Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily

Luisa of Naples and Sicily
Luisa Maria by Joseph Dorffmeister in 1797
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Tenure	15 August 1790 – 19 September 1802
Spouse	Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Issue
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany Maria Theresa, Queen of Sardinia
Full name
Maria Luisa Amelia Teresa
House	House of the Two Sicilies House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Carolina of Austria
Born	27 July 1773(1773-07-27) Royal Palace,[1] Naples
Died	19 September 1802(1802-09-19) (aged 29) Hofburg,[1] Vienna, HRE
Religion	Roman Catholic

Maria Luisa of Naples and Sicily (Maria Luisa Amelia Teresa; 27 July 1773 – 19 September 1802), was a Neapolitan and Sicilian princess and the wife of the third Habsburg Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Background

Maria Luisa Amelia Teresa was born at the Royal Palace in Naples. Her father was the future King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and her mother, born Maria Carolina of Austria, was a sister of Marie Antoinette. Her paternal grandparents were Charles III of Spain and his Saxon wife Maria Amalia; her maternal grandparents were Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa of Austria. She was one of eighteen children, seven of whom survived into adulthood.

Marriage

On 15 August 1790, she married her double first cousin, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. The wedding ceremony took place in Florence, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany which her husband had ruled since the beginning of the year. Her husband ruled the Grand Duchy till 1801, when in the Treaty of Aranjuez, he was forced by Napoleon to make way for the Kingdom of Etruria.

The couple went into exile and lived in Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire which was ruled by Archduke Ferdinand's older brother, Emperor Francis II; later on Ferdinand was compensated by being given the secularized lands of the Archbishop of Salzburg as Grand-Duke of Salzburg.

Maria Luisa died in childbirth the next year at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna; the princess is buried in the Imperial Crypt with her stillborn son in her arms. Her husband outlived her by 23 years, and in 1814 had his Tuscan title revived after the title was held by Elisa Bonaparte; he also married again on 6 May 1821 to Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony; there was no issue from this marriage.

Issue

1. Archduchess Carolina Ferdinanda Teresa (1793–1802) died in infancy.
2. Archduke Francesco Leopoldo (1794–1800) died in infancy.
3. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797–1870) married Maria Anna of Saxony and had issue. Remarried Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies and had issue.
4. Archduchess Maria Luisa Giuseppa (1799–1857) Married aprox 1821, John Biester descendant Bernhard Biesterfelt VIII Lippe Ditemold Hanover Germany Issue Three Sons Henry, William, Louis
5. Archduchess Maria Theresa (1801–1855) married Charles Albert of Sardinia and had issue.
6. Stillborn son (1802).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Luisa of Naples and Sicily

16. Louis, Grand Dauphin

8. Philip V of Spain

17. Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria

4. Charles III of Spain

18. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma

9. Elisabeth Farnese

19. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg

2. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

20. Augustus II of Poland

10. Augustus III of Poland

21. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

5. Maria Amalia of Saxony

22. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

11. Maria Josepha of Austria

23. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick

1. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily

24. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

12. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

25. Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria

6. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

26. Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans

13. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans

27. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

3. Maria Carolina of Austria

28. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

14. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

29. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate

7. Maria Theresa of Austria

30. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

15. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

31. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

References

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Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 27 July 1773 - 15 August 1790 Her Royal Highness Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
• 15 August 1790 - 19 September 1802 Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

External links

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See also

Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Born: 27 July 1773 Died: 9 September 1801
Regnal titles
Preceded by Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain	Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1790–1801	Succeeded by Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony
Titles in pretence
Loss of title Kingdom Abolished for creation of Kingdom of Etruria held by her first cousin Louis of Etruria	— TITULAR — Titular Grand Duchess Consort of Tuscany 1801–1802	Title later revived for her husband (1814)

Persondata
Name	Luisa Of Naples And Sicily, Princess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 July 1773
Place of birth	Royal Palace, Naples
Date of death	19 September 1802
Place of death	Hofburg, Vienna, HRE