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Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa

1822–1855 · 19th century

Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, was a prince of the House of Savoy, the second son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia, who commanded troops in the First Italian War of Independence in 1848–1849. In July 1848 the Sicilian parliament, having deposed the Bourbons, elected him King of Sicily, but he declined the crown. His daughter Margherita became Queen of Italy.

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