Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily
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Princess Maria Anna | |||||
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Santa Chiara | |||||
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House | Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
Father | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies | ||||
Mother | Maria Carolina of Austria |
Princess Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily (Italian: Maria Anna Giuseppa Antonietta Francesca Gaetana Teresa Amalia Clementina; 23 November 1775 – 22 February 1780) was a member of the Spanish Royal Family (branched out to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies).
Early life
Maria Anna was born at the
grandmother, born in 1772; Maria Luisa, born in 1773 and Carlo, Duke of Calabria
, born just ten months before her. He also died in childhood, yet Maria Anna outlived him.
Death
Due to the fact that Maria Anna was born just ten months after her older brother
Caserta Palace
in order to prevent Maria Anna from getting sick, too. Carlo eventually succumbed to the illness on 17 December 1778, aged just three.
In 1778, against all efforts, she contracted smallpox. She rallied for a while, but died on 22 February 1780.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick | |||||||||||||
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References
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. pp. 1, 9.