List of monarchs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

King of the Two Sicilies
Coat of Arms

Francis II
Details
Style	His/Her Majesty
First monarch	Joachim I
Last monarch	Francis II
Formation	August 1, 1808
Abolition	February 12, 1861
Residence	Four official residences: Royal Palace of Naples Palace of Caserta Palace of Portici Palace of Capodimonte
Pretender(s)	Disputed: Prince Carlo (Italian line) Prince Pedro (Spanish line)

The following is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, until the fusion into the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

Short history

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.^[1]^[2]

After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the title of king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples in 1816.^[3] 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.

List of kings

House of Murat

Main article: House of Murat

Portrait	Coat of Arms	Name	Reign		Relationship with Predecessor(s)	Title
		Joachim I, the Dandy King^[4] (Gioacchino I, il Re Damerino)	1 August 1808	22 May 1815	• Brother-in-law of Joseph I^[5]	King of the Two Sicilies (Re delle Due Sicilie)

House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Main article: House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Name	Reign		Relationship with Predecessor(s)	Title
Ferdinand I, the Conky King (Ferdinando I, il Re Nasone)	22 May 1815	4 January 1825	• Son of Charles VII	King of the Two Sicilies (Re delle Due Sicilie)
Francis I (Francesco I)	4 January 1825	8 November 1830	• Son of Ferdinand I	King of the Two Sicilies (Re delle Due Sicilie)
Ferdinand II, the Bomb King (Ferdinando II, il Re Bomba)	8 November 1830	22 May 1859	• Son of Francis I	King of the Two Sicilies (Re delle Due Sicilie)
Francis II, the Little Francis (Francesco II, il Franceschiello)	22 May 1859	20 March 1861	• Son of Ferdinand II	King of the Two Sicilies (Re delle Due Sicilie)

References

↑ Colletta P., History of the Kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825, p.71
↑ Proclaims with Murat's title. (Italian)
↑ Romeo R., Moments and problems of the Restoration in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1815–1820), in Southern Italy and Sicily during the Risorgimento, Naples 1963, pp 85-96. (Italian)
↑ Neapolitan lira of 1813
↑ Last king of Naples

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