Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria

Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany^{[citation needed]} (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
Died	14 July 1901(1901-07-14) (aged 67) Lucerne, Switzerland
Spouse	Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
Issue	Princess Maria Antonietta, Countess of Caserta Prince Leopoldo Princess Maria Teresa Pia Princess Maria Carolina Prince Ferdinando Princess Maria Annunziata
Names Italian: Maria Isabella Annunziata Giovanna Giuseppa Umiltà Apollonia Filomena Virginia Gabriella
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Mother	Princess Maria Antonia of the 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 the Two Sicilies.^{[citation needed]}

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:

• Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (16 March 1851 – 12 September 1938)

∞ Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta on 8 June 1868 in Rome, had 12 issue.

• Prince Leopoldo Maria 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 Maria 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

•   Spain : 698th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa -  .

Ancestry

Ancestors of Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria

8. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 4. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 9. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain 2. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany 10. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 5. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily 11. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria 1. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria 12. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 10) 6. Francis I of the Two Sicilies 13. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (= 11) 3. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies 14. Charles IV of Spain 7. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain 15. Infanta Maria Luisa of Parma

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