Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies


Princess Maria Annunciata Isabella Filomena Sabasia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, full Italian name: Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie was the mother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the archduke whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 precipitated the start of World War I.

Early Life

Maria Annunciata was born in Caserta, the daughter of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.

Personal Life

Marriage

On 21 October 1862 in Venice, she married Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria as his second wife. They had four children :
She died in Vienna, aged 28, from tuberculosis.

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