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
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
…Italy, but at the time in Austria-Hungary). His widow survived him by 31 years and died in Munich. Upon the death of Francis II, his half-brother, Prince Alfonso, became the pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. On 11 December 2020, the cause of the beatification of King Francis II of the…
Photograph by Fratelli D'Alessandri, c. 1860–70
Capri (circa 1855) by Alfonso, assisted by Achille Vianelli