Read part one here. Royal uncle-niece marriages happened several times over the years. These marriages often happened for strategic reasons, such as land or power, but also because of rank and status. There simply weren’t enough others of high enough rank for marriage. The offspring of such marriages often suffered from genetic abnormalities, such as [read more]
Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies was born at the Palace of Portici on 24 October 1804, the daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife, María Isabella of Spain. She had one surviving half-sister from her father’s first marriage to Maria Clementina of Austria and ten full siblings from [read more]
María Isabella was born in 1789 as the daughter of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma at the Royal Palace of Madrid. She was their eleventh child. She was a spoilt child, and her education was quite basic. Her first offer of marriage came in April 1801 in the [read more]
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