Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (15 January 1867, Zürich - 1 May 1909, Cannes) was the only child of Lodovico, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria.
Lodovico was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Theresa was a daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. The Duke was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain.
Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
On 27 June 1889, Maria Teresa married Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The bride was twenty-two years old and the groom was twenty-five. They had three children:
- Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (19 August 1890 - 29 August 1966). Maried first Manuel II of Portugal and secondly Robert Douglas.
- Prince Frederick Victor of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (30 August 1891 - 6 February 1952). Married Margarete Carola Wilhelmine of Saxony. She was a daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.
- Prince Francis Joseph of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (30 August 1891 - 3 April 1964). He married Maria Alix Luitpolda. She was also a daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.
Her husband was later married to Adelgunde Marie Auguste Therese, Princess of Bavaria. His second wife was a daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. There were no children from this marriage.
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- "The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.
