Maria Luisa of Naples-Sicily
Maria Luisa Immacolata di Borbone (born January 21, 1855 in Naples , Italy , † February 23, 1874 in Pau , Armagnac ) was a princess of Bourbon-Parma and Naples-Sicily.
Life
Maria Luisa was a daughter of King Ferdinand II of Naples-Sicily and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresia Isabella of Austria . She had eleven siblings and was the second youngest child.
She married her cousin (2nd degree) on November 25, 1873 in Cannes near Nice, the 22-year-old Prince Heinrich Karl Ludwig Georg Abraham Paul Maria (1851-1905), also known as Henri von Bourbon-Parma. Her husband was one of four children of Duke Charles III. of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Louise Marie Therese of France . However, Maria Luise died three months later at the age of 19 on February 23, 1874 in Pau . Her widowed husband married the 18-year-old Infanta Adelgunde of Portugal (1858–1946) in Salzburg on October 15, 1876, when she was 25 years old . This marriage of the two also remained without offspring. Adelgunde had nine miscarriages.
Her sister, Princess Maria Pia of Naples and Sicily (1849-1882), who was six years older than her, married her cousin (2nd degree) Robert I. Karl Ludwig Maria von Bourbon four years before her on April 5, 1869 in the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. Parma (1848-1907). He was a three year older brother of her husband Henri of Bourbon-Parma (1851-1905) and the last ruling Duke of Parma , Piacenza and Guastalla . From this marriage there were twelve children. Some of the children were mentally and physically handicapped, probably because the couple were too close. Sister Princess Maria Pia of Naples and Sicily also died at the age of 33, giving birth to her twelfth child Augusta. Two years later, the widowed Robert married the second wife on October 15, 1884 at Fischhorn Castle near Zell am See, the Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862–1959). She was the sister-in-law of her surviving husband Henri of Bourbon-Parma and the youngest sister of his wife Adelgunde of Portugal (1858-1946). This second marriage also had twelve children.
Caserta , her birthplace, the Bourbon royal palace
Wedding picture of her sister Princess Maria Pia of Naples-Sicily (1849–1882) with Robert I Karl Ludwig Maria von Bourbon-Parma , the older brother of her husband Henri von Bourbon-Parma
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| SURNAME | Maria Luisa of Naples-Sicily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Luisa Immacolata di Borbone |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Bourbon and Naples-Sicily |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1874 |
| Place of death | Pau , Armagnac |