Marie Sophie in Bavarie

Marie Sophie, Duchess in Bavarie (Marie Sophie Amalie; 4 October 1841 – 19 Januar 1925) wis the last Queen o the Twa Sicilies. She wis a sister o Empress Elisabeth o Austrick, wife o Franz Joseph I. anither sister wis the Coontess o Trani.

Maria Sophie in Bavarie
1859 painting o the Duchess o Calabrie bi an unknown artist.
Queen o the Twa Sicilies
Tenur22 Mey 1859 – 20 Mairch 1861
Born4 October 1841(1841-10-04)
Possenhofen Castle, Possenhofen, Bavarie
Dee'd19 Januar 1925(1925-01-19) (aged 83)
Munich, Bavarie, Weimar Republic
BuirialBasilica o Santa Chiara, Naples
SpouseFrancis II o the Twa Sicilies
IssuePrincess Cristina Pia
Full name
Marie Sophie Amalie
HooseWittelsbach ( bi birth)
Twa Sicilies (bi mairiage)
FaitherMaximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavarie
MitherPrincess Ludovika o Bavarie
ReleegionRoman Catholicism

Mairiage eedit

On 8 Januar 1859 in Munich at the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche Marie Sophie wis mairit bi proxy an then again mairit in-person on 3 Februar 1859 in Bari tae the Duke o Calabrie. the eldest son o Ferdinand II o the Twa Sicilies,

Issue eedit

  1. Princess Cristina Pia o the Twa Sicilies (24 December 1869 – 28 Mairch 1870) died young.

Teetles an styles eedit

  • 4 October 1841 – 3 Februar 1859 Her Ryal Highness Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavarie.
  • 3 Februar 1859 – 22 Mey 1859 Her Ryal Highness The Duchess o Calabrie.
  • 22 Mey 1859 – 27 December 1894 Her Majesty The Queen o the Twa Sicilies.
  • 27 December 1894 – 19 Januar 1925 Her Majesty Queen Marie Sophie o the Twa Sicilies.

See also eedit

  Media relatit tae Marie Sofie o Bavarie at Wikimedia Commons