Maria Christina of Savoy

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|majesty|consort
name =Maria Christina of Savoy
full name = Maria Christina Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elisa
title = Queen of the Two Sicilies


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spouse =Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
issue = Francis II of the Two Sicilies
royal house = House of Savoy
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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father = Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
mother =Maria Teresa of Austria-Este
date of birth =birth date|1812|11|14|df=y
place of birth = Cagliari, Kingdom of Sardinia
date of death =death date and age|1836|01|21|1812|11|14|df=y
place of death = Naples, Kingdom of Two Sicilies
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Maria Christina (Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elisa) of Savoy (14 November, 1812, Cagliari - 21 January, 1836, Napoli) was the first Queen consort of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies.

Family

Matia Christina was the youngest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este.

Her maternal grandparents were Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este. Ferdinand was the fourteenth child and third son born to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Beatrice was the eldest daughter of Ercole III d'Este and Maria Theresa Cybo, Princess of Carrera.

Marriage

On 21 November, 1832, Maria Christina married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. The bride was twenty years old and the groom twenty-two. They only had one son:

*Francis II of the Two Sicilies (16 January, 1836 - 27 December, 1894).

Beatification

In 1872 she was beattified. [CathEncy|wstitle=Bl. Marie Christine of Savoy]

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