# Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (6 July 1872 – 10 June 1954) was the daughter of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III, and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. Her husband, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, became the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies on 26 May 1934, thus she was titular queen consort of the Two Sicilies.

## Marriage and issue

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia married Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, eldest child of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 31 May 1897 in Munich. The couple had six children:
* Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (16 April 1898 – 11 January 1957)
* Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (4 May 1899 – 21 April 1985) married Dr. Don Manuel Sotomayor y Luna on 3 March 1948
* Prince Ruggero Maria, Duke of Noto (7 September 1901 – 1 December 1914)
* Princess Barbara Maria Antonietta Luitpolda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 December 1902 – 1 January 1927) married Count Franz Xavier of Stolberg-Wernigerode on 31 May 1922. They have four children.
** Countess Elizabeth Bona of Stolberg-Wernigerode (17 April 1923 – 8 October 2012) married Count Rudiger of Stillfried und Rattonitz on 26 January 1944. They have three daughters.
*** Countess Barbara of Stillfried und Rattonitz (22 December 1948 – 29 March 1951)
*** Countess Marie-Gabrielle Cristina of Stillfried und Rattonitz (13 August 1950) married Franz-Josef Kirschbaum on 21 August 1971 and they were divorced in January 1975. They have one daughter.
**** Barbara Maria Antonia Kirschbaum (13 June 1974) married Sixt Magnus von Kapff on 15 May 1994. They have four children.
***** Sixt Titus-Ruben Maria von Kapff (15 August 2001)
***** Sixt Louis-Alexander Maria von Kapff (31 August 2003)
***** Fiona Marie Delphine Elisabeth von Kapff (10 April 2005)
***** Pilar Marie Teres Cita von Kapff (13 September 2010)
*** Countess Pia of Stillfried und Rattonitz (1956) married Falk Achaz Krafft von Uslar-Gleichen on 30 April 1988. They have two sons.
**** Valentin Franz Melchior Baron von Uslar-Gleichen (1 December 1991)
**** Benedikt Baron von Uslar-Gleichen (20 January 1996)
** Countess Maria Josefa Gabriele Antonia Gebharda of Stolberg-Wernigerode (11 May 1924 – 14 September 1986)
** Count Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode (4 July 1925 – 16 September 2002)
** Countess Sophie Marie Antoine Henrike Thaddea Gabriele of Stolberg-Wernigerode (12 December 1926 – 25 October 1987)
* Princess Lucia Maria Raniera of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (9 July 1908 – 3 November 2001) married Eugenio di Savoia-Genova, Duca di Genova on 29 October 1938. They have one daughter.
** Maria Isabella di Savoia-Genova, Principessa di Savoia-Genova (23 June 1943) married Alberto Frioli on 29 April 1971. They have four children.
*** Vittorio Eugenio Frioli (27 February 1972) married Soraia Barbosa Silva on 7 July 2007.
*** Maria Cristina Frioli (17 August 1973 – 30 September 1973)
*** Carlo Alberto Frioli (18 July 1974) married Priscilla Raso on 28 April 2007.
*** Maria Luce Frioli (15 August 1978)
* Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 July 1913 – 3 May 1999)

## Honours

* Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross
* Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
* Dame Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
* Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria :