List of monarchs of the Two Sicilies

The following is a list of monarchs of the Two Sicilies.

Contents

Edict of Bayonne

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Joachim I[1]
18081815
25 March 1767
La Bastide-Fortunière
son of Pierre Murat-Jordy and Jeanne Loubières
Caroline Bonaparte
1 August 1794
3 children
13 October 1815
Pizzo
aged 48

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, to which his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples.[2][3] After the Congress of Vienna, the title king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples, in 1816.[4] Under Ferdinand the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified, he had previously been king of both Naples and Sicily.

Kings of the Two Sicilies, 1816–1861 (after Congress of Vienna)

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Ferdinand I
18161825
12 January 1751
Naples
son of Charles VII and Maria Amalia of Saxony
Marie Caroline of Austria
12 May 1768
17 children

Lucia Migliaccio of Floridia
27 November 1814
No children
4 January 1825
Naples
aged 73
Francis I
18251830
14 August 1777
Naples
son of Ferdinand I and Maria Carolina of Austria
Maria Isabella of Spain
6 July 1802
12 children
8 November 1830
Naples
aged 53
Ferdinand II
18301859
12 January 1810
Palermo
son of Francis I and Maria Isabella of Spain
Maria Christina of Savoy
21 November 1832
1 child

Maria Theresa of Austria
9 January 1837
12 children
22 May 1859
Caserta
aged 49
Francis II
18591861
16 January 1836
Naples
son of Ferdinand II and Maria Christina of Savoy
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
8 January 1859
1 child
27 December 1894
Arco
aged 58
In 1861 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy.

Heads of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, 1861–1960

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Francis II
18611894
16 January 1836
Naples
son of Ferdinand II and Maria Christina of Savoy
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
8 January 1859
1 child
27 December 1894
Arco
aged 58
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
18941934
28 March 1841
Caserta
son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Maria Theresa of Austria
Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
8 June 1868
12 children
26 May 1934
Cannes
aged 93
Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
19341960
25 July 1869
Rome
son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria
31 May 1897
6 children
7 January 1960
Lindau
aged 90
In 1960 headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies became disputed by two different Bourbon lines.

Heads of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, disputed 1960–present

Neapolitan line claim, 1960–present

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
19601966
3 December 1883
Cannes
son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska
12 September 1923
2 children
13 January 1973
La Combe
aged 89
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
19662008
28 May 1926
Podzamcze
son of Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro and Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska
Chantal de Chevron-Villette
23 July 1949
3 children
20 March 2008
France
Aged 81
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
2008–present
24 February 1963
Saint-Raphaël
son of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro and Chantal de Chevron-Villette
Camilla Crociani
31 October 1998
2 children
Current claimant

Spanish line claim, 1960–present

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Infante Alfonso
19601964
30 November 1901
Madrid
son of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma
1936
3 children
3 February 1964
aged 63
Infante Carlos
1964–present
16 January 1938
Lausanne
son of Infante Alfonso and Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Anne d'Orléans
1965
5 children
Current claimant

References

  1. ^ Coin of Two Sicilies under Murat's rule
  2. ^ Colletta P., History of the Kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825, p.71
  3. ^ (Italian)Prolclaims with Murat's title.
  4. ^ (Italian) Romeo R., Momenti e problemi della Restaurazione nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (1815-1820), in «Mezzogiorno e Sicilia nel Risorgimento», Napoli 1963, pp 85-96

See also