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Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1849–1882)

Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies
Duchess of Parma
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Born (1849-08-02)2 August 1849
Gaeta, Two Sicilies
Died 29 September 1882(1882-09-29) (aged 33)
Biarritz, France
Burial Villa Borbone near Viareggio
Spouse Robert I, Duke of Parma
Issue Marie Louise, Princess of Bulgaria
Prince Ferdinand
Princess Luisa Maria
Henry, Duke of Parma
Princess Maria Immacolata
Joseph, Duke of Parma
Princess Maria Teresa
Princess Maria Pia
Princess Beatrice, Countess Lucchesi-Palli
Elias, Duke of Parma
Princess Maria Anastasia
Full name
Italian: Maria Pia della Grazia
House Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Mother Maria Theresa of Austria
Religion Roman Catholic
Full name
Italian: Maria Pia della Grazia

Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (2 August 1849 – 29 September 1882) was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and titular Duchess consort of Parma as wife to Robert I, Duke of Parma. Maria Pia was the daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Pia was forced into exile along with the rest of her family after the unification of Italy in 1861.

Maria Pia married Robert I, the exiled Duke of Parma and Piacenza and son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and his wife Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, on 5 April 1869 in Rome. Maria Pia and Robert had twelve children of whom six were mentally disabled:

Maria Pia died in childbirth and was buried at Villa Borbone near Viareggio. After her death, Robert I remarried in 1884 to Maria Antonia of Portugal, daughter of the deposed Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg; she bore him another twelve children.


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