Migliaccio, Lucia (1770–1826)

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Migliaccio, Lucia (1770–1826)

Italian duchess. Name variations: Lucia Partanna; Duchess of Florida; duchess of Floridia. Born 1770; died 1826; dau. of Vincent Migliaccio; m. Benedict Grifero, prince of Partanna, before 1814; became mistress, then wife (in a morganatic marriage), of Ferdinand IV (1751–1825), king of Naples and Sicily (r. 1759–1806, 1815–1825), later known as Ferdinand I, king of the Two Sicilies (r. 1816–1825).

Ferdinand's 1st wife was Maria Carolina (1752–1814).