Maria Henrietta of Naples and Sicily

Maria Henrietta
Princess of Naples and Sicily
House	House of Bourbon-Two Siclies
Father	Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Carolina of Austria
Born	31 July 1787(1787-07-31) Royal Palace, Naples
Died	20 September 1792(1792-09-20) (aged 5 years, 1 month) Caserta Palace, Naples
Burial	October 1792 Santa Chiara, Naples
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Maria Henrietta (Italian: Maria Enrichetta Carmel; 31 July 1787 – 10 September 1792) was a member of the French Royal Family (branched out to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). She was styled Princess of Naples and Sicily.

Early Life

Maria Clotilde was born at the Palace of Caserta in Naples. Her father was Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, the third son and ninth child of Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony. Her mother was the Archduchess of Austria, the tenth daughter and thirteenth child of the famous Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was baptised during the first year of her life. Her full name was Maria Enrichetta Carmel. She was born and died while her father was still styled Duke of Calabria. She was then styled Princess of Naples and Sicily. Her older sibling included Maria Theresa, namesake of her grandmother, born in 1772; Maria Luisa, born in 1773 and Carlo, Duke of Calabria, born in 1775, who also died in childhood; Francis, born in 1777 and Maria Amalia, born in 1782.

Death

Both Maria Henrietta and her sister Maria Clotilde of Naples and Sicily were very sensible children with a very frail health. In the case of Maria Clotilde, this was the result of a cold in 1786, when the princess was just a few days old. In 1789, Maria Clotide caught smallpox from her brothers, Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily and Carlo Gennaro. She then passed it on to her sister Maria Henrietta, but both recovered yet they remained very very frail and the smallpox returned to Maria Clotide in September 1792, who yet again passed it on to her sister, the two dying within ten days of each other.

Ancestry

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 31 July 1787 – 20 September 1792 Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Henrietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Principessa Maria Enrichetta di Borbone delle Due Sicilie)

See also

Persondata
Name	Maria Henrietta of Naples and Sicily, Princess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 July 1787
Place of birth	Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples
Date of death	20 September 1792
Place of death	Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples