Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Maria Antonietta Giuseppina Leopoldina; 16 March 1851 – 12 September 1938) was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and by her marriage to Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, claimant to the defunct throne of the Two Sicilies.

Family

Maria Antonietta was the eldest daughter of Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies) and his wife (and niece) Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany. She was an elder sister of Maria Carolina, Countess Andrzej Zamoyski.

Marriage and issue

Maria Antonietta married her first cousin Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria, on 8 June 1868 in Rome. Antonietta and Alfonso had twelve children:

  • Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (10 April 1877 – 4 October 1947)
  • Princess Maria Giuseppina of the Two Sicilies (25 February 1880 – 22 July 1971)
  • Prince Gennaro of the Two Sicilies (24 January 1882 – 11 April 1944)

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.Monarchy, Austro-Hungarian (1911). Handbuch des allerhöchsten Hofes und des Hofstaates seiner K. und K. Apostolischen Majestät ... (in German). K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. p. 407.