Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1818–1857)

Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Italian: Maria Amalia di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie) (25 February 1818 in Pozzuoli, Two Sicilies 6 November 1857 in Madrid, Spain) was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and an Infanta of Portugal and Spain through her marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain.

Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Infanta Maria Amalia of Portugal and Spain
Born(1818-02-25)25 February 1818
Pozzuoli, Two Sicilies
Died6 November 1857(1857-11-06) (aged 39)
Madrid, Spain
Burial
Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples
SpouseInfante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain
Full name
Italian: Maria Amalia Ferdinanda
HouseBourbon
FatherFrancis I of the Two Sicilies
MotherMaria Isabella of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholic

Family

Maria Amalia was the tenth child of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Isabella of Spain.

Marriage

Maria Amalia married Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, only son of Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal and his wife Teresa, Princess of Beira, on 25 May 1832 in Madrid, Spain. The marriage remained childless.

Titles, styles, and arms

Coat of arms of Maria Amalia marshalled with those of her husband
  • 25 February 1818 – 25 May 1832: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
  • 25 May 1832 – 6 November 1857: Her Royal Highness Infanta Maria Amalia of Portugal and Spain, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Ancestry

References

  1. 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. p. 9.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Francis I. of the Two Sicilies" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  3. Genealogie ascendate, p. 1
  4. Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza Navarrete Martínez. "María de la O Isabel de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  5. Genealogie ascendate, p. 96
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