Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Archduchess and Princess Maria Annunciata of Austria; Princess Maria Annunciata of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
Spouse	Archduke Charles Louis of Austria
Issue
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Otto Francis Archduke Ferdinand Charles Archduchess Margarete Sophie
Full name
Italian: Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia
House	House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Theresa of Austria
Born	24 March 1843(1843-03-24) Caserta, Two Sicilies
Died	22 May 1871(1871-05-22) (aged 28) Vienna, Austria
Religion	Roman Catholic

Princess Maria Annunziata 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.

Birth

Maria Annunziata was born in Caserta, the daughter of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.

Marriage and issue

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)
• Otto Franz (1865–1906)
• Ferdinand Karl (1868–1915). Married morganatically to Bertha Czuber. No issue.
• Margarete Sophie (1870–1902). Married Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.

She died in Vienna, aged 28, from tuberculosis.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 24 March 1843 – 21 October 1862: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
• 21 October 1862 – 4 May 1871: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Maria Annunciata of Austria; Princess Maria Annunciata of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany

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