Leopold, Prince of Salerno

Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno (2 July 1790, Naples, Kingdom of Naples – 10 March 1851, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)[1] was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.[1]

Leopold
Prince of Salerno
Born(1790-07-02)2 July 1790
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died10 March 1851(1851-03-10) (aged 60)
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Burial
Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples
SpouseArchduchess Clementina of Austria
IssueMaria Carolina, Duchess of Aumale
Full name
Italian: Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies
MotherMaria Carolina of Austria
ReligionRoman Catholic

Biography

Born Leopoldo of Naples and Sicily, he was the sixth son of Ferdinand IV of Naples[2] and wife Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria.[1]

Marriage and issue

Leopold married his niece Archduchess Clementina of Austria, third surviving daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (later Francis I of Austria) and his sister Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily on 28 July 1816 at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.[1] Leopold and Clementina had four children but only their daughter Princess Maria Carolina survived infancy. Prince Louis and two infants died within their first year.

  • Stillborn daughter (16 September 1819).
  • Princess Maria Carolina (26 April 1822 – 6 December 1869); married, on 25 November 1844, Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale; had issue.
  • Prince Lodovico Carlos (19 July - 7 August 1824).
  • Stillborn daughter (5 February 1829).

Leopold also had an extramarital affair with the Viennese dancer Fanny Elssler, which led to the birth of an illegitimate son, Franz, born in 1827 and died by suicide in 1873.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles
  • 2 July 1790 – 10 March 1851: His Royal Highness The Prince of Salerno

Honours

Ancestry
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References
  1. Darryl Lundy (12 March 2005). "Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele di Borbone, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  2. Later King of the Two Sicilies
  3. 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.

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