Francis II was the last king of the Two Sicilies before the Italian unification, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia. After he was deposed, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and
Formal portrait, c. 1865
Francis II photographed with his wife Maria Sophie c. 1860
King Francis II of Naples and Queen Maria Sofia leave Gaeta of the Two Sicilies.
Francis on his deathbed
Ferdinand II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death in 1859.
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
…deposed, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Kingdom of Sardinia were merged into the newly formed Kingdom of Italy. The only son and heir of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies by his first wife, Maria Christina of Savoy, Francis II was the last of the Bourbon kings of Naples, where he was born in 1836. His education had been…
Ferdinand in 1859
Portrait of Ferdinand II as a child, located in the Royal Palace of Caserta
Portrait of Ferdinand by F. Martorell, 1844