Prince Louis, Count of Aquila

Summary

Prince Luigi Carlo Maria Giuseppe of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Aquila (19 July 1824 – 5 March 1897) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Prince Louis
Count of Aquila
Born(1824-07-19)19 July 1824
Naples, Two Sicilies
Died5 March 1897(1897-03-05) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Spouse
IssuePrince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma
Princess Maria Isabella
Prince Filippo
Prince Emanuele
Names
Italian: Luigi Carlo Maria Giuseppe
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherFrancis I of the Two Sicilies
MotherMaria Isabella of Spain

Family edit

Louis was second-youngest son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain. He was born in Naples, Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue edit

Louis married Januária Maria, Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and his wife Maria Leopoldina of Austria, on 28 April 1844 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His sister Theresa Christina had been married to Januária Maria's brother Emperor Pedro II of Brazil since 1842. Louis and Januária Maria had four children:

  • Prince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma (18 July 1845–27 November 1909). Luigi married morganatically Maria Amelia Bellow-Hamel[1][2] and had two children.
  • Princess Maria Isabella of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (22 July 1846–14 February 1859)
  • Prince Filippo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (12 August 1847–9 July 1922). Filippo married morganatically Flora Boonen and had no children.
  • Prince Emanuele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (24 January 1851–26 January 1851).

Louis died in Paris, France.

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Ancestry edit

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.borbone-due-sicilie.org/downloads/genealogy-of-the-royal-house-of-bourbo1.pdf Genealogy of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, p.12
  2. ^ Maria Amelia Bellow-Hamel (born at Havana, Cuba 19 Jun 1847; died at Paris 1 Mar 1914) was the daughter of John/Juan Bellow Hamel y Nathans (born at New Orleans, US) and Enriquetta Penot y Gilbau.
  3. ^ Napoli (Stato) (1857). "Ordini Cavallereschi". Almanacco reale del Regno delle Due Sicilie: per l'anno ... Stamp. Reale. pp. 399, 403.
  4. ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 155. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1887. p. 146. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ Almanacco di corte. 1858. p. 323.
  7. ^ "Ritter-Orden: St. Stephans-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1897, p. 64, retrieved 17 September 2020
  8. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Francis I. of the Two Sicilies" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  9. ^ a b Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza Navarrete Martínez. "María de la O Isabel de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  10. ^ a b c d Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 9.
  11. ^ a b Genealogie ascendate, p. 1
  12. ^ a b Genealogie ascendate, p. 96

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