Princess ''Maria Carolina'' Ferdinanda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (29 November 1820 – 14 January 1861) was a princess of the

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and an

infanta Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...

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through her marriage to

Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...

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claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VI. Maria Carolina was a daughter of

Francis I of the Two Sicilies Francis I of the Two Sicilies (; 19 August 1777 – 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830 and regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1806 to 1814. Early life Francis was born the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicili ...

and his second wife

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Marriage and later life

She was considered as an early candidate for a marriage to her first cousin Prince Charles of Orléans, the fourth son of King Louis Philippe and Queen Maria Amalia but nothing ever came of these plans due to his early death. After Infante Francisco’s wife died in 1844 he wished to remarry and sent a proposal to Carolina however these plans failed aswell. Mateos, ''Los desconocidos infantes de Espana'', p. 123. In the end Maria Carolina ended up marrying her first cousin, the Infante Carlos of Spain, Count of Montemolin, eldest son of

Infante Carlos, Count of Molina Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...

, the carlist claimant and his wife

Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (; ); full name: ''Maria Francisca de Assis da Maternidade Xavier de Paula e de Alcântara Antónia Joaquina Gonzaga Carlota Mónica Senhorinha Sotera e Caia de Bourbon e Bragança''; 22 April 1800 – 4 Septem ...

, on 10 July 1850 at

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. Maria Carolina and her husband died of

typhus Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash. Typically these begin one to two weeks after exposu ...

within a few hours of one another on 14 January 1861 in

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. Maria Carolina had contracted the disease from nursing her husband. The couple died without issue. Maria Carolina and Carlos were buried at the Cathedral of St. Just in Trieste.

Ancestry

References

External links

* Floriano Pietrocola
Maria Carolina (1850)

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