Polity · 1815 CE – 1860 CE
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Regno d'e Ddoje Sicilie · Regno delle Due Sicilie · Regnu dî Dui Sicili
- Peak recorded area
- 91,430 km²
- 1815 CE
- Rulers on record
- 13
- from 1797 CE
- Data series
- 11
- 1815 CE–1860 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and land area in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising Sicily and most of the area of today's Mezzogiorno and covering all of the Italian peninsula south of the Papal States.
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Territory
5 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1860 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population45 obs · 1816 CE–1860 CE | 9.2Mpersons1860 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Urban Population45 obs · 1816 CE–1860 CE | 645Kpersons1860 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score45 obs · 1816 CE–1860 CE | 0.0156CINC (share of world capability)1860 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production45 obs · 1816 CE–1860 CE | 0tons1860 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel45 obs · 1816 CE–1860 CE | 92Kpersons1860 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure GBP2 obs · 1858 CE–1859 CE | 3.1Mcurrent GBP1859 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index72 obs · 1789 CE–1860 CE | 0.011index (0-1)1860 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index72 obs · 1789 CE–1860 CE | 0.022index (0-1)1860 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index72 obs · 1789 CE–1860 CE | 0.365index (0-1)1860 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index12 obs · 1808 CE–1849 CE | 0.022index (0-1)1849 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index72 obs · 1789 CE–1860 CE | 0.046index (0-1)1860 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Rulers
13 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Pedro CevallosAmbassador of Spain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1797 CE – 1800 CE
- Antoni Maria Dameto i Crespí de ValldauraAmbassador of Spain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1815 CE – 1816 CE
- Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of LabradorAmbassador of Spain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1817 CE – 1820 CE
- Luis de Onís y González-VaraAmbassador of Spain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1820 CE – 1821 CE
- Alessandro GiustinianiApostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1822 CE –
- Luigi Amat di San Filippo e SorsoApostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1827 CE –
- Ferdinand II of the Two Siciliesmonarch of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1830 CE – 1859 CE
- Gabriele FerrettiApostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1833 CE –
- Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of RivasAmbassador of Spain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1844 CE – 1850 CE
- Pietro Antonio GaribaldiApostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1844 CE –
- Innocenzo FerrieriApostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1850 CE –
- Manuel de la Pezuela y CeballosAmbassador of Spain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1852 CE – 1853 CE
- Pietro GiannelliApostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies1858 CE – 1861 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Italian, Neapolitan, Sicilian
- Currency
- Q15256289
Memberships
- Austria-Hungary–Two Sicilies Defense Pact (1815)Military alliance · member1816 CE – 1820 CE
- Italy–Two Sicilies Defense Pact (1833)Military alliance · member1833 CE – 1848 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.