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Born August 14, 1777 • Naples • Italy
Died November 8, 1830 (aged 53) • Naples • Italy
Title / Office king (1825-1830), Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
House / Dynasty house of Bourbon
Notable Family Members father Ferdinand I • mother Maria Carolina • daughter María Cristina de Borbón • sister Marie-Amélie de Bourbon
Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II
king of the Two Sicilies
Filangieri, detail of a portrait by N. Carta, in the Museo Civico Filangieri, Naples
Carlo Filangieri, prince di Satriano
Italian general
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
Italian statesman
Francis II
king of the Two Sicilies
Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italian sculptor
Giuseppe Guarneri
Italian violin maker [1698-1745]
Pietro Giovanni Guarneri
Italian violin maker
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Martino Longhi, the Younger
Italian architect
Guido da Polenta
Italian noble
Giovanni Battista Pirelli
Italian industrialist
Martino Longhi, the Elder
Italian architect
Agostino Chigi
Italian banker
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer
Cangrande I
Italian ruler
Francesco Barberini
Roman aristocrat
Alessandro Galli Bibiena
Italian architect and painter

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