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Leopold, Prince of Salerno

Leopold, Prince of Salerno

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Gender
Male
Birth
2 July 1790, Naples
Death
10 March 1851, Naples (aged 60 years)
Age
60 years
Family
Mother:
Maria Carolina of Austria
Father:
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Siblings:
Francis I of the Two Sicilies Carlo Duke of Calabria Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily Prince Giuseppe of Naples and Sicily Prince Alberto of Naples and Sicily Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily Maria Henrietta of Naples and Sicily Maria Isabelle of Naples and Sicily Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily Princess Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily Maria Clotilde of Naples and Sicily
Spouse:
Archduchess Clementina of Austria
Children:
Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno (2 July 1790, Naples, Kingdom of Naples – 10 March 1851, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Biography

Born Leopoldo of Naples and Sicily, he was the sixth son of Ferdinand IV of Naples and wife Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria.

Marriage and issue

Leopold married his niece Archduchess Clementina of Austria, third surviving daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (later Francis I of Austria) and his sister Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily on 28 July 1816 at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Leopold and Clementina had four children but only their daughter Princess Maria Carolina survived infancy. Prince Louis and two infants died within their first year.

  • Stillborn daughter (16 September 1819).
  • Princess Maria Carolina (26 April 1822 - 6 December 1869); married, on 25 November 1844, Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale; had issue.
  • Prince Lodovico Carlos (19 July - 7 August 1824).
  • Stillborn daughter (5 February 1829).

Leopold also had an extramarital affair with the Viennese dancer Fanny Elssler, which led to the birth of an illegitimate son, Franz, born in 1827 and died by suicide in 1873.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 2 July 1790 – 10 March 1851: His Royal Highness The Prince of Salerno

Honours

  • Knight of the Order of Saint Januarius (1790)
  • Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (1797)
  • Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (1802)
  • Knight of the Orders of the King of France (1810)
  • Knight of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
  • Knight of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III
  • Knight of the Order of Saint George and Reunion
  • Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1822)

Ancestry

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