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Born January 16, 1836 • Naples • Italy
Died December 27, 1894 (aged 58) • Italy
Title / Office king (1859-1860), Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
House / Dynasty house of 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 I
king of the Two Sicilies
Pietro Giovanni Guarneri
Italian violin maker
Giuseppe Guarneri
Italian violin maker [1698-1745]
Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italian sculptor
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Martino Longhi, the Elder
Italian architect
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Giovanni Battista Pirelli
Italian industrialist
Martino Longhi, the Younger
Italian architect
Guido da Polenta
Italian noble
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Agnello Parteciaco
doge of Venice
Bernardo Provenzano
Italian mob boss
Giovanni Guareschi
Italian journalist and novelist
Ettore Sottsass
Italian industrial designer
Ercole II
duke of Ferrara [1534-1559]

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