Before King Carlo departed Naples to ascend the Spanish Throne, he abdicated the Crowns of Naples and Sicily in favour of his third-born son, Prince Ferdinando. Shortly beforehand, King Carlo…
King Ferdinando IV of Naples and Sicily ascended the Throne at the age of eight (left). A Regency was established and led by the country’s Prime Minister, Bernardo Tanucci and…
In 1796 the young Napoleon Bonaparte (left) began his invasion and gradual conquest of most of the territories belonging to the pre-unification Italian States. Napoleon was met just about everywhere…
By the time of Emperor Napoleon’s final defeat and following the Congress of Vienna of 1815, the whole of Europe had began a new phase of its history known as…
In 1825 King Ferdinando’s son succeeded to the Throne of the Two Sicilies as King Francesco (Francis) I (left). His reign however turned out to be little more than an…
The eldest son of King Francesco I and Queen Maria Isabella, Prince Ferdinando was born in Palermo, Sicily, on 12 January 1810 and died in Caserta on 22 May 1859…