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2 unusual facts about Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies


Carlo Troya

Representative of the Neo-Guelph movement, he was appointed Prime Minister on 3 April 1848 by Ferdinand II according to the Constitution granted on 11 February 1848.

John Gwinn

At Gaeta on August 1 Gwinn received on board King Ferdinand II and Pope Pius IX.


Column of the Immaculate Conception, Rome

The monument was designed by the architect Luigi Poletti and commissioned by Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies.

Gennaro Spinelli, Prince of Cariati

Carlo Troya, a Neo-Guelphic historian and liberal, had a constitutional government from 3 April 1848, but he was replaced with Spinelli after the coup d'état by Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies which had dissolved the democratic parliament on 15 May 1848 and

Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia

# Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy (Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elise; 14 November 1812 – 21 January 1836) married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, had issue.


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