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, France , religion = Roman Catholic Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Full

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name: ''Principessa Maria Teresa Maddalena di Borbone delle Due Sicilie'') (15 January 1867,

– 1 March 1909,

, France) was the only child of Prince Louis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Trani (

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of the defunct throne of the

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) and his wife Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria. Maria Teresa was a member of the

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and became a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and titular Princess of Hohenzollern through her marriage to Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern (later Prince of Hohenzollern). She was called ''Mädi'' in the family and had a lifelong friendship with her cousin the

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Marriage and issue

Maria Teresa with her daughter Augusta Viktoria

Maria Teresa married Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, eldest son of

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and

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, on 27 June 1889 in

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. Maria Teresa and Wilhelm had three children: * Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (19 August 1890 – 29 August 1966). Married first

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and secondly Robert, Count Douglas. * Prince Frederick Victor of Hohenzollern (30 August 1891 – 6 February 1965). Married

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. She was a daughter of

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and

Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany Archduchess Louise of Austria (2 September 1870, in Salzburg – 23 March 1947, in Brussels) was by marriage Crown Princess of Saxony as the wife of the future King Frederick Augustus III. Life Crown Princess of Saxony Louise was born on 2 Sept ...

. * Prince Francis Joseph of Hohenzollern adopted the title ''Prince of Hohenzolllern-Emden'' (30 August 1891 – 3 April 1964). He married

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, also a daughter of

and

Later life

Maria Teresa's husband succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenzollern on 8 June 1905. For many years, Maria Teresa had poor health. As the climate in Sigmaringen was not suitable for her constitution, she lived mostly in Bad Tölz (in the summers) and

(in the winters), and was treated to regular visits from her family. It was in Cannes that she died, most likely of

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, on 1 May 1909 after almost four years as Princess of Hohenzollern. According to Queen of Romania ‘Madi’ as she was called “was extremely thin, with pale blue eyes and a pathetic voice. Her health was not robust and she was quite an invalid, wheeled about in a chair, before she died at the age of 42… she saw very little of her children to whom she was a mother in name more than fact… Madi’s one great love was her mother, Countess Trani, sister of Empress Elizabeth of Austria… poor Madi.. seldom crossed my path” - ‘The Story of my Life - Marie, Queen of Roumania’

Honours

* : Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Class''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen'' (1908), Genealogy p
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Ancestry

References

External links

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