Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

King of Naples (1759-1806, 1815-1816), Sicily (1759-1816), and the Two Sicilies (1816-1825)

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Lived 1751–1825, aged 74

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1751–1825
Aged 74

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SpouseMaria Carolina of Austria

FatherCharles III of Spain

MotherMaria Amalia of Saxony

ChildMaria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

ChildFrancis I of the Two Sicilies

SiblingCharles IV of Spain

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Ruled the Two Sicilies for decades, survived two depositions—once by revolutionaries in 1799, once by Napoleon—and came back both times. Basically the Comeback King of early 19th-century Europe.

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Ferdinand I was King of the Two Sicilies from 1816 until his death. Before that he had been, since 1759, King of Naples as Ferdinand IV and King of Sicily as Ferdinand III. He was deposed twice from the throne of Naples: once by the revolutionary Parthenopean Republic for six months in 1799, and again by a French invasion in 1806, before being restored in 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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