Maria Annunziata (1843–1871)
Maria Annunziata (1843–1871)
Princess of Sicily and archduchess of Austria . Name variations: Annunciata of Sicily; Maria Annuziata of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies; María Annuncíata of Bourbon-Naples; Maria Annunziata of Naples. Born on March 24, 1843, in Naples; died on May 4, 1871, in Vienna; daughter of Theresa of Austria (1816–1867) and Ferdinand II, king of the Two Sicilies (r. 1830–1859); became second wife of Karl Ludwig also known as Charles Louis (1833–1896), archduke of Austria, on October 21, 1862 (drank from the river Jordan while on a pilgrimage and died from an intestinal infection); children: Francis Ferdinand also known as Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914), archduke of Austria (assassinated with wife Sophie Chotek at Sarajevo in 1914); Otto (1865–1906, who married Maria Josepha of Saxony ); Ferdinand Karl (1868–1915, who became known as Ferdinand Burg when he renounced his title in 1911); Margaret Sophie (1870–1902). Charles Louis was also married to Margaret of Saxony (1840–1858) and Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855–1944).