Maria Immaculata of Naples-Sicily
Maria Immaculata Clementina (born April 14, 1844 in Naples , † February 18, 1899 in Vienna ) was a born princess of Bourbon-Sicily and by marriage Archduchess of Austria-Tuscany .
Life
Maria Immaculata was a daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Maria Theresa , Archduchess of Austria. Her older sister was Maria Annunziata , who also married an Austrian archduke, Karl Ludwig .
The Archduchess was a famous beauty who could even be found in Empress Elisabeth's “Beauty Album” . Because of their ten births, for which the Emperor Maria Immaculata gave a pearl necklace each, Sissi mockingly called the family " pearl fishermen ". Maria's son Franz Salvator married the youngest daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth, Archduchess Marie Valerie, in Bad Ischl in 1890 .
Maria Immaculata died in Vienna in 1899 at the age of 54.
Her grave is in the Ferdinand's crypt in the middle of the Capuchin Crypt in Vienna. Five of her ten children died young and are also resting in Ferdinand's crypt.
progeny
Maria Immaculata married her first cousin Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria-Tuscany on September 19, 1861 in Rome , son of Leopold II , Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Antonia , Princess of Bourbon and both Sicilies.
- Maria Theresia (born September 18, 1862, † May 10, 1933) ∞ Karl Stephan of Austria (1860–1933)
- Leopold Salvator (October 15, 1863 - September 4, 1931) ∞ Blanca de Castilla de Borbón
- Franz Salvator (* August 21, 1866; † April 20, 1939) ∞ Marie Valerie of Austria , daughter of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
- Karoline Marie (* September 5, 1869; † May 12, 1945) ∞ August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1867–1922)
- Albrecht Salvator (born November 22, 1871 - † February 27, 1896), unmarried
- Maria Antoinette (April 18, 1874 - January 14, 1891)
- Maria Immaculata (born September 3, 1878 - † November 25, 1968) ∞ Robert von Württemberg (1873–1947)
- Rainer Salvator (February 27, 1880 - May 4, 1889)
- Henriette Maria (February 20, 1884 - August 13, 1886)
- Ferdinand Salvator (June 2, 1888 - July 28, 1891)
literature
- Maria Immakulata , in: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger , 1988, p. 321 f.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Immaculata of Naples-Sicily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Immaculata Clementina Princess of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Bourbon and Sicilies of both and Archduchess of Austria-Tuscany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1899 |
| Place of death | Vienna |