Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily
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12 April 1780 Royal Palace, Kingdom of Naples |
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| Died | 1 January 1789 (aged 8) Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples |
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| Burial | Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples | ||||
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| House | House of Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand IV of Naples | ||||
| Mother | Maria Carolina of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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| Italian: Gennaro Carlo Francesco |
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 aged 8. He and his mother are the central figures of a portrait by Angelica Kauffman in 1783.
Born at the Royal Palace of Naples in the Kingdom of Naples, he was his parents' third son and eighth child. He was named Gennaro in honour of Saint Januarius, the patron saint of Naples and a martyr saint of both the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
A member of the House of Bourbon, he was a Prince of Naples and Sicily by birth.
His sisters included the future Holy Roman Empress, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. His younger sister's Princess Maria Cristina, was the wife of the future Charles Felix of Sardinia and Queen of Sardinia; Maria Cristina's twin Princess Maria Cristina Amelia died in 1783 of smallpox. Another sister was the Queen of the French and the youngest was the future Princess of Asturias.
His cousin's included a Duke of Parma, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Holy Roman Emperor, Queen of Portugal, King of Spain, a Duchess of Calabria, the first wife of his older brother Ferdinand.
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