Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

The **Kingdom of the Two Sicilies** () was a kingdom in southern Italy from 1816 until 1861. It was created by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, after the Congress of Vienna of 1814, by uniting the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, which had been ruled by Joseph Bonaparte who conferred the title "Prince of Naples" to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren, during the reign of Napoleon. The ruling dynasty was a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.

The capital of the kingdom was Naples. Roman Catholicism was the state religion.  The kingdom was full of corruption and poverty: mainly because of this, most of the population welcomed the Risorgimento with the unification of southern Italy to the rest of Italy in 1861.

In 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi and his men, who were known as "red shirts", captured Sicily. This was welcomed by the local population. Garibaldi then crossed the Strait of Messina and captured Naples. South Italy and Sicily then joined the Kingdom of Italy.

## Administrative division

The peninsula was divided into fifteen "departments" and the island of Sicily was divided into seven departments.

After the Two Sicilies were conquered by Garibaldi, the departments became provinces of Italy.

## Royal family

For a time the heir to the throne was given the title of "Hereditary Prince of Naples". But this was later changed to the **Duke of Calabria** after the uniting of the two kingdoms. Collectively the royal family generally lived at the Palace of Caserta. Children of the monarch were born with the style of _Royal Highness_ as well as the title of Prince/ss of the Two Sicilies. Several males in the family were given titles such as "Duke of Castro", "Count of Caserta", "Prince of Salerno", a majority of which were lost due to a lack of male heirs. The present pretending monarch is Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, who does use the title of Duke of Calabria.
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||Peninsula|Capital||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|width="10"||valign="top"|{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"|||||
|1|Abruzzo Ultra I|Teramo||||||
|2|Abruzzo Ultra II|Aquila||||||
|3|Abruzzo Citra|Chieti||||||
|4|Contado di Molise|Campobasso||||||
|5|Terra di Lavoro|Capua, from 1818 Caserta||||||
|6|Province of Naples|Naples||||||
|7|Principato Ultra|Avellino(*)||||||
|8|Principato Citra|Salerno||||||
|9|Capitanata|originally San Severo, then Foggia||||||
|10|Terra di Bari|Bari||||||
|11|Terra d'Otranto|Lecce||||||
|12|Basilicata|Potenza||||||
|13|Calabria Citra|Cosenza||||||
|14|Calabria Ultra II|Catanzaro||||||
|15|Calabria Ultra I|Reggio|}|width="30"||valign="top"|{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"|
|16|Caltanissetta|Caltanissetta||||||
|17|Catania|Catania||||||
|18|Girgenti|Girgenti||||||
|19|Messina|Messina||||||
|20|Noto|Noto||||||
|21|Palermo|Palermo||||||
|22|Trapani|Trapani|}|||||
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 The city of Benevento was formally included in this department, but it was occupied by the Papal States and was _de facto_ an exclave of that country.

## Infobox (former country)

- **native name**: **'
- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- **common name**: Two Sicilies
- **continent**: Europe
- **region**: Italy
- **life span**: 1816–1861
- **event pre**: Edict of Bayonne
- **year pre**: 1808
- **event start**: Edict of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand IV of Naples
- **year start**: 12 December 1816
- **event1**: Expedition of the Thousand, Garibaldi's landing in Sicily
- **date event1**: 5 May 1860
- **event end**: Italian unification, Declaration of Unification
- **year end**: 17 March 1861
- **p1**: Kingdom of Sicily
- **flag p1**: Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg
- **p2**: Kingdom of Naples
- **flag p2**: Bandera de N%C3%A1poles - Trast%C3%A1mara.svg
- **s1**: Kingdom of Italy
- **flag s1**: Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
- **image flag**: Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg
- **flag type**: Flag
- **image coat**: Great Royal Coat of Arms of theTwo Sicilies.svg
- **image map**: Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_within_Europe_in_1839.svg
- **image map caption**: Location of the **Kingdom of the Two Sicilies_' within Europe in 1839.
- **capital**: Palermo

Naples

- **national anthem**: _Inno al Re_
<small>_(Hymn to the King)''</small>
- **common languages**: Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Sicilian language, Sicilian, Italian language, Italian, Arberesh language, Arberesh, Molise Croatian, Griko language, Griko, Calabrian Greek, Greek-Bovesian, Gallo-Italic of Sicily
- **religion**: Roman Catholicism
- **currency**: Two Sicilies ducat
- **government type**: Absolute monarchy

Constitutional monarchy

- **title leader**: List of monarchs of the Two Sicilies, King
- **leader1**: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand I
- **year leader1**: 1816–1825
- **leader2**: Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Francis II
- **year leader2**: 1859–1861
- **stat year1**: 1860
- **stat area1**: 111900
- **stat pop1**: 8703000