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HomeKingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Elisabeth in Bavaria

Sisi & Marie Sophie – An unreconciled relationship (Part one)

Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie Sophie in Bavaria was born on 4 October 1841 as the daughter of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She was the younger sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was known as Sisi. She was one of ten siblings, of which eight survived to adulthood. All the siblings were [read more]

Elisabeth in Bavaria

Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria – The Queen’s Companion

Thursday, 26 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine) that she was pregnant for the 7th time. She was “a little more miserable than usual, but when God gives me [read more]

Italy

Marie Sophie in Bavaria – The brave Queen (Part one)

Friday, 13 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie Sophie in Bavaria was born on 4 October 1841 as the daughter of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She was the younger sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was known as Sisi. She was one of ten siblings, of which eight survived to adulthood. All the siblings were [read more]

Anne Marie d'Orléans

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Sicily

Monday, 15 July 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of Sicily began its life in 1130 when it was created by Count Roger II of Sicily with the agreement of Pope Innocent II. Roger was married three times. His first wife was Elvira of Castile who was thus the first Queen of Sicily. They went on to have six children together, and [read more]

María Isabella of Spain

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Monday, 11 February 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies began its life in 1816 after the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, which happened at the Congres of Vienna of 1814. The first King of the Two Sicilies was Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, a son of Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of [read more]

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Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily

María Isabella of Spain’s second morganatic marriage

Friday, 2 September 2016, 7:00 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]




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