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| Princess Maria Anna | |||||
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| Born | (1775-11-23)23 November 1775 Royal Palace,Naples | ||||
| Died | (1780-02-22)22 February 1780 (aged 4 years, 2 months) Royal Palace,Naples | ||||
| Burial | March 1780 | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| Mother | Maria Carolina of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
Princess Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily (Italian:Maria Anna Giuseppa Antonietta Francesca Gaetana Teresa Amalia Clementina; 23 November 1775 – 22 February 1780) was a member of theSpanish Royal Family (branched out to theKingdom of the Two Sicilies).
Maria Anna was born at theRoyal Palace inNaples. Her father wasFerdinand, Duke of Calabria, the third son and ninth child ofCharles III of Spain andMaria Amalia of Saxony. Her mother wasthe Archduchess of Austria, the tenth daughter and thirteenth child of the famousMaria Theresa of Austria and her husband,Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was baptised during the first year of her life. Her full name wasMaria Anna Giuseppa Antoinette Francesca Gaetana Teresa Amalia Clementina, her first four names were the same as her mother's eldest sisterArchduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738-1789). She was born and died while her father was still styledDuke of Calabria. She was then styledPrincess of Naples and Sicily. Her older siblings wereMaria Theresa, namesake of hergrandmother, born in 1772;Maria Luisa, born in 1773 andCarlo, Duke of Calabria, born just ten months before her. He also died in childhood, yet Maria Anna outlived him.
Due to the fact that Maria Anna was born just ten months after her older brotherCarlo Francesco Giuseppe Gennaro, her birth was extremely difficult forMaria Carolina, and thus for the baby too. She was a very frail and weak child. Her health was reason for debate and when her brotherCarlo, Duke of Calabria became ill withsmallpox, he was immediately transferred to theCaserta Palace in order to prevent Maria Anna from getting sick, too. Carlo eventually succumbed to the illness on 17 December 1778, aged just three. In 1778, against all efforts, she contractedsmallpox. She rallied for a while, but died on 22 February 1780.
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