Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies

## **Reign**

* November 8, 1830 - May 22, 1859 (28 years)
* Preceded by Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies
* Succeeded by Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies

## **Life Data**

* Ferdinando Carlo
* House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
* Born January 12, 1810 (Palermo, Italy)
* Died May 22, 1859 (49 years)

## **Immediate Family**

* Father: Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830)
* Mother: María Isabella, Infanta of Spain (1789-1848)

* Paternal Half-Sibling 1: Marie-Caroline, Duchess della Grazia (1798-1870)
* Paternal Half-Sibling 2: Ferdinando, Duke of Noto (1800-01)

* Sibling 1: Luisa Carlotta, Infanta of Spain (1804-44)
* Sibling 2: Maria Christina, Duchess of Riánsares (1806-78)
* Sibling 3: Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua (1811-62)
* Sibling 4: Leopold, Count of Syracuse (1813-60)
* Sibling 5: Maria Antonia, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1814-98)
* Sibling 6: Antonio, Count of Lecce (1816-43)
* Sibling 7: Maria Amalia, Infanta of Portugal and Spain (1818-57)
* Sibling 8: Maria Carolina, Countess of Montemolin (1820-61)
* Sibling 9: Teresa Cristina, Empress of Brazil (1822-89)
* Sibling 10: Louis, Count of Aquila (1824-97)
* Sibling 11: Francis, Count of Trapani (1827-92)

* Paternal Grandfather: Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825)
* Paternal Grandmother: Maria Carolina, Archduchess of Austria (1752-1814)

* Maternal Grandfather: Charles IV, King of Spain (1748-1819)
* Maternal Grandmother: Maria Luisa, Princess of Parma (1751-1819)

## **First Wife: Maria Cristina, Princess of Savoy**

* Born November 14, 1812
* Father: Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1759-1824)
* Mother: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1773-1832)
* Died January 21, 1836 (23 years)

* Marriage: November 21, 1832 - January 21, 1836 (3 years, widowed)

## **Child 1: Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies**

* Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo
* Born January 16, 1836
* Died December 27, 1894 (58 years)

* Wife: Maria Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria (1841-1925)
* Marriage: February 3, 1859 - December 27, 1894 (35 years, died)

* Child 1: Maria Cristina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1869-70)

## **Second Wife: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria**

* Born July 31, 1816
* Father: Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847)
* Mother: Henrietta, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1797-1829)
* Died August 8, 1867 (51 years)

* Marriage: January 9, 1837 - May 22, 1859 (22 years, died)

## **Child 2: Louis, Count of Trani**

* Lodovico Maria
* Born August 1, 1838
* Died June 8, 1886 (47 years)

* Wife: Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria (1843-1925)
* Marriage: June 5, 1861 - June 8, 1886 (25 years, died)

* Child 1: Maria Teresa, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867-1909)
* m.1889 William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864-1927)
* Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter

## **Child 3: Alberto, Count of Castrogiovanni**

* Born September 17, 1839
* Died July 12, 1844 (4 years)

## **Child 4: Alfonso, Count of Caserta**

* Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto
* Born March 28, 1841
* Died May 26, 1934 (93 years)

* Wife: Maria Antonietta, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1851-1938)
* Marriage: June 8, 1868 - May 26, 1934 (65 years, died)

* Child 1: Ferdinando Pio, Duke of Castro (1869-1960)
* m.1897 Maria Ludwiga Theresia, Princess of Bavaria (1872-1954)
* Children: 1 son, 5 daughters

* Child 2: Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870-1949)
* m.1901 María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880-1904)
* Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
* m.1907 Louise, Princess of Orléans (1882-1958)
* Children: 1 son, 3 daughters

* Child 3: Francesco di Paola, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1873-76)

* Child 4: Maria Immaculata, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874-1947)
* m.1906 Johann Georg, Prince of Saxony (1869-1938)

* Child 5: Maria Cristina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1877-1947)
* m.1900 Peter Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (1874-1948)
* Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters

* Child 6: Maria di Grazia, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878-1973)
* m.1908 Luís, Prince of Orléans-Braganza (1878-1920)
* Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter

* Child 7: Maria Giuseppina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1880-1971)
* m.1904 Alfredo, Count Galanti (1882-1951)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter

* Child 8: Gennaro, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1882-1944)
* m.1922 Beatrice Bordessa, Countess of Villa Colli (1881-1963)

* Child 9: Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883-1973)
* m.1923 Maria Carolina, Countess Zamoyska (1896-1968)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter

* Child 10: Philip, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1885-1949)
* m.1916 d.1925 Marie Louise, Princess of Orléans (1896-1973)
* Children: 1 son
* m.1927 Odette Labori (1902-68)

* Child 11: Francesco d'Assisi, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1888-1914)

* Child 12: Gabriel, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897-1975)
* m.1927 Malgorzata Izabella, Princess Czartoryska (1902-29)
* Children: 1 son
* m.1932 Cecylia, Princess Lubomirska (1907-2001)
* Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters

## **Child 5: Maria Annunciata, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies**

* Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia
* Born March 24, 1843
* Died May 22, 1871 (28 years)

* Husband: Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria (1833-96)
* Marriage: October 16, 1862 - May 22, 1871 (8 years, died)

* Child 1: Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (1863-1914)
* m.1900 Sophie, Countess Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1868-1914)
* Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter

* Child 2: Otto, Archduke of Austria (1865-1906)
* m.1886 Maria Josepha, Princess of Saxony (1867-1944)
* Children: 2 sons

* Child 3: Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria (1868-1915)
* m.1909 Bertha Czuber (1879-1979)

* Child 4: Margarete Sophie, Archduchess of Austria (1870-1902)
* m.1893 Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865-1939)
* Children: 3 sons, 4 daughters

## **Child 6: Maria Immaculata, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies**

* Maria Immacolata Clementina
* Born April 14, 1844
* Died February 18, 1899 (54 years)

* Husband: Karl Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1839-92)
* Marriage: September 19, 1861 - January 18, 1892 (30 years, widowed)

* Child 1: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria (1862-1933)
* m.1886 Charles Stephen, Archduke of Austria (1860-1933)
* Children: 3 sons, 3 daughters

* Child 2: Leopold Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1863-1931)
* m.1889 Blanca, Infanta of Spain (1868-1949)
* Children: 5 sons, 5 daughters

* Child 3: Franz Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1866-1939)
* m.1890 Marie Valerie, Archduchess of Austria (1868-1924)
* Children: 4 sons, 6 daughters
* m.1934 Melanie, Baroness von Riesenfels (1898-1984)

* Child 4: Karoline Marie, Archduchess of Austria (1869-1945)
* m.1894 August Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1867-1922)
* Children: 4 sons, 4 daughters

* Child 5: Albrecht Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1871-96)
* Child 6: Maria Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria (1874-91)

* Child 7: Maria Immakulata, Archduchess of Austria (1878-1968)
* m.1900 Robert, Duke of Württemberg (1873-1947)

* Child 8: Rainer Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1880-89)
* Child 9: Henriette Maria, Archduchess of Austria (1884-86)
* Child 10: Ferdinand Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1888-91)

## **Child 7: Gaetan, Count of Girgenti**

* Gaetano Maria Federico
* Born January 12, 1846
* Died November 26, 1871 (25 years)

* Wife: Isabel, Infanta of Spain (1851-1931)
* Marriage: May 13, 1868 - November 26, 1871 (3 years, died)

## **Child 8: Giuseppe, Count of Lucera**

* Born March 4, 1848
* Died September 28, 1851 (3 years)

## **Child 9: Maria Pia, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies**

* Maria Pia della Grazia
* Born August 2, 1849
* Died September 29, 1882 (33 years)

* Husband: Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848-1907)
* Marriage: April 5, 1869 - September 29, 1882 (13 years, died)

* Child 1: Marie Louise, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1870-99)
* m.1893 Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria (1861-1948)
* Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters

* Child 2: Ferdinando, Prince of Piacenza (1871-71)
* Child 3: Luisa Maria, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1872-1943)
* Child 4: Henry, Duke of Parma (1873-1939)
* Child 5: Maria Immacolata, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1874-1914)
* Child 6: Joseph, Duke of Parma (1875-1950)
* Child 7: Maria Teresa, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1876-1959)
* Child 8: Maria Pia, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1877-1915)

* Child 9: Beatrice, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1879-1946)
* m.1906 Pietro, Count Lucchesi-Palli (1870-1939)
* Children: 4 sons

* Child 10: Elias, Duke of Parma (1880-1959)
* m.1903 Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria (1882-1940)
* Children: 3 sons, 5 daughters

* Child 11: Maria Anastasia, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1881-81)
* Child 12: Augusto, Prince of Bourbon-Parma (1882-82)

## **Child 10: Vincenzo, Count of Melazzo**

* Born April 26, 1851
* Died October 13, 1854 (3 years)

## **Child 11: Pasquale, Count of Bari**

* Pasquale Baylen Maria del Carmine Giovanni-Battista Vincenzo-Ferrari Michele Arcangel Francesco di Paola Ferdinando Francesco di Assisi Luigi-Re Alfonso Gaetano Giuseppe Pietro Paolo Gennaro Luigi-Gonzaga Giovanni Giuseppe della Croce Gaspare Melchiore Baldassare Alberto Sebastiano Giorgio Venanzio Emanuele Placido Andrea-Avelino Rocco Pacifico Francesco di Geronimo Felice Tiziano Ana Filomena Sebazia Lucia Luitgarda Appollina
* Born September 15, 1852
* Died December 21, 1904 (52 years)

* Wife: Blanche Marconnay (1848-1926)
* Marriage: November 20, 1878 - December 21, 1904 (26 years, died)

## **Child 12: Maria Luisa, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies**

* Maria Luisa Immacolata
* Born January 21, 1855
* Died August 23, 1874 (19 years)

* Husband: Henry, Count of Bardi (1851-1905)
* Marriage: November 25, 1873 - August 23, 1874 (8 months, died)

## **Child 13: Januarius, Count of Caltagirone**

* Gennaro Maria Immacolata Luigi
* Born February 28, 1857
* Died August 13, 1867 (10 years)