Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily Archives

Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily – An ambitious Infanta

March 18, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily was born at the Palace of Portici on 24 October 1804 as 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. She had ten full siblings [read more]

María Isabella of Spain’s second morganatic marriage

September 2, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

María Isabella was born in 1789 as the daughter of King Carlos 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]