Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

✶March 24, 1843

†May 4, 1871

1 candle burning, 4 lit in all

About their life

Princess Maria Annunciata Isabella Filomena Sebasia of the Two Sicilies was a political figure from the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1862, she married Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria; however, their marriage was short-lived due to her premature death in 1871. She is known for being the mother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination in Sarajevo precipitated the start of World War I.

Italian princess (1843-1871)

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.