Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
Duchess of Orléans
Portrait by Louis Hersent, c. 1836
Queen consort of the French
Tenure9 August 1830 – 24 February 1848
Born(1782-04-26)26 April 1782
Caserta Palace, Naples
Died24 March 1866(1866-03-24) (aged 83)
Claremont House, Surrey, England
Burial
Royal Chapel, Dreux, France
Spouse
(m. 1809; died 1850)
Issue
Names
Italian: Maria Amalia Teresa di Borbone
French: Marie-Amélie Thérèse de Bourbon-Siciles
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies
MotherMaria Carolina of Austria
SignatureMaria Amalia of Naples and Sicily's signature

Maria Amalia Teresa of Naples and Sicily (26 April 1782 – 24 March 1866) was Queen of the French by marriage to Louis Philippe I, King of the French.[1] She was the last queen of France.

Among her grandchildren were the monarchs Leopold II of Belgium, Empress Carlota of Mexico, with whom Maria Amalia regularly corresponded while she was in Mexico, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Queen Mercedes of Spain.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Marie Amélie Thérèse" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 709–710.

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