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Born January 12, 1810 • Palermo • Italy
Died May 22, 1859 (aged 49) • Caserta • Italy
Title / Office king (1830-1859), Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
House / Dynasty house of Bourbon

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Ferdinand I
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
Fabrizio Ruffo
Italian cardinal and politician
Clement XIV
Clement XIV
pope
Francis II
king of the Two Sicilies
Francis I
king of the Two Sicilies
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
premier of Soviet Union
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Nicholas I
Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
William III
William III
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Richard II
Richard II
king of England
John Wilkes, engraving from a manifesto commemorating his fight against general warrants and for the liberty of the press, 1768
John Wilkes
British journalist and politician
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Friedrich Ebert, c. 1924.
Friedrich Ebert
president of Weimar Republic

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