Timeline (1648: Kingdom of the Three Sicilies)


 * 1625: Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria have healthy twins. They are named Louis and Philip.


 * 1640: The King sends to the front line Philip to lean military tactics and strategy. He leads a small force of French to several small victories.


 * 1645: 20 year old Philip is sent by Cardinal Mazarin (who was de facto ruler of France) to lead a French army 5,000 strong to train and assist a Neopolitan revolt against the Spanish. He succeds beyond all expectations, liberating the boot of Italy with a trained and diciplined Neopolitan army. By the end of the year he is ready for an invasion of Sicily.


 * 1646: Sicily is liberated from the Spanish. The people fall in love with Philip for freeing them form the cruel Spanish barons.


 * 1647: A join Franco-Sicilian force under Philip capture Sardinia from the Spaniards.


 * 1648: The Treaty of Westphalia. There are two notable changes from OTL.


 * One- the three liberated territories of Naples, Sicily and Sarinia, along with Malta, are to be ceeded to Philip for a large sum of money. He becomes the first ruler of the "Kingdom of Sicily" (encompasing all three lands). He also becomes Duke of Malta.


 * Two-In compensation Spain also gets an expanded territory in the Netherlands and certain navigational and trade rights the the newly founded kingdom.