Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria

Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (21 May 1834 14 July 1901), was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by birth and Countess of Trapani by marriage to her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani.

Archduchess Maria Isabella
Countess of Trapani
Born(1834-05-21)21 May 1834
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died14 July 1901(1901-07-14) (aged 67)
Lucerne, Switzerland
SpousePrince Francis, Count of Trapani
IssuePrincess Maria Antonietta, Countess of Caserta
Prince Leopoldo
Princess Maria Teresa Pia
Princess Maria Carolina
Prince Ferdinando
Princess Maria Annunziata
Full name
Italian: Maria Isabella Annunziata Giovanna Giuseppa Umiltà Apollonia Filomena Virginia Gabriella
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherPrincess Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Maria Isabella was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, as the daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his second wife, Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Biography

Marriage and issue

The Countess of Trapani with her eldest daughter, Antonietta, circa 1853.

Maria Isabella married her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, youngest son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Isabella of Spain, on 10 April 1850. Maria Isabella and Francis had six children:

Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta on 8 June 1868 in Rome, had 12 issue.
  • Prince Leopoldo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (24 September 1853 4 September 1870)
  • Princess Maria Teresa Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (7 January 1855 1 September 1856)
  • Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (21 February 1856 7 April 1941)
Count Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski on 19 November 1885 in Paris, had 7 children.
  • Prince Ferdinando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (25 May 1857 22 July 1859)
  • Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (21 September 1858 20 March 1873)

On 14 July 1901, Maria Isabella died in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Honours

Ancestry

References

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