Ferdinando IV-I, King of The
Two Sicilies (1751-1825)
son of Carlos III, King of Spain, King of Naples and Sicily and Princess
Maria Amalia of Saxony
Born 12 January 1751 Naples
Died 4 January 1825 Naples
Married 12 May 1758 Caserta
Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria
Born 13 August 1752 Schoenbrunn
Died 8 September 1814 Castle Hetzendorf n.Schoenbrunn
As Ferdinand IV he was King of Naples, 1759-1799 and 1799-1806, and
of the Two Sicilies, 1816-1825. He joined England and Austria against France
in 1793, suppressed the rench-supported Roman Republic in 1799, but in
1801 was forced to make a treaty with Napol‚on. In 1806 he took refuge
in Sicily under English protection, but was reinstated by the Congress
of Vienna in 1815. In 1816 he united his two states into the Kingdom of
the Two Sicilies and, despite demands for
constitutional government, retained a harsh absolutism.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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