Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784–1806)
Princess Maria Antonia of Naples-Sicily (baptized name: Maria Antonietta Teresa Amelia Giovanna Battista Francesca Gaetana Maria Anna Lucia) (born December 14, 1784 in Caserta , † May 21, 1806 in Aranjuez ) was a born princess of Bourbon-Sicily and by her Marriage, as the first wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain , Princess of Asturias and Infanta of Spain .
Life
Princess Maria Antonia was born in 1784 in the Palace of Caserta as the daughter of King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily and Archduchess Maria Karolina of Austria . The princess' name was chosen in honor of the mother's younger sister, Queen Marie Antoinette .
On October 6, 1802, Maria Antonia was married in Barcelona to the son of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luise of Bourbon-Parma , Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, who later became King Ferdinand VII of Spain .
Marriage with her cousin - the fathers of the bride and groom were brothers - corresponded to a common practice of relatives marrying in high nobility . It was also in the dynastic interests that on the same day Maria Antonia's eldest brother Franz of Naples-Sicily was married to Ferdinand's sister Maria Isabella of Spain .
The princess died of tuberculosis at the age of 21 on May 21, 1806 in the Royal Palace of Aranjuez and had no children as a result of two unfortunate pregnancies. It was to be another 24 years before a viable child, Isabella , was born to the king shortly before his own death .
Infanta Maria Antonia was later buried in the royal tomb in the Monastery of El Escorial in the Pantheon of the Infants. Her grave inscription reads: Whom God loved, He quickly freed him from life.
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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) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Antonia of Naples and 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) | |||||||||||||
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Antonietta Teresa Amelia Giovanna Battista Francesca Gaetana Maria Anna Lucia Princess of Bourbon Sicily (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Naples-Sicily, Infanta of Spain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caserta |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1806 |
| Place of death | Aranjuez |