Princess Maria Clotilde of Naples and Sicily (; 18 February 1786 – 10 September 1792) was a member of the House of Bourbon in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was styled ''Princess of Naples and Sicily''.

Early life

Maria Clotilde was born in

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. Her father was Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, the third son and ninth child of

Charles III of Spain Charles III (; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (or V) (1735� ...

and

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. Her mother was the Archduchess of Austria, the tenth daughter and thirteenth child of the famous

Maria Theresa of Austria Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position in her own right. She was the sovereig ...

and her husband,

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. She was baptised during the first year of her life. Her full name was ''Maria Clotilda Teresa Amelia Antonietta Giovanna Battista Anna Gaetana Pulcheria''. She was born and died while her father was still styled ''

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''. She was then styled '' Princess of Naples and Sicily''. Her older siblings included

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, namesake of her

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, born in 1772; Maria Luisa, born in 1773 and Carlo, Duke of Calabria, born in 1775, who also died in childhood;

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, born in 1777 and Maria Amalia, born in 1782.

Death

Both Maria Clotilde and her sister

Maria Henrietta of Naples and Sicily Princess Maria Henrietta of Naples and Sicily (; 31 July 1787 – 10 September 1792) was a member of the House of Bourbon and a princess of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was a daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his first wife ...

were very sensible children with a very frail health. In the case of Maria Clotilde, this was the result of a cold in 1786, when the princess was just a few days old. In 1789, Maria Clotide caught

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from her brothers,

Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily (Gennaro Carlo Francesco; 12 April 1780 – 1 January 1789) was a Prince of Naples and Sicily. He died of smallpox at age 8. He and his mother are the central figures of a portrait by Angelica Kauffman in 1 ...

and ''Carlo Gennaro''. She then passed it on to her sister Maria Henrietta, but both recovered yet they remained very very frail and the

returned to Maria Clotide in September 1792, who yet again passed it on to her sister, the two dying within ten days of each other.

Ancestry

References

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