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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
Antonio Galli Bibiena
Italian architect
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
Giovanni Battista Pirelli
Italian industrialist
Martino Longhi, the Younger
Italian architect
Guido da Polenta
Italian noble
Martino Longhi, the Elder
Italian architect
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Bachiacca
Italian artist
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Giovanni di Bicci
Florentine statesman
Francesco Galli Bibiena
Italian architect

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