List of royal consorts of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

The following is a list of consorts of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Queen consort of the Two Sicilies

House of Bonaparte (Edict of Bayonne), 1806–1815

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria Annunziata Carolina Bonaparte	Carlo Maria Buonaparte (Bonaparte)	25 March 1782	20 January 1800	1 August 1808 husband's accession	3 May 1815 husband's deposition	18 May 1839	Joachim

Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom which was called "Two Sicilies" by the Edict of Bayonne, in 1808, though he controlled the mainland, he never physically controlled the island of Sicily which his Bourbon rival had fled from Naples to.^[1][2] After the Congress of Vienna, the title king of Two Sicilies was adopted by Ferdinand IV of Naples, in 1816.^[3] Under Ferdinand the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were unified, he had previously been king of both Naples and Sicily.

House of Bourbon, 1815–1861

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	María Isabella of Spain	Charles IV of Spain (Bourbon-Spain)	6 July 1789	6 July 1802	4 January 1825 husband's accession	8 November 1830 husband's death	13 September 1848	Francis I
	Maria Cristina of Savoy	Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (Savoy)	14 November 1812	21 November 1832		21 January 1836		Ferdinand II
	Maria Theresa of Austria	Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (Habsburg-Lorraine)	31 July 1816	27 January 1837		22 May 1859 husband's death	8 August 1867
	Maria Sophie of Bavaria	Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	4 October 1841	3 February 1859	22 May 1859 husband's accession	20 March 1861 husband's deposition	19 January 1925	Francis II

In 1861 Two Sicilies became part of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy

Spouse of the Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, 1861–1960

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria Sophie of Bavaria	Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	4 October 1841	3 February 1859	20 March 1861 husband's deposition	27 December 1894 husband's death	19 January 1925	Francis II
	Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies	Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (Bourbon-Two Sicilies)	16 March 1851	8 June 1868	27 December 1894 husband's accession	26 May 1934 husband's death	12 September 1938	Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
	Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria	Ludwig III of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	6 July 1872	31 May 1897	26 May 1934 husband's accession	10 June 1954		Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria

In 1960 headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies became disputed by two different Bourbon lines.

Heads of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, disputed 1960–present

Spanish line claim, 1960–present

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Alicia of Bourbon-Parma	Elias, Duke of Parma (Bourbon-Parma)	13 November 1917	16 April 1936	7 January 1960 husband's accession	3 February 1964 husband's death	28 March 2017	Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
	Anne d'Orléans	Prince Henri, Count of Paris (Orléans)	4 December 1938	12 May 1965		5 October 2015 husband's death	-	Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
	Sofía Landaluce	José Manuel Landaluce y Domínguez	23 November 1973	30 March 2001	5 October 2015 husband's accession	Incumbent	-	Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria

French line claim, 1960–present

Picture	Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska	Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski, Count Zamoyski (Zamoyski)	22 September 1896	12 September 1923	7 January 1960 husband's accession	c. 1966 husband's abdication	9 May 1968	Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
	Chantal de Chevron-Villette	Joseph-Pierre de Chevron, Count of Villette (Chevron family)	10 January 1925	23 July 1949	c. 1966 husband's accession	24 May 2005		Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
	Camilla Crociani	Camillo Crociani (Crociani family)	5 April 1971	31 October 1998	20 March 2008 husband's accession	Incumbent	-	Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

See also

• List of monarchs of the Two Sicilies
• Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
• Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
• Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by marriage
• Duchess of Calabria
• List of Neapolitan consorts
• List of Sicilian consorts
• List of Italian consorts
• List of Sardinian consorts
• Royal Consorts of Spain
• List of Tuscan consorts

References

1. Colletta P., History of the Kingdom of Naples: 1734-1825, p.71
2. (in Italian)Prolclaims with Mutat's title.
3. (in Italian) Romeo R., Momenti e problemi della Restaurazione nel Regno delle Due Sicilie (1815-1820), in «Mezzogiorno e Sicilia nel Risorgimento», Napoli 1963, pp 85-96

External links

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