He would be replaced, at least on a provisional basis, by the (originally Francophone) Duchess of Parma Louise Marie of Artois.[9] Napoleon had domestic reasons for displaying magnanimity to a descendant of the former Bourbon ruling dynasty: the appeal of traditional monarchism was far from dead in France. Rome and its immediate surrounds would continue to be ruled by the Pope. Further south, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies should remain under the control of its existing king, Ferdinand II.