the bourbons luciana myer. the house of bourbon philip v of spain was the first bourbon ruler of...
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The Bourbons
Luciana Myer
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The House of Bourbon
• Philip V of Spain was the first Bourbon ruler of Spain
• In the Treaty of utrecht Sicily went to Austria.• Bourbons ruled both in France and Spain and
they desired to rule Italy so there was European balance
• Philip occupied Sicily in 1717 and also tried to gain more Italian territories through the War of the Austrian Succession
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The Kingdom of two Sicilies
• Sicily was the largest and wealthiest of the Italian states before unification
• Cadet branch of the House of Bourbons
• Merger of the Kingdoms of Sicily and Naples
• Both Kingdoms were rules by Bourbon Kings
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• One of the most important ruling families in Europe.
• The name Bourbons came from a region in France
• The Bourbons came into power when the ”direct line” of the House of Valois ended
• This established the Salic Law of Succession: the crown is passed down to males based on priomgeniture
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The Bourbons In Italy
• Charles of Bourbon was the first Bourbon King of Naples
• Took power of Naples and Sicily from Spain in 1735
• Restored the Kingdom to a independent and sovereign state
• Became King of Sicily in Palermo
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Emperor Frederick IIof Sicily
• Grew up in Palermo• Took the crown from his father Henry VI in 1198• Frederick studied and had great knowledge in
Arabic, Greek, Latin, Italian, Sicilian, German and Norman French
• Federalism in Sicily under Frederick's power helped improve from earlier years
• 1230 Crowned King or Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as the only Holy Roman Emperor
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Francis II
• Last Bourbon King of two Sicilies
• Took throne in 1859 after his fathers
(Ferdinand II) death Garibaldi invaded southern Italy
• Eventually Garibaldi took over Naples government when Francis II fled
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Bibliographia
• http://history-world.org/bourbons.htm
• http://www.realcasadiborbone.it/uk/archiviostorico/cs_04.htm
• http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art57.htm