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Francis II of the Two Sicilies

1836 - 1894

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Francis II (Neapolitan and Italian: Francesco II, christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo; Sicilian: Francischieddu; 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies, as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his rule, as part of Italian unification. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis II of the Two Sicilies has received more than 505,266 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Francis II of the Two Sicilies is the 1,942nd most popular politician (up from 2,280th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from Italy (up from 825th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular Italian Politician.

Francis II of the Two Sicilies was most famous for being the last king of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He was the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Isabella of Spain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis II of the Two Sicilies ranks 1,942 out of 15,577Before him are Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Frederick the Fair, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Viriathus, and Rastislav of Moravia. After him are Moshe Sharett, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Michael VI Bringas, Sweyn II of Denmark, and Ferdinand I of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Francis II of the Two Sicilies ranks 7Before him are Ramakrishna, Wilhelm Steinitz, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Léo Delibes, Sophia of Nassau, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. After him are Marie Henriette of Austria, Henri Fantin-Latour, Sakamoto Ryōma, Ferdinand Cheval, James Tissot, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Among people deceased in 1894, Francis II of the Two Sicilies ranks 11Before him are Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adolphe Sax, Anton Rubinstein, Lajos Kossuth, Gustave Caillebotte, and Marie François Sadi Carnot. After him are Pafnuty Chebyshev, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Hans von Bülow, Leconte de Lisle, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Emmanuel Chabrier.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francis II of the Two Sicilies ranks 709 out of 4,668Before him are Giorgio Morandi (1890), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), Paolo Rossi (1956), Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610), and Piero di Cosimo (1462). After him are Dino Buzzati (1906), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Athalaric (516), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248), Pope Eusebius (250), and Pope Vigilius (500).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francis II of the Two Sicilies ranks 133Before him are Andrew III of Hungary (1265), Quintus Sertorius (-126), Milo of Croton (-557), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), and Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610). After him are Athalaric (516), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248), Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759), Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat (1150), Constans (320), and Gaius Octavius (-100).