Prince Louis, Count of Aquila

Prince Luigi Carlo Maria Giuseppe of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Aquila (19 July 1824 – 5 March 1897) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Prince Louis
Count of Aquila
Born(1824-07-19)19 July 1824
Naples, Two Sicilies
Died5 March 1897(1897-03-05) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Spouse
IssuePrince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma
Princess Maria Isabella
Prince Filippo
Prince Emanuele
Names
Italian: Luigi Carlo Maria Giuseppe
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherFrancis I of the Two Sicilies
MotherMaria Isabella of Spain

Family

Louis was second-youngest son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain. He was born in Naples, Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue

Louis married Januária Maria, Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and his wife Maria Leopoldina of Austria, on 28 April 1844 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His sister Theresa Christina had been married to Januária Maria's brother Emperor Pedro II of Brazil since 1842. Louis and Januária Maria had four children:

  • Prince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma (18 July 1845–27 November 1909). Luigi married morganatically Maria Amelia Bellow-Hamel[1][2] and had two children.
  • Princess Maria Isabella of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (22 July 1846–14 February 1859)
  • Prince Filippo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (12 August 1847–9 July 1922). Filippo married morganatically Flora Boonen and had no children.
  • Prince Emanuele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (24 January 1851–26 January 1851).

Louis died in Paris, France.

Honours

Ancestry

References

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