Kingdom of Sicily
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The Kingdom of Sicily was a state that existed in Sicily and the southern Italian Peninsula as well as, for a time, in Northern Africa, from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816. It w
Roger II, the first King of Sicily
The royal mantle
Imperial troops storming Salerno in 1194
Triumph march of Henry VI into Palermo
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest so
Kingdom of Sicily
…ruled by a branch of the Bourbons. Following the Napoleonic period, the Kingdom of Sicily was formally merged with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which in 1861 became part of the new unified Kingdom of Italy. By the 11th century, mainland southern Lombard and Byzantine powers were hiring Norman…
Palazzo Reale in Palermo, built by Roger II (1st half of the 12th century)
Castel Nuovo in Naples, built from 1279
Royal Palace in Naples
Palace of Caserta