Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Infobox Spanish Royalty|infanta
name = Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
full name = Maria Carolina Ferdinanda
title = Countess of Montemolin
titles = "HRH" The Countess of Montemolin
"HRH" Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies


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spouse = Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin
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royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House of Bourbon
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father =Francis I of the Two Sicilies
mother =Maria Isabella of Spain
date of birth =birth date|1820|11|29|df=y
place of birth = Naples, Two Sicilies
date of death = death date and age|1861|01|14|1820|11|29|df=y
place of death = Trieste, Austrian Empire
place of burial = Cathedral of St. Just, Trieste|

Princess "Maria Carolina" Ferdinanda of Bourbon-Two Siciliescite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10130.htm#i101295| title=Maria Carolina di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie | date=23 May 2004 | accessdate=2008-10-06 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/2sicilies.html| title=TWO SICILIES | date= | accessdate=2008-10-06 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 29 November 1820 in Naples, Two Sicilies; died 14 January 1861 in Trieste, Austrian Empire) was a princess of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and an infanta of Spain through her marriage to Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VI. Maria Carolina was a daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain.

Marriage and later life

Maria Carolina married Infante Carlos of Spain, Count of Montemolin, eldest son of Infante Carlos, Count of Molina and his wife Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal, on 10 July 1850 at Caserta Palace in Caserta, Two Sicilies.

Maria Carolina and her husband died of typhus within a few hours of one another on 14 January 1861 in Trieste. Maria Carolina had contracted the disease from nursing her husband. The couple died without issue. Maria Carolina and Carlos were buried at the Cathedral of St. Just in Trieste.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*29 November 1820 – 10 July 1850: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
*10 July 1850 - 14 January 1861: "Her Royal Highness" The Countess of Montemolin

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
2= 2. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
3= 3. Maria Isabella of Spain
4= 4. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
5= 5. Maria Carolina of Austria
6= 6. Charles IV of Spain
7= 7. Maria Luisa of Parma
8= 8. Charles III of Spain
9= 9. Maria Amalia of Saxony
10= 10. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
11= 11. Maria Theresa of Austria
12= 12. Charles III of Spain (= 8)
13= 13. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 9)
14= 14. Philip, Duke of Parma
15= 15. Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France
16= 16. Philip V of Spain
17= 17. Elisabeth of Parma
18= 18. Augustus III of Poland
19= 19. Maria Josepha of Austria
20= 20. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
21= 21. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
22= 22. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
23= 23. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
24= 24. Philip V of Spain (= 16)
25= 25. Elisabeth of Parma (= 17)
26= 26. Augustus III of Poland (= 18)
27= 27. Maria Josepha of Austria (= 19)
28= 28. Philip V of Spain (= 16)
29= 29. Elisabeth of Parma (= 17)
30= 30. Louis XV of France
31= 31. Maria Leszczyńska

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