Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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Archduchess Maria Annunciata
Born	(1843-03-24)24 March 1843 Royal Palace of Caserta, Caserta, Two Sicilies
Died	22 May 1871(1871-05-22) (aged 28) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1862)​
Issue	Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Otto Francis Archduke Ferdinand Charles Archduchess Margarete Sophie
Names Italian: Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia
House	Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
Religion	Roman Catholic

Maria Annunciata on her deathbed, 1871

Princess Maria Annunciata Isabella Filomena Sabasia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, full Italian name: Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie (24 March 1843 – 4 May 1871) 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 King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife 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 :

• Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914) married morganatically Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; issue were created Dukes of Hohenberg
• Otto Franz (1865–1906) married Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony; had legitimate issue; also had illegitimate issue with actress Maria Schleinzer, created von Hortenau. His descendant Tony Bohler (b. 1945) is an alleged illegitimate son of his granddaughter Lisa von Hortenau (b. 1921) and John F. Kennedy
• Ferdinand Karl (1868–1915); married morganatically to Bertha Czuber. No issue.
• Margarete Sophie (1870–1902) married Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.

Death[]

She died in Vienna on 22 May 1871, aged 28, from tuberculosis.

Ancestry[]

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