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Ferdinand I King of the Two Sicilies
Standard Name: Ferdinand I,, King of the Two Sicilies
Used Form: Ferdinand IV, King of Naples
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Ellis Cornelia Knight | In Naples they met the King and Queen of Naples and Sicily, Ferdinand
and Maria Carolina
. Of this couple the queen was the political driving force, both while on the throne and after she... |
| Friends, Associates | Ellis Cornelia Knight | On their previous visit to Naples in 1785, the Knights had met Sir William Hamilton
, the British ambassador there, as well as the rulers, Ferdinand
and Maria Carolina
. On their return to Naples... |
| Residence | Ellis Cornelia Knight | They fled from Naples, capital of the kingdom of Naples and Sicily or the Two Sicilies, at about the same time as its king. The royal family (Ferdinand
and Maria Carolina
) escaped from... |
| Residence | Elizabeth Margravine of Anspach | EMA
received land from Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
in a seaside area outside Naples called Posillipo. She called the house which she built there the Villa Craven. |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Margravine of Anspach | She is thought to have written, soon after this, a pen-picture of King Ferdinand of Naples
, entitled Re Nasone in Profile (printed years later by the Giorniale d' Italia, 12 December 1911). Anspach, Elizabeth, Margravine of. “Introduction”. The Beautiful Lady Craven, edited by Lewis Saul Benjamin and Alexander Meyrick Broadley, Bodley Head, 1914, p. i - cxxxviii. lxvii and n |
Timeline
By October 1820: A revolution in Naples—instigated by the...
National or international item
By October 1820
A revolution in Naples—instigated by the Carbonari
(a secret political society founded in 1815)—provoked Ferdinand I
to grant a constitution, which included the establishment of an elected parliament.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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