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Francis I of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe Saverio Giovanni Battista; 19 August 1777 – 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830 and regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1806 to 1814.
Francis I (born Aug. 14, 1777, Naples—died Nov. 8, 1830, Naples) was the king of the Two Sicilies from 1825. The son of Ferdinand I and Maria Carolina, Francis at first inclined toward liberalism.
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Francis I of the Two Sicilies ( Italian: Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe Saverio Giovanni Battista; 19 August 1777 – 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830 and regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1806 to 1814. Early life. Francis in 1790. Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.
Francis II, 1859–1861. In 1860–61 with influence from Great Britain and William Ewart Gladstone 's propaganda, the kingdom was absorbed into the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the title dropped. It is still claimed by the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies .
Francis I, 1777–1830, king of the Two Sicilies (1825–30), son and successor of Ferdinand I. He continued the ruthless and reactionary policy of his father, and his court was notorious for waste and corruption.
A decree of the king of Sardinia dated September 7th 1860 abolished the two Sicilies Merit Orders but this was not accepted by either Francis II or the Count of Caserta the latter made a total of forty-eight awards of this Order to Italians, of which eight were grand cordons and three were grand crosses, and granted the grand cordon to several ...
After Ferdinand’s extraordinary long reign, his son Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies, reigned for a very short period, five years only, and perhaps he was the least important king among the sovereigns of the Bourbon family of the Two Sicilies.
