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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
Marchetto Cara
Italian composer
Antonio Contino
Italian architect
Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II
king of the Two Sicilies
Guglielmo Boccanegra
Genoese ruler
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
Pietro Giovanni Guarneri
Italian violin maker
Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italian sculptor
Giuseppe Guarneri
Italian violin maker [1698-1745]
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Martino Longhi, the Elder
Italian architect
Martino Longhi, the Younger
Italian architect
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Giovanni Battista Pirelli
Italian industrialist
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Guido da Polenta
Italian noble
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Francesco Barberini
Roman aristocrat

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