Francis I of the Two Sicilies
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King of the Two Sicilies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 4 January 1825 – 8 November 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ferdinand I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Ferdinand II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1777 Royal Palace of Naples, Naples, Kingdom of Naples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 November 1830 (aged 53) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis I of the Two Sicilies ( King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830 and regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1806 to 1814.
Early life Francis was born the son of French Republic .
At the death of his older brother Carlo, Duke of Calabria in 1778, Francis became the heir-apparent to the thrones of Naples and Sicily with the title Duke of Calabria, the traditional title of the heir apparent to the Neapolitan throne. Later lifeIn 1796 Francis married his double first cousin Ferdinand VII of Spain , then Prince of Asturias.
After the Bourbon family fled from Naples to Sicily in 1806, Lord William Bentinck, the British resident, had drafted a new constitution along British and French lines. Ferdinand agreed to abdicate his throne, with Francis being appointed regent in 1812.[2] On the abdication of Napoleon I, his father returned to Naples and suppressed the Sicilian constitution, incorporating his two kingdoms into that of the Two Sicilies (1816); Francis then assumed the revived title of duke of Calabria. While still heir apparent he professed liberal ideas, and on the outbreak of the revolution of 1820 he accepted the regency, apparently in a friendly spirit towards the new constitution, although he was actually as conservative as his father.[3] On succeeding to the throne in 1825, he pursued a conservative course.[4] He took little part in the government, which he left in the hands of favourites and police officials, and lived with his mistresses, surrounded by soldiers, ever in dread of assassination. During his reign the only revolutionary movement was the outbreak on the Cilento (1828), repressed by the Marquis Delcarretto, an ex-Liberal.[3] He was, however, successful in having the Austrian occupation force withdrawn (1827), thereby relieving a large financial burden on the treasury. During his reign, the Royal Order of Francis I was founded to reward civil merit. IssueWith Maria Clementina of Austria:
With Isabella of Spain:
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References
- ^ De Majo, Silvio. "FRANCESCO I di Borbone, re delle Due Sicilie". Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ^ "Francis I | king of the Two Sicilies".
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Francis I | king of the Two Sicilies".
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. pp. 1, 9.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Francis I. of the Two Sicilies". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 936.
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