About Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse
Lived 1813 – 1860 (aged 47). Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse was an aristocrat and sculptor.
Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies (22 May 1813, in Palermo As governor in Palermo, he introduced important reforms. Fearing his popularity and the desire of Sicily for independence, he was recalled from his position in early 1835. In April of the same year, he was sent to travel abroad.
Leopold married Princess Maria Filiberta of Savoy, second-eldest daughter of Giuseppe Maria di Savoia-Carignano, Count of Villafranca (son of Eugenio), and his wife Pauline Antoinette de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, on 16 June 1837 In spite of his opposed political tendencies, he was Ferdinand II's favorite brother. When he suffered a stroke in 1854, the king was deeply distressed. He was an hedonistic man described as "large, powerful, with a handsome countenance" He had a low opinion of his nephew, Francis II, the new king. Their relationship was cold. In April 1860, Leopold urged his nephew Francis II to make liberal concessions. After few months, he went to Piedmont. He died shortly after in Pisa.
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Two Sicilian Royal (1813–1860)
When was Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse born?
Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse was born on 22 May 1813 in Palermo.
When did Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse die?
Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse died on 4 December 1860 in Pisa.
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Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse was an aristocrat and sculptor.
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