'The System of This Court': Elizabeth Farnese, the Count of Santiesteban
The Court Historian ISSN: 1462-9712 (Print) 2056-3450 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ycou20 ‘The System of This Court’: Elizabeth Farnese, the Count of Santiesteban and the Monarchy of the Two Sicilies, 1734–1738 PABLO VÁZQUEZ-GESTAL To cite this article: PABLO VÁZQUEZ-GESTAL (2009) ‘The System of This Court’: Elizabeth Farnese, the Count of Santiesteban and the Monarchy of the Two Sicilies, 1734–1738, The Court Historian, 14:1, 23-47, DOI: 10.1179/cou.2009.14.1.002 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1179/cou.2009.14.1.002 Published online: 03 Nov 2014. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 20 View related articles Citing articles: 1 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ycou20 (The SysteITlof This Court': Elizabeth Farnese, the Count of Santiesteban and the Monarchy of the Two Sicilies, 1734-1738 BY PABLO VAZQUEZ-GESTALl The new kingdom of the Two Sicilies was set up in 1734 under the direct supervision of the Spanish crown, since the young Don Carlos, first-born son of Philip V and l Elizabeth Farnese, was thought to be too young to· rule it by himself. Before its conquest and subsequent independence in that year, the kingdom of Naples had belonged to the Spanish king for more than two centuries until. 1707, when the viceroyalty was conquered and ruled by the Emperor. However, the city of Naples was still one of the most significant capitals of eighteenth-century Europe and the new kingdom wasa distinct political territory that was strategically important to both the Italian peninsula and the wider Mediterranean.
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