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, Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies,

(2 July 1790 – 10 March 1851) was a member of the

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and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He married Archduchess Clementina of Austria in 1816, and became the

Biography

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Born Leopoldo of Naples and Sicily, he was the sixth son of

Ferdinand IV of Naples Ferdinand I (12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1816, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759, Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and Ferdinand I ...

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Maria Theresa of Austria Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' ( ...

Marriage and issue

Leopold married his niece Archduchess Clementina of Austria, third surviving daughter of

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (german: Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor (from 1792 to 1806) and the founder and Emperor of the Austrian Empire, from 1804 to 1835. He assumed the title of Emperor of Austria in response ...

(later Francis I of Austria) and his sister Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily on 28 July 1816 at

Schönbrunn Palace Schönbrunn Palace (german: Schloss Schönbrunn ; Central Bavarian: ''Schloss Scheenbrunn'') was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, Vienna. The name ''Schönbrunn'' (meaning “beautiful spring”) has its root ...

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. 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 A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

. 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 Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler; 23 June 181027 November 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. Life and career She was born in Gumpendorf, a neighborhood of Vienna. Her father Johann Florian Elssler was a second ge ...

, which led to the birth of an illegitimate son, Franz, born in 1827 and died by suicide in 1873.

Death

Leopold died at the age of sixty, on 10 March 1851 in Naples. His wife, Clementina, died thirty years later, at the age of eighty-three.

Honours

* Knight of the Order of Saint Januarius (1790) * Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (1797) * Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (1802) *Knight of the Orders of the King of France (1810) * Knight of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit * Knight of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III * Knight of the Order of Saint George and Reunion * Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1822)

Ancestry

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