Michele Angelo Cianciulli, called Michelangelo within his family, was a
marquis
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and statesman of the
Kingdom of Sicily
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He was born in
Montella
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on 1 August 1734 and studied law at the
University of Naples
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He was regent of the
Kingdom of Sicily
The Kingdom of Sicily ( la, Regnum Siciliae; it, Regno di Sicilia; scn, Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in the south of the Italian Peninsula and for a time the region of Ifriqiya from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 un ...
from 8 July 1808 until 1 August 1808 when
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand I (12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1816, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759, Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and Ferdinand I ...
handed over the crown of the Kingdom to
Joseph Bonaparte
it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte
, house = Bonaparte
, father = Carlo Buonaparte
, mother = Letizia Ramolino
, birth_date = 7 January 1768
, birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of ...
and to
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France
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.
He was appointed as Minister of Justice and settled the bill of law abolishing
feudalism
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He died in
Naples
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on Sunday 16 May 1819.
See also
*
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand I (12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1816, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759, Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and Ferdinand I ...
*
Giuseppe Bonaparte
it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte
, house = Bonaparte
, father = Carlo Buonaparte
, mother = Letizia Ramolino
, birth_date = 7 January 1768
, birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of ...
*
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat ( , also , ; it, Gioacchino Murati; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the ...
Bibliography
*G. Passaro, ''La Repubblica Napoletana e gli eventi nell'Alta valle del Calore'', Ed. del Centro di Ricerca "G. D'Orso",Avellino 2004
External links
Lista dei regnanti,Stati italiani prima del 1861Repubblica Napoletana 1799
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1734 births
1819 deaths
Italian politicians