Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies (born 1820)

For other people called Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, see Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (disambiguation).

Princess Maria Carolina Ferdinanda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies^{[citation needed]} (29 November 1820 – 14 January 1861) was a princess of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and an infanta of Spain through her marriage to Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VI. Maria Carolina was a daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain.^{[citation needed]}

Princess Maria Carolina
Countess of Montemolin
Consort of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne
Pretence	10 July 1850 - 13 January 1861
Born	(1820-11-29)29 November 1820 Naples, Two Sicilies
Died	14 January 1861(1861-01-14) (aged 40) Trieste, Austrian Empire
Burial	Cathedral of St. Just, Trieste
Spouse	Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (m. 1850; died 1861)
Names Italian: Maria Carolina Ferdinanda
House	Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Francis I of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Isabella of Spain

Marriage and later life

She was considered as an early candidate for a marriage to her first cousin Prince Charles of Orléans, the fourth son of King Louis Philippe and Queen Maria Amalia but nothing ever came of these plans due to his early death. After Infante Francisco’s wife died in 1844 he wished to remarry and sent a proposal to Carolina however these plans failed aswell. ^[1] In the end Maria Carolina ended up marrying her first cousin, the Infante Carlos of Spain, Count of Montemolin, eldest son of Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, the carlist claimant and his wife Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal, on 10 July 1850 at Caserta Palace in Caserta, Two Sicilies.^{[citation needed]}

Maria Carolina and her husband died of typhus within a few hours of one another on 14 January 1861 in Trieste. Maria Carolina had contracted the disease from nursing her husband. The couple died without issue.^{[citation needed]} Maria Carolina and Carlos were buried at the Cathedral of St. Just in Trieste.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies (born 1820)

8. Charles III of Spain[2] (= 12) 4. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies[3] 9. Maria Amalia of Saxony[2] (= 13) 2. Francis I of the Two Sicilies 10. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor[4] 5. Maria Carolina of Austria[3] 11. Maria Theresa of Austria[4] 1. Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 12. Charles III of Spain[2] (= 8) 6. Charles IV of Spain[5] 13. Maria Amalia of Saxony[2] (= 9) 3. Maria Isabella of Spain 14. Philip, Duke of Parma[6] 7. Maria Luisa of Parma[5] 15. Louise Élisabeth of France[6]