Ferdinand Ier of Deux-Siciles
Ferdinand Ier of Deux-Siciles , born the January 12th 1751 and dead the January 4th 1825, was:
- king de Sicile (peninsular) (named wrongly of Naples ) under the name of Ferdinand IV of Naples of 1759 with 1799, then after a short interlude of 1799 with 1806, and finally of 1815 with 1816.
- king de Sicile (insular) under the name of Ferdinand III of Sicily, 1759 with 1816.
Wire of Charles III of Spain (Charles VII of Naples) and of Marie-Amélie-Christine of Saxony
To simplify, it took the name of Ferdinand Ier king of Deux-Siciles.
It was only 8 years old when his father gift Carlos, called with the crown of Spain, under the name of Charles III of Spain, left him the throne of Naples under the supervision of Tanucci, in 1759.
Having taken party against the France during the French revolution, it lost in 1798 its States of dry land, but it returned the following year there, brought back by the cardinal Ruflo, and let there exert cruel revenges; it again lost them in 1806 to have violated the neutrality which it had sworn: Napoleon i gave this kingdom to Joseph Bonaparte, his brother, then with Joachim Murat.
Ferdinand continued nevertheless to reign in Sicily; in 1815, it went up on the throne of Naples which it preserved until its death, in 1825.
This weak prince was controlled by the queen Marie-Caroline of Austria and his unworthy Favori Joseph Acton. He had given in 1812 a constitution, which he withdrew in 1816; from there in 1820 a violent insurrection, which was repressed only with the help of the Austria.
Widower, Ferdinand Ier de Bourbon of Deux-Siciles married in 1814 Lucia Migliaccio, duchess of Floridia and princess of Castura.
As a sovereign enlightened, it also founded in its palate of San Leucio, close to Caserte, a silk manufacture to the aimings utopians. All the craftsmen (291), from all Europe, were equal there.
It created the archaeological museum of Naples, to expose to it the objects discovered to Pompéi and Herculanum.
Descent
In 1768, it married Marie-Caroline of Austria (1752-1814). From this union will be born 17 children of which:
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Marie-Therese de Bourbon of Deux-Siciles (1772 - 1807), in 1790 it married François Ier of Austria (posterity)
- Louise of Bourbon-Siciles (1773 - 1802, in 1790 it married the large-duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany (posterity)
- François Ier of Deux-Siciles
- Marie-Caroline of Bourbon of Deux-Siciles (1779-1849), in 1807 it married Charles-Felix of Savoy, king de Sardaigne (death in 1831)
- Marie-Amélie of Bourbon-Siciles (1782-1866), in 1809 it married Louis-Philippe Ier (Posterity)
- Marie-Antoinette of Bourbon of Deux-Siciles (1784 - 1806), in 1802, it married Ferdinand of Spain (Ferdinand VII of Spain)
- Léopold-Michel de Bourbon of Deux-Siciles (1790 - 1851), in 1816, he married Clémentine of Austria (1798 - 1881) (posterity).
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