Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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About Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (full Italian name: Maria Luisa Immacolata di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie) (21 January 1855, Naples, Two Sicilies[1] – 23 August 1874, Pau, Armagnac, France[2]%29 was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.[1] She was known for her piety and for her charity to the poor.

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Marriage

On 25 November 1873 in Cannes, Maria Luisa married Prince Henry of Bourbon-Parma, Count of Bardi, son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and his wife Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France.[13] Henry's older brother Robert had married Maria Luisa's older sister Maria Pia in 1869.

After the wedding Henry and Maria Luisa went to Egypt for their honeymoon.[14] There she became sick with a fever.[15] The couple decided to return home, and on 30 March 1874 they disembarked at Marseilles.

Death

It was decided to take Maria Luisa to the town of Cauterets where there were sulphur baths. On the way they stopped at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes where she was immersed in the water twice.[16] Her physicians said that her case was hopeless, and at the end of July it was decided to move her to Pau.[17] She died there on 23 August, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Maria Luisa's remains were buried in the chapel at Villa Borbone, near Viareggio.[18]. She was 19 years old,

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Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies's Timeline

1855
January 21, 1855
Naples, Campania, Italy
1874
August 23, 1874
Age 19
Pau, Basses-Pyrenees, Frankrig