Austria had charged Cardinal Karl Kajetan Gaisruck, the Archbishop of Milan (then part of the empire's territory), with vetoing the liberal Ferretti. However Gaisruck arrived too late at the conclave. By the time he got there Ferretti had been elected, had accepted the papacy and had been proclaimed publicly. Aftermath Pope Pius IX was crowned with the papal tiara on 21 June 1846. He became the longest-reigning pope since Saint Peter, sitting on the papal throne for nearly 32 years. Initially a liberal, following a short-lived deposition and the proclamation of the Roman Republic, Pius was returned to power by troops from the French Second Republic and became a conservative reactionary. In 1870 the remaining territories of the Papal States were seized by Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy. Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, with the former papal palace, the Quirinal, becoming the king's palace. Pius IX withdrew in protest to the Vatican where he lived as a self-proclaimed "Prisoner in the Vatican". He died in 1878. Conclave factfile Dates of conclave: 14–16 June 1846 Location: Quirinal Palace, Rome Arrived late or Absent, included: Karl Kajetan Gaisruck, Archbishop of Milan, Austrian Empire Giacomo Monico, Patriarch of Venice, Austrian Empire Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austrian Empire Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos, Archbishop of Seville, Kingdom of Spain Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho, Patriarch of Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal Engelbert Sterckx, Archbishop of Mechelen, Kingdom of Belgium Joseph Bernet, Archbishop of Aix, Kingdom of France Hugues de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais, Bishop of Arras, Kingdom of France Placido Maria Tadini, Archbishop of Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia Francesco Villadecani, Archbishop of Messina, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Present included: Ludovico Micara, Dean of the College of Cardinals Carlo Oppizzoni, Archbishop of Bologna, Papal States, cardinal protopriest Sisto Riario Sforza, Archbishop of Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Costantino Patrizi Naro, Vicar General of Rome, Papal States Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith Tommaso Bernetti, Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi, Papal Legate of Forlì Giuseppe Ugolini, Papal Legate of Ferrara Gabriele della Genga Sermattei, Papal Legate of Urbino e Pesaro Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini, Archbishop of Ravenna, Papal States Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Bishop of Imola, Papal States Giovanni Soglia Ceroni, Bishop of Osimo, Papal States Cosimo Corsi, Bishop of Jesi, Papal States Antonio