Prince Louis, Count of Trani

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|prince
name =Prince Louis
full name = Lodovico Maria
title =Count of Trani


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spouse =Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
issue =Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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father =Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
mother =Maria Theresa of Austria
date of birth =birth date|1838|08|01|df=y
place of birth = Naples, Two Sicilies
date of death =death date and age|1886|06|08|1838|08|01|df=y
place of death = Paris, France
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Prince "Louis" Maria of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trani (1 August, 1838, Naples - 8 June, 1886, Paris) was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.

His maternal grandparents were Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. The Duke of Teschen was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain.

Heir to the throne

Louis was a younger half-brother of Francis II of the Two Sicilies. He was second-in-line to the throne of the Two Sicilies since the time of his birth.

Their father died on 22 May, 1859. Francis became King but had no children yet from his wife Maria Sophie of Bavaria. Louis became his heir presumptive. However the Two Sicilies were conquered by the Expedition of the Thousand under Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1861. Garibaldi served the Kingdom of Sardinia which was in the process of Italian unification.

Louis was still the heir of Francis as head of a deposed Royal House. He retained this position for the rest of his life but predeceased Francis. Francis was eventually succeeded by their younger brother Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta.

Marriage

On 5 June, 1861, Louis married Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. Two of Mathilde's sisters were Elisabeth of Bavaria, married to the Emperor of Austria, and Marie Sophie of Bavaria, wife of Louis's older half-brother Francis II of the Two Sicilies. Louis and Mathilde had a single daughter:

*Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (15 January, 1867, Zürich - 1 May, 1909, Cannes).

Princess Maria Teresa married Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on 27 June, 1889 and later became the Princess of Hohenzollern when her father-in-law died in 1905. She had two sons and a daughter.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Louis, Count of Trani
2= 2. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
3= 3. Maria Theresa of Austria
4= 4. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
5= 5. Maria Isabella of Spain
6= 6. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
7= 7. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
8= 8. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
9= 9. Maria Carolina of Austria
10= 10. Charles IV of Spain
11= 11. Maria Luisa of Parma
12= 12. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
13= 13. Maria Louisa of Spain
14= 14. Frederick William, Duke of Nassau
15= 15. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
16= 16. Charles III of Spain
17= 17. Maria Amalia of Saxony
18= 18. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
19= 19. Maria Theresa of Austria
20= 20. Charles III of Spain (= 16)
21= 21. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 17)
22= 22. Philip, Duke of Parma
23= 23. Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France
24= 24. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 18)
25= 25. Maria Theresa of Austria (= 19)
26= 26. Charles III of Spain (= 16)
27= 27. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 17)
28= 28. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
29= 29. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
30= 30. Georg, Landgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg
31= 31. Countess Elisabeth Augusta Reuss of Greiz

ources

*"The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10876.htm#i108754 His profile in Peerage.com]