Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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Regno delle Due Sicilie
Two Sicilies
Due Sicilie
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Sources
found: Zella-Milillo, G. Ricchezza pubblica, nazionale, e privata che può ottenersi nel Regno delle Due Sicilie ... 1848.
found: Lippincott(cf. Naples; in 1816, Ferdinand IV merged kingdoms of Sicily and Naples in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; fell in 1860 to Garibaldi, and inc. in 1861 into kingdom of Italy)
found: Encyc. Brit.(Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the; name sometimes given to the state that united the southern part of the Italian peninsula with the land of Sicily between the mid-15th and the mid-19th centuries. United by the Normans in the 11th cent., the two areas were divided in 1282. In 1443 Alfonso V of Aragon, on reuniting the two portions, took the title of King of the Two Sicilies; this title was sometimes used during the 16th-19th cent.; it became official in 1815 when the administration of both areas was combined)
found: Websters geog.(Sicilies, The Two; Sicily and Naples conquered by Normans 1072-91, who founded kingdom of The Two Sicilies)
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1989-11-30: new
2012-08-08: revised
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