Princess Maria Cristina | |||||
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Grand Duchess of Tuscany | |||||
Reign | 28 February 1942 – 4 October 1947 | ||||
Born |
Cannes, France |
10 April 1877||||
Died | 4 October 1947 St. Gilgen, Salzburg, Austria |
(aged 70)||||
Spouse | Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany | ||||
Issue |
Archduke Gottfried Helena, Hereditary Duchess of Württemberg Archduke Georg Rosa, Duchess of Württemberg |
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House | Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
Father | Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta | ||||
Mother | Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies |
Full name | |
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Italian: Maria Cristina Carolina Pia Carmela Giuseppa Antonia Anna Luitgarda Speranza Lucia Caterina Apollonia Cecilia Agata di Borbone |
Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Full Italian name: Maria Cristina Carolina Pia Carmela Giuseppa Antonia Anna Luitgarda Speranza Lucia Caterina Apollonia Cecilia Agata di Borbone; 10 April 1877 – 4 October 1947) was the titular Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 28 February 1942 to 4 October 1947 as wife of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, the titular Grand Duke.
Maria Cristina was the daughter of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
Maria Cristina married Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, fourth child and third son of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Alice of Bourbon-Parma, on 8 November 1900 in Cannes. Maria Cristina and Peter Ferdinand had four children: