Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1849–1882)
| Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies | |||||
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| Duchess of Parma | |||||
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| Born |
2 August 1849 Gaeta, Two Sicilies |
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| Died | 29 September 1882 (aged 33) Biarritz, France |
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| Burial | Villa Borbone near Viareggio | ||||
| Spouse | Robert I, Duke of Parma | ||||
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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 |
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| House | Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| Mother | Maria Theresa of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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| 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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