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| Born | (1780-04-12)12 April 1780 Royal Palace of Naples,Naples | ||||
| Died | 1 January 1789(1789-01-01) (aged 8) Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand IV of Naples | ||||
| Mother | Maria Carolina of Austria | ||||
Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily (Gennaro Carlo Francesco; 12 April 1780 – 1 January 1789) was a Prince of Naples and Sicily. He died ofsmallpox at age 8. He and his mother are the central figures of a portrait byAngelica Kauffman in 1783.
Born at theRoyal Palace of Naples in the Kingdom of Naples, he was his parents' third son and eighth child. He was namedGennaro in honour of Saint Januarius, the patron saint of Naples and amartyrsaint of both theRoman Catholic and theEastern Orthodox Churches.
A member of theBourbons of Naples, he was a Prince of Naples and Sicily by birth.
His sisters included the futureHoly Roman Empress,Grand Duchess of Tuscany. His younger sister'sPrincess Maria Cristina, was the wife of the futureCharles Felix of Sardinia and Queen of Sardinia; Maria Cristina's twin Princess Maria Cristina Amelia died in 1783 ofsmallpox. Another sister was theQueen of the French[1] and the youngest was the futurePrincess of Asturias.
His cousins included aDuke of Parma,Grand Duke of Tuscany,Holy Roman Emperor,Queen of Portugal,King of Spain, aDuchess of Calabria, the first wife of his older brother Ferdinand.[2]
He was the second in line to the throne, second only to his oldest surviving brotherPrince Francis,then Duke of Calabria. At the age of three, he survived a smallpox epidemic which killed his older sister Maria Cristina Amelia[1] and younger brotherGiuseppe,[1] the two dying within a week of each other in February 1783. Later that year, his mother gave birth to a stillborn daughter named Maria Cristina in honour of the deceased Maria Cristina Amelia.
In August 1788, his mother gave birth to another son named Carlo. In December 1788, Gennaro caught smallpox and died on 2 January 1789 at theCaserta Palace. Gennaro passed the illness onto his infant brother who died a month after him. Both are buried at theBasilica of Santa Chiara,Naples.
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