Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Maria Antonietta
	Countess of Caserta
	Princess Maria Antonietta, c. 1870 Princess Maria Antonietta, c. 1870
Born	16 March 1851; Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	12 September 1938 (aged 87); Freiburg im Breisgau, Republic of Baden, Nazi Germany
Burial	Cimetière du Grand Jas, Cannes
Spouse	Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta; (m. 1868; died 1934)
Issue	Prince Ferdinando Pio, Duke of Castro; Prince Carlos; Prince Francesco di Paola; Princess Maria Immaculata; Princess Maria Cristina; Princess Maria di Grazia; Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro; Prince Filippo; Prince Francesco d'Assisi; Prince Gabriele
	Names; Italian: Maria Antonia Giuseppe Leopoldina Sebazia Ciriaca Francesca di Paola Elisabetta
House	Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
Mother	Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria

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:

Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (25 July 1869 – 17 January 1960)

∞ Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria. This marriage produced six children.

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (10 November 1870 – 11 November 1949)

∞ Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain. This marriage produced three children.

∞ Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris. This marriage produced four children.

Prince Francesco di Paola of the Two Sicilies (14 July 1873 – 26 June 1876)
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (30 October 1874 – 28 November 1947)

∞ Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, son of George of Saxony. This marriage produced no issue.

Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (10 April 1877 – 4 October 1947)

∞ Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, son of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany. This marriage produced four children.

Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (12 August 1878 – 20 June 1973)

∞ Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, son of Prince Gaston, Count of Eu. This marriage produced three children.

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)

∞ Beatrice Bordessa, created Countess of Villa Colli, born into a bourgeois Italian family from Chester in the North of England.^[2] This marriage produced no issue.

Prince Ranieri of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro (1883–1973)

∞ Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska, daughter of Count Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski. This marriage produced two children.

Prince Filippo of the Two Sicilies (10 December 1885 – 9 March 1949)

∞ Princess Marie Louise d'Orléans, daughter of Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme. This marriage produced one child.

∞ Odette Labori, daughter of the French attorney Fernand Labori. This marriage produced no issue.

Prince Francesco d'Assisi of the Two Sicilies (13 January 1888 – 26 March 1914)
Prince Gabriele of the Two Sicilies (1 January 1897 – 22 October 1975)

∞ Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska, daughter of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski. This marriage produced one child.

∞ Princess Cecylia Lubomirska, daughter of Prince Kasimierz Lubomirski.^[3] This marriage produced four children.

Honours

Spain: 697th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa -.
Austria-Hungary: Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross -.^[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
8. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
4. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
9. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria
2. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
10. Charles IV of Spain
5. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain
11. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma
1. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
12. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
6. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
13. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
3. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
14. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 4)
7. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies
15. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 5)

References

Back to citation "Archivio di Stato di Napoli: Stato civile della restaurazione (quartieri di Napoli): San Ferdinando: Nati 1851, parte 1: Nr. 286 (Immagine 309)". Portale Antenati (in Italian). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
Back to citation Emerson, Maureen (April 12, 2018). Riviera Dreaming: Love and War on the Côte d'Azur. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781786723383. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Back to citation Worldroots.com Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine at worldroots.com
Back to citation 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.

External links

Media related to Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Back to citation "Archivio di Stato di Napoli: Stato civile della restaurazione (quartieri di Napoli): San Ferdinando: Nati 1851, parte 1: Nr. 286 (Immagine 309)". Portale Antenati (in Italian). Retrieved 19 January 2026.

[2] Back to citation Emerson, Maureen (April 12, 2018). Riviera Dreaming: Love and War on the Côte d'Azur. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781786723383. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[3] Back to citation Worldroots.com Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine at worldroots.com

[4] Back to citation 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.

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