Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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name = Princess Maria Carolina Augusta
full name = Maria Carolina Augusta
title = Duchess of Aumale


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reign =
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predecessor =
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spouse = Prince Henry, Duke of Aumale
issue = Prince Louis Philippe, Prince of Condé
Prince Henri Léopold, Duke of Guise
Prince François Paul, Duke of Guise
Prince François Louis, Duke of Guise
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House of Orléans
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father =Leopold, Prince of Salerno
mother =Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria
date of birth =birth date|1822|04|26|df=y
place of birth = Vienna, Austrian Empire
date of death = death date and age|1869|12|06|1822|04|26|df=y
place of death = Twickenham, London, England, United Kingdom
place of burial = Dreux, France|

Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Siciliescite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p11237.htm#i112363| title=Maria Carolina Auguste di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie| date=10 March 2007 | accessdate=2008-10-06 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/2sicilies.html| title=TWO SICILIES | date= | accessdate=2008-10-05 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 26 April 1822 in Vienna, Austrian Empire; died 6 December 1869 in Twickenham, London, England, United Kingdom) was a princess of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and a princess of the House of Orléans through her marriage to Prince Henry of Orléans, Duke of Aumale. Maria Carolina was the daughter of Prince Leopold of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno and his wife Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Marriage and issue

Maria Carolina married Prince Henry, Duke of Aumale, fifth and second youngest son of Louis-Philippe of France and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies on 25 November 1844 in Naples. Maria Carolina and Henry had four children:

*"HRH" Louis Philippe Marie Léopold d'Orléans, Prince of Condé (15 November 1845 - 24 May 1866)
*"HRH" Henri Léopold Philippe Marie d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (11 September 1847 - 10 October 1847)
*"HRH" François Paul d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (11 January 1852 - 15 April 1852)
*"HRH" François Louis Philippe Marie d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (5 January 1854 - 25 July 1872)

Later life

Maria Carolina remained inconsolable over the death of her eldest son, Louis Philippe, and died in exile at Twickenham in 1869 from infectious tuberculosis. She and her husband had a loving marriage and after the death of his wife, Henry preferred to remain a widower until his death in 1897.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*26 April 1822 – 25 November 1844: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
*25 November 1844 - 6 December 1869: "Her Royal Highness" The Duchess of Aumale, Princess of France, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
2= 2. Leopold, Prince of Salerno
3= 3. Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria
4= 4. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
5= 5. Maria Carolina of Austria
6= 6. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
7= 7. Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily
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. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
13= 13. Maria Louisa of Spain
14= 14. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 4)
15= 15. Maria Carolina of Austria (= 5)
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. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 10)
25= 25. Maria Theresa of Austria (= 11)
26= 26. Charles III of Spain (= 8)
27= 27. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 9)
28= 28. Charles III of Spain (= 8)
29= 29. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 9)
30= 30. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 10)
31= 31. Maria Theresa of Austria (= 11)

References