Passage: After the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century, possession of the kingdom again changed hands. Under the terms of the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714, Naples was given to Charles VI, the Holy Roman Emperor. He also gained control of Sicily in 1720, but Austrian rule did not last long. Both Naples and Sicily were conquered by a Spanish army during the War of the Polish Succession in 1734, and Charles, Duke of Parma, a younger son of King Philip V of Spain was installed as King of Naples and Sicily from 1735. When Charles inherited the Spanish throne from his older half-brother in 1759, he left Naples and Sicily to his younger son, Ferdinand IV. Despite the two Kingdoms being in a personal union under the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasts, they remained constitutionally separate. Being a member of the House of Bourbon, Ferdinand IV was a natural opponent of the French Revolution and Napoleon. In 1798, he briefly occupied Rome, but was expelled from it by French Revolutionary forces within the year. Soon afterwards Ferdinand fled to Sicily. In January 1799 the French armies installed a Parthenopaean Republic, but this proved short-lived, and a peasant counter-revolution inspired by the clergy allowed Ferdinand to return to his capital. However, in 1801 Ferdinand was compelled to make important concessions to the French by the Treaty of Florence, which reinforced France's position as the dominant power in mainland Italy.
Charles VI gained control of Sicily how many years before French armies installed a Parthenopaean Republic? How many years after Charles VI was given to Naples did he gain control of Sicily? How many years after Ferdinand occupied Rome was he forced to make concessions to the French by the Treaty of Florence? How many years after Naples was given to Charles VI did he gain control of Sicily? How many years after becoming king of Naples and Sicily did Ferdinand IV make concessions to the French in the Treaty of Florence? How many years after being given Naples did Charles VI lose it to a Spanish army? How many years after capturing Sicily and Naples did King Philip V install Charles, Duke of Parma as King over them? How many years after gaining control of Sicily did Charles VI lose it to a Spanish army? How many years after the French armies installed a Parthenopaean Republic did Ferdinad make concessions to the French by the Treaty of Florence? How many years after the Treaty of Rastatt ended the War of the Spanish Succession did Naples and Sicily get conquered during the War of Polish Succession? How many years did Charles rule Naples and Sicily before inheriting the Spanish throne? How many years did Ferdinand rule Naples and Sicily before the Treat of Florence? How many years did the Austrian rule lasts after the Treaty of Rastatt? How many years into his reign as King of Naples and Sicily did Ferdinand IV occupy Rome? How many years was Charles the King of Naples and Sicily? How many years was there between the Treaty of Rastatt and when Charles, Duke of Parma, beame King of Naples and Sicily? The Treaty of Florence happened how many years after the Treaty of Rastatt? What did Charles VI gain control of first, Naples or Sicily? What year did the War of Spanish Succession end? Which event happened first, the Treaty of Rastatt where Naples was given to Charles VI or when he gained control of Sicily? Which happened first, the Treaty of Rastatt or the War of Polish Succession? Which was signed first, the Treaty of Florence or the Treaty of Rastatt? Who controlled Naples and Sicily first, Charles VI, or Charles, Duke of Parma? Who was Ferdinand IV's father? Whose child was named King of Naples and Sicily in 1735?