Prince Francis, Count of Trapani

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|prince
name =Prince Francis
full name = Francesco di Paola
title = Count of Trapani


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spouse = Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
issue = Princess Maria Antonietta, Countess of Caserta
Prince Leopoldo
Princess Maria Teresa Pia
Princess Maria Carolina, Countess Zamoyski
Prince Ferdinando
Princess Maria Annunziata
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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father =Francis I of the Two Sicilies
mother =Maria Isabella of Spain
date of birth =birth date|1827|08|13|df=y
place of birth = Naples, Two Sicilies
date of death = death date and age|1892|09|24|1827|08|13|df=y
place of death = Paris, France
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Prince Francis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Trapanicite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p11216.htm#i112156| title=Francesco di Paola di Borbone, Comte de Trapani| date=28 September 2005 | accessdate=2008-10-04 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] (Full Italian name: "Francesco di Paola, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie") (born 13 August 1827 in Naples, Two Sicilies; died 24 September 1892 in Palermo, Italy) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Leopold was the youngest child and son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain.

Marriage and issue

Francis married his niece Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 10 April 1850. Francis and Maria Isabella had five children:

*Princess Maria Antonietta Giuseppina Leopoldina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (16 March 1851 - 12 September 1938): ∞ Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta on 8 June 1868 in Rome, had 12 issue.

*Prince Leopoldo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (24 September 1853 - 4 September 1870)

*Princess Maria Teresa Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (7 January 1855 - 1 September 1856)

*Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (21 February 1856 - 7 April 1941): ∞ Andrzej Zamoyski, Count Zamoyski on 19 November 1885 in Paris, had 7 issue.

*Prince Ferdinando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (25 May 1857 - 22 July 1859)

*Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (21 September 1858 - 20 March 1873)

Exile

After the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies fell in 1861 during the Expedition of the Thousand, the royal family went into exile. First, Francis and his family went to Rome, where they were under the protection of Pope Pius IX. However, the Papal States were also invaded by Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Francis and his family fled next to France. Francis died in 1892 in Paris at 65 years of age.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
2= 2. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
3= 3. Maria Isabella of Spain
4= 4. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
5= 5. Maria Carolina of Austria
6= 6. Charles IV of Spain
7= 7. Maria Luisa of Parma
8= 8. Charles III of Spain
9= 9. Maria Amalia of Saxony
10= 10. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
11= 11. Maria Theresa of Austria
12= 12. Charles III of Spain (= 8)
13= 13. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 9)
14= 14. Philip, Duke of Parma
15= 15. Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France
16= 16. Philip V of Spain
17= 17. Elisabeth of Parma
18= 18. Augustus III of Poland
19= 19. Maria Josepha of Austria
20= 20. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
21= 21. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
22= 22. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
23= 23. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
24= 24. Philip V of Spain (= 16)
25= 25. Elisabeth of Parma (= 17)
26= 26. Augustus III of Poland (= 18)
27= 27. Maria Josepha of Austria (= 19)
28= 28. Philip V of Spain (= 16)
29= 29. Elisabeth of Parma (= 17)
30= 30. Louis XV of France
31= 31. Maria Leszczyńska

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