General Notes

Francis II (of Naples) (1836-94), king of Naples (1859-61). Son of Ferdinand
II, king of the Two Sicilies, and grandson of Francis I, he was the last
Bourbon ruler of the Two Sicilies. He tried to continue the autocratic
policies of his father, but his kingdom was lost in the unification of Italy.
In 1860 the kingdom was invaded by revolutionary troops under the Italian
nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, and it was forced to capitulate the
following year. Compelled to abdicate in 1861, Francis lived thereafter in
various European countries, from which he occasionally organized abortive
conspiracies against the new kingdom of Italy.