Maria Cristina Of Savoy
Maria Cristina of Savoy (Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppa Gaetana Efisia; 14 November 1812 – 21 January 1836) was the first Queen consort of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. She died as a result of childbirth. She is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope Francis. Family Maria Cristina was the youngest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este. Her maternal grandparents were Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este. Ferdinand was the fourteenth child and third son born to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Beatrice was the eldest daughter of Ercole III d'Este and Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara. Queen On 21 November 1832, Maria Cristina married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. The bride was twenty years old and the groom twenty-two. Maria Cristina was described as beautiful but also timid and shy: mo ...
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List Of Consorts Of The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies
The following is a list of consorts of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Queen consort of the Two Sicilies House of Bonaparte (Edict of Bayonne), 1806–1815 Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom which was called "Two Sicilies" by the Edict of Bayonne, in 1808, though he controlled the mainland, he never physically controlled the island of Sicily which his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples to. After the Congress of Vienna, the title king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples, in 1816. Romeo R., ''Momenti e problemi della Restaurazione nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (1815-1820), in «Mezzogiorno e Sicilia nel Risorgimento», Napoli 1963, pp 85-96 Under Ferdinand the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified, he had previously been king of both List of monarchs of Naples, Naples and List of monarchs of Sicily, Sicily. House of Bourbon, 1815–1861 :''In 1861 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), K ...
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