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Luisa Carlotta
Infanta of Spain
Born(1804-10-24)24 October 1804
Palace of Portici, Naples
Died29 January 1844(1844-01-29) (aged 39)
Madrid, Spain
SpouseInfante Francisco de Paula of Spain
IssueFrancis, Duke of Cádiz
Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville
Maria Cristina, Infanta of Portugal and Spain
Amelia Philippina, Princess Adalbert of Bavaria
Names
Luisa Carlotta Maria Isabella
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherFrancis I of the Two Sicilies
MotherMaria Isabella of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholic

Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (Luisa Carlotta Maria Isabella; 24 October 1804 – 29 January 1844), Princess of the Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain, was a daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies.

Family

Luisa Carlotta was born at the Palace of Portici, the eldest child of King Francis I and of his wife Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain. Her maternal grandfather was King Charles IV of Spain. Luisa Carlotta had eleven younger siblings, including King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies.

Marriage and children

On 12 June 1819 in Madrid, Luisa Carlotta married her maternal uncle Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain. He was ten years older than Luisa Carlotta. They had eleven children:

Luisa Carlotta wished for her niece Isabella to become heiress to the Spanish throne instead of her uncle Carlos, and therefore supported the new succession law issued by the king. She was involved in an incident during the sickness of the Spanish monarch regarding this issue: when the Spanish king lay sick expecting death (1832), Luisa Carlotta tried to acquire a document forbidding female succession from prime minister Tadeo Calomarde by force and throw it on the fire. When Calomarde tried to save the document, she struck him in the face, upon which he uttered the well known words: "Madame, white hands don't offend!"

When her niece became queen in 1833 with her sister as regent, the rivalry between the sisters worsened and she left Spain for Paris. Luisa Carlotta died at Madrid at the age of 39.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies
16. Philip V of Spain
8. Charles III of Spain
17. Elisabeth Farnese
4. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
18. Augustus III of Poland
9. Maria Amalia of Saxony
19. Maria Josepha of Austria
2. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
20. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
10. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
21. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans
5. Maria Carolina of Austria
22. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
11. Maria Theresa of Austria
23. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick
1. Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
24. Philip V of Spain (= 16)
12. Charles III of Spain (= 8)
25. Elisabeth Farnese (= 17)
6. Charles IV of Spain
26. Augustus III of Poland (= 18)
13. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 9)
27. Maria Josepha of Austria (= 19)
3. Maria Isabella of Spain
28. Philip V of Spain (= 16, 24)
14. Philip, Duke of Parma
29. Elisabeth Farnese (= 17, 25)
7. Maria Luisa of Parma
30. Louis XV of France
15. Louise Élisabeth of France
31. Marie Leszczyńska

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