Naples (Kingdom)--History--1735-1816

found: Spagnoletti, A. Storia del regno delle Due Sicilie, c1997:p. 11 (restored to the Neapolitan throne, Ferdinand [IV of Naples] in 1815 gained another kingdom, Sicily, where he already ruled as a constitutional sovereign and transformed himself into the almost absolute king of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; in the text of the law of of Dec. 8, 1816, the definition of the Neapolitan state as Kingdom of the Two Sicilies appeared for the first time) p. 17 (in 1734 Carlos di Borbone succeeded in installing himself in Naples, ousting the Austrians) p. 73-74 (Carlo di Borbone arrived in Naples May 10, 1734; coronation July 3, 1735)

found: Britannica online, Apr. 8, 2008:under Kingdom of Naples (in 1734 the Spanish prince Don Carlos de Borbón (later King Charles III) conquered Naples and Sicily, which were then governed by the Spanish Bourbons as a separate kingdom; with the [Bourbon] Restoration of 1815, the kingdom, now officially called the Two Sicilies, eventually aligned with the conservative states of Europe)

found: Gleijeses, V. Carlo di Borbone re di Napoli, 1976:p. 41 (il regno di don Carlos a Napoli (1734-1759))

found: Web. 3:p. 261, under bourbon (1, cap: a member of a French family ... to which belonged the rulers ... of Naples from 1735 (Charles III) to 1805 ...)

found: Horner, S. A century of despotism in Naples and Sicily, 1860:p. 5 (Queen Elizabeth Farnese instigated Charles of Bourbon to place himself at the head of an expedition against Naples; he succeeded in conquering the kingdom, and was crowned in 1735)

found: Columbia gaz., 1998:v. 3, p. 3520, under Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the (Ferdinand the IV of Naples (Ferdinand III of Sicily) officially merged the 2 kingdoms [Naples and Sicily] in 1816 and called himself Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies)

found: E-mail from Prof. John A. Davis of the Univ. of Conn., Aug. or Sept. 2006(the correct dates for the (Bourbon) Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily would be 1734-1816, when the the new Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1860) was formally created)