Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867–1909)

Maria Theresia Magdalena of Bourbon- Sicily ( born January 15, 1867 in Zurich, † March 1, 1909 in Cannes) was a Princess of Bourbon - Sicily from the house of Bourbon and by marriage Princess of Hohenzollern.

Life

Maria Theresa was the only child of the late Count Ludwig in 1886 Trani, Prince of Bourbon- Sicily, brother of the deceased King of the Two Sicilies in 1894, Francis II Her mother Mathilde, Duchess in Bavaria and Countess of Trani, was a sister of the famous physician, Dr. Duke Karl Theodor, the Empress Elizabeth of Austria and killed in the fire of the bazaar in Paris Sophie Duchess of Alençon.

Maria Theresa, was born on January 15, 1867 in exile in Switzerland, in which their parents of the Two Sicilies had fled to from Zurich Enge - in " Venediggut ". In the family of Maria Theresia " Lara " was called. She had until the end of her intimate friendship with her ​​cousin Archduchess Marie Valerie.

On June 27, 1889 Maria Theresia married at Schloss Sigmaringen the hereditary prince and later Prince William of Hohenzollern and was since 1905 the title of " Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Theresa wife of Hohenzollern ." The Princely House of Hohenzollern was so closely related by the marriage with the houses of Habsburg and Wittelsbach. From this marriage three children were born.

For many years, was suffering the princess in a spinal cord disease that resisted all efforts of the doctors and the most careful care and regard for climatic influences was able to bring any halt. The summer brought the sick mostly in Bad Tolz, while she visited in the winter months Cannes. The climate in Sigmaringen got her not so good; Moreover, the high position of the baronial residence, the castle was unfavorable for their movement. The prince visited frequently in Bad Tölz and in Cannes the sick wife, as well as their children's holiday always used to come to the bedside of the mother.

After a serious illness, probably multiple sclerosis, she died on the morning of March 1, 1909 at the age of only 42 years in Cannes.

Progeny

  • Auguste Viktoria Princess of Hohenzollern (1890-1966), married to ex- King Manuel II of Portugal
  • Friedrich Viktor Prince of Hohenzollern (1891-1965)
  • Franz Joseph Prince of Hohenzollern (1891-1964)

Swell

  • The princess dies in Cannes. In: Swabian newspaper dated March 2, 2009
  • Princess also suffers at Sigmaringer climate. In: Swabian newspaper of 5 March 2009
Prince Louis, Count of Trani Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria Enge (Zürich) Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern Integrated Authority File
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