Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death in 1859.
Ferdinand in 1859
Portrait of Ferdinand by F. Martorell, 1844
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before Italian unification, comprising Sicily and most of the area of today's Mezzogiorno in covering all of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States.
Cappella Palatina, church of first unifier Roger II of Sicily.
Framed antique flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (c. 1830s) discovered in Palermo
Skirmish between brigands and troops in the countryside
1848 revolution in Sicily