Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1844–1899)

Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Full Italian name: Maria Immacolata Clementina, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie) (14 April 1844, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – 18 February 1899, Vienna, Austria) was fifth child and second-eldest daughter of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria. Through her marriage to Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Maria Immaculata became an Austrian archduchess.

Archduchess Maria Immaculata
Born(1844-04-14)14 April 1844
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died18 February 1899(1899-02-18) (aged 54)
Vienna, Empire of Austria
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(m. 1861; died 1892)
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Italian: Maria Immacolata Clementina
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherKing Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
MotherArchduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

Early life

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Archduchess Maria Immaculata of Austria-Tuscany, 1874.

Maria Immaculata was modest and reserved growing up and was jokingly called by her father "Petitta." Her mother, Maria Theresa, detested parties and court life and instead, she devoted herself to the care of her children and sewing.

After the fall of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies during the Expedition of the Thousand, the royal family fled to Rome where they resided at the Quirinal Palace at the invitation of the Pope Pius IX.

Marriage and family

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Maria Immaculata married Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, fifth child and second-eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 19 September 1861 in Rome.

The family spent two or three summers in Baden, so that Karl Salvator could go to the sulfur baths.[1] Both Maria and Karl Salvator became popular with local citizens.[1] In late September 1878, after Maria gave birth to a daughter in Baden, Emperor Ferdinand himself visited to attend the christening of Maria Immaculata Raineria; the archduchess was congratulated with a torchlight procession and presented a large bouquet of flowers by mayor of Baden Count Christalnigg.[1]

Issue

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Maria Immaculata and Karl Salvator had ten children:

Later life

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Maria Immaculata was known for her beauty. She was included in Empress Elisabeth of Austria's photo album of beautiful women. Because Maria Immaculata's husband gave her a pearl necklace each time she bore another child, Empress Elisabeth mockingly nicknamed the family "The Pearl Divers". Eventually, Empress Elisabeth's youngest daughter Archduchess Marie Valerie married Maria Immaculata's son Franz Salvator.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Kielmansegg, Erich (1966). "Erzherzog Karl Ludwig und seine Söhne". Kaiserhaus, Staatsmänner und Politiker (in German). Oldenbourg: De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110655162-007.
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