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  Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
By the marriage contract the queen was to have a voice in the council of state after the birth of her first son, and she was not slow to avail herself of this means of political influence.
Marie Caroline's only excuse is that as a sister of Marie Antoinette the very name of "Republican" or "Jacobin" filled her with loathing.
The success of the military revolution at Naples seriously alarmed the powers of the Holy Alliance, who feared that it might spread to other Italian states and so lead to that general European conflagration which it was their main preoccupation to avoid.
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 Marie Antoinette Queen of France
Marie Thérèse, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1717-1780), was the older daughter of Charles VI; after the death of her brother Leopold (1716) and thanks to the Pragmatic Sanction (1713) she became heir to the throne.
Marie Thérèse succeeded to the throne from her father on 1740, but she raised many objections: born the Austrian Succession War (1741-1748) which involved a lot of European Nations and it ended with the Aachen Peace (1748) when Francis I was recognized as Emperor.
Marie Anne was the oldest child of Marie Theresia: she was born when the empress was still an archdukess and she was her favourite daughter.
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 AllRefer.com - Naples, kingdom of (Italian History) - Encyclopedia
Charles lost Sicily in 1282 but retained his territories on the mainland, which came to be known as the kingdom of Naples.
During her reign began the struggle for succession between Charles of Durazzo (later Charles III of Naples) and Louis of Anjou (Louis I of Naples).
In 1816 Ferdinand merged Sicily and Naples and styled himself Ferdinand I, king of the Two Sicilies.
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 Kronologi for en del Napoli regenter
The duchies of Apulia and Sicily merge and was from 1154 one kingdom of Naples and Sicily.
Beatrice of Naples; * 14/9 or 16/11 1457; † 23/9 1508;
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 Marie Caroline of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) as Queen Marie Caroline was queen consort and de facto ruler of Naples from 1768 to 1799 and from 1799 to 1806, and of Sicily from 1768 until her death in 1814, though she had lost the de facto power in 1812.
She was born an Austrian Archduchess and was a sister of Marie Antoinette.
Her Majesty Queen Marie Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna Antonie of Naples and Sicily, Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Tuscany was born in 1752, the daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Queen Caroline in 1790 requested Madame Vigée le Brun to delay her departure from Naples in order to paint Prince Francesco and his three sisters Maria Theresa (soon to be Empress of Austria), Maria Louisa (later Grand Duchess of Tuscany) and Maria Christina (Later Queen of Sardinia).
Naples was popular not only for the bautiful coastline, but also for Luxurious thermal spas which became renowned throughout the Empire, Resorts around Naples the eliete of Roman society, including Cicero and Virgil as well as Pompey and Caesar.
Ferdinand and Marie Caroline fled to Sicily (1806).
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 Columbia Encyclopedia- Naples kingdom of - AOL Research & Learn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Refusing to give up their claim to Sicily, Charles and his successors warred with the house of Aragón, which held the island, until in 1373 Queen Joanna I of Naples formally renounced her claim.
Meanwhile the Angevin claim to Naples had passed to the French crown with the death (1486) of René's nephew, Charles of Maine.
The Treaties of Blois (1504–5) gave Naples and Sicily to Spain, which for two centuries ruled the two kingdoms through viceroys—one at Palermo, one at Naples.
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 Marie Caroline - Encyclopedia.com
Marie Caroline 1752-1814, queen of Naples, consort of Ferdinand IV (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, and sister of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Portraits in miniature: Anna Claypoole Peale and Caroline Schetky.
Marie's stormy chapter in Stratford's history; Her sentimental novels may be almost unheard of today, but Marie Corelli's determination to preserve Shakespeare's Stratford saved some of the town's finest buildings from destruction.
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 Around Naples Encyclopedia 22
A common thread in the expulsion of the Jesuits in Spain and then Naples is that Charles III of Bourbon was the King of Spain when the Jesuits were forced to leave that nation, and his son, Ferdinand IV was the king of Naples when the same thing happened there.
Naples football refs are unsure of this one and there is some talk of an ecumenical conference to decide the issue; they use either the thumb/index finger version or the "V" sign, but under no circumstances the new and improved cuckold sign.
King Ferrante of Naples in 1475 characterized narrow streets as a danger to the state, he was but giving political voice to the new Baroque aesthetic of the straight and wide avenue, the open square and the imposing façade.
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 Marie Caroline. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
1752–1814, queen of Naples, consort of Ferdinand IV (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, and sister of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Late in 1798 she and Ferdinand were forced to flee Naples with the advent of the short-lived Parthenopean Republic set up by the French Revolutionary army.
Marie was subsequently banished because of her intrigues, and she died at Vienna.
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This Queen, Marie Caroline, the daughter of the great Empress, Maria Theresa, and the sister of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, had passed her life in detestation of the French Revolution and of Napoleon, of whom she had been one of the most eminent victims.
Marie Louise, who two years before had left her father, starting on her triumphal journey to Prague, amid all form of splendor and devotion, was much moved at seeing him again, and placed the King of Rome in his arms, as if to reproach him for deserting the child's cause.
Marie Louise, who had been brought up to give her father strict obedience, regarded the advice of the Emperor of Austria as commands which were not to be questioned, and April 23 she left Rambouillet with her son for Vienna.
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 kingdom of Naples - Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Alfonso defeated René and in 1442 was invested with Naples by the pope.
The Treaties of Blois (1504-5) gave Naples and Sicily to Spain, which for two centuries ruled the two kingdoms through viceroys—one at Palermo, one at Naples.
Ferrante of Naples: the statecraft of a Renaissance prince.
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The Treaties of Blois (1504-5) gave Naples and Sicily to Spain, which for two centuries ruled the two kingdoms _ through viceroys—one at Palermo, one at Naples.
In 1798 Ferdinand IV and his queen, Marie Caroline, fled _ from the French Revolutionary army.
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 Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies - Best of Sicily Magazine - Constantinian Order of St George - Carlo Duke ...
She is the first Sicilian royal princess born in Italy since the House of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies was exiled following the annexation of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily to the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
She is also descended from the Norman kings of Sicily and from various French and Italian noble families, a complex heritage reflected in the coat of arms of the House of the Two Sicilies (shown here).
Closer to Naples, the Bourbons' country estate at Caserta was Italy's most splendid royal residence (filmed for the interior scenes of the Castle of the Queen of Naboo in the most recent Star Wars movies); its royal apartments and gardens are now open to the public and house part of a military academy.
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 Marie Caroline of Austria information - Search.com
She was born an Austria princess and was a sister of Marie Antoinette.
Another of her daughters Marie Theresa of the Two Sicilies became the wife of the Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Later, the daughter of Marie Theresa,Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma became the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Marie Caroline of Austria
On 12 May, 1768, she married the young Ferdinand IV of Naples who was also Ferdinand III of Sicily.
In 1806, her husband was deposed as King of Naples (thus deposing her as de facto ruler) by Napoleon Bonaparte.
However, Maria Carolina retained her status and power in Sicily until 1812, when her husband essentially (but not officially) abdicated, appointing his son Francis regent, which deprived the queen of her influence, and Maria Carolina was exiled to her homeland Austria, where she died in 1814.
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MARIE CAROLINE OF AUSTRIA or OF HABSBURG (daughter of FRANCIS I and MARIA TERESA, wife of FERDINAND IV of Naples, sister of MARIE-ANTOINETTE)(1752-1814)
MARIE CAROLINE OF BOURBON-SICILE (daughter of FRANCOIS I OF Bourbon, king of the Deux-Siciles, daughter-in-law of CHARLES X, mother of the count of CHAMBORD, duchess of BERRY)(1798-1870)
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Married fourthly in 1816 in Vienna Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (*1792 Mannheim,†1873 Vienna).
Married secondly in 1476 Princess Joanna of Aragon and Sicily (*1454 Barcelona,†1517 Naples).
Married secondly in 1837 in Naples Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (*1816 Vienna,†1867 Albano).
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 Obituary. HRH The Duchess d'Aumâle (1822-1869)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Maria Caroline Augusta de Bourbon, Duchess d’Aumale, whose death was yesterday briefly announced in these columns, was a daughter of Leopold, Prince of Salerno, of the Neapolitan branch of the Bourbons, and of Marie Clémentine, an Archduchess of Austria.
She was, therefore, by her mother’s side a niece of the Empress Marie Louise, and a niece in the second degree of Queen Marie Antoinette.
She was the daughter of Prince Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno (1790-1851; 6th son of Ferdinando IV, King of Naples and Sicily), by his wife and niece Maria Clementina Francesca Guiseppa (1798-1881; 6th daughter of Franz I, Emperor of Austria).
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 Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples
One of these was the famous Marie Antoinette; another was a younger sister and subject of this article, her Majesty Queen Marie Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna Antonie of Naples and Sicily, Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and Princess of Tuscany—or, to her friends, Caroline.
Caroline was intelligent and absolutely bent on turning the kingdom into a valuable asset to her relatives in
And, certainly, under Caroline's aegis, life at the court of Naples no doubt took on a bit of Viennese glitter and glamour; it was the age of Admiral Horatio Nelson and Lord and Lady Hamilton, and the age of the Grand Tour, which brought the likes of Goethe and the young
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 Marie Caroline — FactMonster.com
Marie Caroline, 1752–1814, queen of Naples, consort of Ferdinand IV (later
Ferdinand I, king of the Two Sicilies - Ferdinand I Ferdinand I, 1751–1825, king of the Two Sicilies (1816–25).
kingdom of Naples - Naples, kingdom of Naples, kingdom of, former state, occupying the Italian peninsula south of the...
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 The Raw Story | Sweet dreams are made of this - wines from a windswept Italian island By Carola Frentzen
The company's base in Sicily is located at Marsala, the place where celebrated writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) set part of his novel "Il Gattopardo" (The Leopard) which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento.
This family company trades under the name of Donnafugata - a reference to Queen Marie Caroline who fled there from Naples in the 19th century after her husband was deposed as monarch.
The aim was to "nurture wine on the island of sunshine and wind" as Pantelleria is known, a tiny patch of land stranded in the ocean with a unique micro-climate.
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 Ferdinand I, king of the Two Sicilies. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He had previously been king of Naples (1759–99, 1799–1805, 1815–16) as Ferdinand IV and king of Sicily (1759–1816) as Ferdinand III.
His father’s reforms were continued during Ferdinand’s minority by the regent, Bernardo Tanucci, but after Ferdinand’s marriage (1768) to Marie Caroline a reactionary regime was instituted under her influence.
After Naples was restored to him (1815), Ferdinand abolished Sicilian autonomy and proclaimed (1816) himself king of the Two Sicilies.
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Maria Christina of Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain (Maria Cristina Ferdinanda of the Two Sicilies branch of the Royal House of Bourbon) (April 27, 1806–August 22, 1878) was Queen Consort of Spain (1829 to 1833) and Queen Regent of Spain (1833 to 1840).
Maria Christina was the fourth wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain (Fernando in Spanish) (1784-1833, king 1813-1833) and mother of and regent for Queen Isabella II of Spain (Isabel in Spanish) (1830-1904, queen 1833-1868).
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy on April 27, 1806, she was the daughter of King Francis I (In Italian, Francesco I) of the Two Sicilies by his second wife, Infanta Doña Maria Isabel of Spain.
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 List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The latter's descendants continued to claim the throne of Naples, as did the French kings, down to 1529, and intermittently until 1559.
René was deposed by Alfonso V of Aragon, who thus reunited the thrones of Naples and Sicily.
Ferdinand IV (III of Sicily) 1759–1806 (continued to reign in Sicily until 1815, when he was restored in Naples as well)
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 Two Sicilies
Prince Luigi of the Two Sicilies (19.7.1824 Napoli - 5.3.1897 Paris) = 28.4.1844 Rio de Janeiro; Princess Januaria of Brazil (11.3.1822 Rio de Janeiro - 13.3.1901 Nice) dau of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil & Archduchess Maria Leopooldine of Austria a.
Prince Francesco di Paolo of the Two Sicilies (13.8.1827 Napoli - 24.9.1892 Paris) = 10.4.1850 Florence; Archduchess Maria Isbaella of Austria (21.5.1834 Florence - 14.7.1901 Burgenstock) dau of Leopoldo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Princess Maria Anna of Saxony a.
Prince Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies (2.7.1790 Napoli - 10.3.1851 Napoli) = 28.7.1816 Schönbrunn; Archduchess Clementine of Austria etc (1.3.1789 Wien - 3.3.1881 Château de Chantilly) dau of Franz I, Emperor of Austria & Princess Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies 1.
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 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of February 23, 1801
Brother of Tommaso Firrao, viceroy of Sicily in 1798.
Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Naples.
Of a Scottish-Italian family, his grandfather was Earl of Kellie and Mar. His father was Colin Erskine and his mother was of the noble family of Gigli of Anagni.
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