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Maria Carolina (Maria Carolina Louise Josepha Johanna Antonia; 13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies.
Maria Carolina was the queen of Naples and wife of King Ferdinand IV of Naples. She held the real power in Naples, and, under the influence of her favourite, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, who was reputed to be her lover, she adopted a pro-British, anti-French policy.
Nov 5, 2021 · Fierce Facts About Maria Carolina of Austria, The Vengeful Queen. They say that behind every successful man is a strong woman. Well, Maria Carolina of Austria certainly didn’t stand behind anyone—let alone a man. When her halfwit husband the King of Naples didn’t seem up for the job, she rose to the occasion.
In order to escape the continuing upheaval of Naples, Maria Carolina determined in 1800 to travel to Austria with her younger children, to visit the court of her son-in-law (also her nephew) Francis I of Austria (Holy Roman emperor Francis II), who was married to her daughter Maria Teresa of Naples. After a treacherous journey which took them ...
Maria Carolina of Austria was born on 13 August 1752 as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis of Lorraine. She was the third daughter to carry this name, as two elder sisters with the same name died in infancy.
Maria Carolina was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies.
Jun 16, 2022 · Austria 1767: Maria Carolina Charlotte—tenth daughter and one of sixteen children of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria—knows her position as a Habsburg archduchess will inevitably force her to leave her home, her family, and her cherished sister, Antoinette, whose companionship she values over all else. But not yet.
Dec 10, 2015 · an Englishman who had served with valour in the service. of the Spanish and Tuscan naval expedition against Algiers in 1775. He reorganized the Neapolitan navy, became its commander, then the minister of finance, then the prime minister—and according to many sources—the queen’s lover.
Nov 26, 2016 · Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine was born in Vienna on 13 August 1752 in Schönbrunn castle. 2 She was the 13th daughter of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and of Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. 3 Among all the sisters, she was especially close to Marie Antoinette, the future ...
Nov 3, 2016 · Maria Carolina of Austria (1752–1814) was the Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III. The Queen became de facto ruler of the Kingdom after the birth of the male heir and her admission to the Privy Council.
