Leopold of Naples-Sicily
Leopold of Naples-Sicily. Lithograph by Friedrich Lieder , ca.1830
Leopold Johann Joseph Michael of Naples-Sicily (* July 2, 1790 in Naples , † March 10, 1851 in Naples), Prince of Salerno , was a member of the House of Bourbon and the House of Bourbon-Sicily .
He was the 15th child or the sixth son of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Karolina of Austria . On July 28, 1816, he married his niece Archduchess Maria Klementine of Austria in Schönbrunn Palace . The connection resulted in four children, of whom only one daughter, Maria Karolina , reached adulthood. With the dancer Fanny Elßler, Leopold fathered an illegitimate son named Franz.
Leopold is buried in the Basilica of Santa Chiara in Naples.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele di Borbone, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 21, 2015.
ancestors
| Philip V King of Spain (1683–1746) | |||||||||||||
| Charles III King of Spain (1716–1788) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Ferdinand I of Naples and Sicily (1751–1825) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich August II. Elector of Saxony , as August III King of Poland (1696–1763) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Josepha Archduchess of Austria (1699–1757) | |||||||||||||
| Leopold of Naples-Sicily | |||||||||||||
| Leopold of Lorraine (1679–1729) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Charlotte de Bourbon-Orléans (1676–1744) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Karolina of Austria Archduchess (1752–1814) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Charles VI. (1685-1740) | |||||||||||||
| Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750) | |||||||||||||
Web links
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leopold of Naples-Sicily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leopold Johann Joseph Michael of Naples-Sicily |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Salerno |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1851 |
| Place of death | Naples |