Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies

Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies
Commander and Knight's badges of the Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies
Awarded by the Kingdom of Naples the Kingdom of Two Sicilies Award of
Type	Dynastic order of knighthood
Awarded for	Important service to the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Status	Suppressed 1819
Statistics
Established	24 February 1808
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
Next (lower)	Order of Saint George and Reunion
Ribbon of the Order

The Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies (Italian: Ordine reale delle Due Sicilie) was a dynastic order of knighthood of the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. The order was established 24 February 1808 by Joseph Bonaparte, who, at the time, was the King of Naples.^[1] The order was expanded and continued under the rule of Joachim Murat but was ultimately suppressed by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies in 1819. Those Knights of the Order of the Two-Sicilies who were still active were instead awarded the Order of Saint George and Reunion.

Description

The decoration was a five-pointed red enameled gold star bearing the coat of arms of Naples and Sicily and the inscription Joseph Neapoles Siciliarum rex instituit. The original badge was surmounted by an eagle, but Ferdinand I modified it by replacing the eagle with the royal crown and changing the inscription to Ferdinandus Borbonius utriusque Siciliae Rex P.F.A..^[2]

References

1. "Royaumedes Deux-Siciles" (PDF) (in French). Musée de la Légion d’honneur. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
2. "Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana - Circolo Giovanile". Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana. Retrieved 13 December 2012. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Order Collar from the Murat era