showing their greatest extent. The right map shows the Papal States' reduced territory just before absorption into Italy, with orange marking areas annexed in 1860 and yellow showing the final area annexed in 1870, centered ar
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Watercolor etching by August Friedrich Andreas Campe showing diplomats and military officers in ornate uniforms gathered around a large table with maps at the Congress of Vienna.
Congress of Vienna
Giuseppe Garibaldi in Sicily
Expedition of the Thousand
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Congress of Laibach

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Italy
Italy
country, Europe

Key People

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Stanislao Cannizzaro
Italian chemist
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Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II
king of the Two Sicilies
Filangieri, detail of a portrait by N. Carta, in the Museo Civico Filangieri, Naples
Carlo Filangieri, prince di Satriano
Italian general
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Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
Italian statesman
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Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas
Spanish author
St. Bernardine of Siena
St. Bernardine of Siena
Italian theologian
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Antonio Labriola
Italian philosopher
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Francis II
king of the Two Sicilies
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Francis I
king of the Two Sicilies