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Not to be confused with Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1818-1857).

Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies
Queen consort of the French (more...)

Consort	9 August 1830 – 24 February 1848
Consort to	Louis-Philip
among others... Issue
Ferdinand-Philippe, Prince Royal Louise-Marie, Queen of the Belgians Princess Marie Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours Clémentine, Princess of Kohary François, Prince of Joinville Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
Royal house	House of Orléans House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Carolina of Austria
Born	26 April 1782(1782-04-26) Caserta
Died	24 March 1866 (aged 83) Claremont, Surrey, England

Maria Amalia Teresa of the Two Sicilies (26 April 1782-24 March 1866) was Queen of the French from 1830-1848, consort to King Louis-Philippe.

1 Life
- 1.1 Marriage
- 1.2 France
2 Ancestry
3 References
4 Titles

Life

She was born at Caserta, the daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825) and his wife, Marie Caroline of Austria (1752-1814), who was the favorite sister of Marie Antoinette.

She received a careful education which developed the naturally pious and honorable disposition that earned for her in the family circle the nickname of La Santa. Driven from Naples in 1798, the Neapolitan royal family fled to Palermo, and the years from 1800 to 1802 were spent by Marie Amélie with her mother at the Austrian court. In 1806 they were again in flight before the armies of general Masséna, and it was during the second residence of her father's court at Palermo that she met the exiled Louis-Philippe, then duc d'Orléans, eldest son of the previous duke, also named Louis-Philippe (also known as Philippe Égalité).

Marriage

On 25 November 1809 she married Louis-Philippe, at Palermo in Sicily. Like her mother, Maria had a very large family. Overall she and her husband had 10 children. They were:

Prince Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (3 September 1810-1842) married Duchess Helene Louise Elizabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b.1814-d.1858)
Princesse Louise Marie d'Orléans (3 April 1812-1850) later Queen consort of Léopold I of Belgium. Children included Leopold II and Carlota of Mexico.
Princess Marie (12 April 1813-1839) married Duke Alexander of Württemberg (b.1804-d.1881).
Prince Louis d'Orléans, duc de Nemours (25 October 1814-1896) married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary.
Princess Françoise d'Orléans (28 March 1816-1818)
Princesse Clémentine d'Orléans (3 June 1817-1907) married August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 5th Prince of Kohary.
Prince François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville (14 August 1818-1900) married Princess Francisca of Brazil.
Prince Charles d'Orléans, duc de Penthièvre (1 January 1820-1828)
Prince Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale (16 June 1822-1897) married Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b.1822-d.1869), daughter of Leopoldo, Prince of Salerno.
Prince Antoine d'Orléans (31 July 1824-1890) became a prince of Spain after marrying Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain (b.1832-d.1897), daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain and sister of Isabella II of Spain.

France

Main article: July Monarchy

Monarchical Styles of Queen Marie Amélie of The French


Reference style	Her Majesty
Spoken style	Your Majesty
Alternative style	Ma'am

Returning to France in 1814, the Duke and Duchess of Orléans had barely established themselves in the Palais-Royal in Paris when the Hundred Days drove them into exile. Marie Amélie took refuge with her four children in England, where she spent two years at Orleans House, Twickenham. Again in France in 1817, her life at Neuilly until 1828 was the happiest period of her existence. Neither then nor at any other time did she take any active share in politics; but she was not without indirect influence on affairs, because her ultra-royalist and legitimist traditions prevented the court from including her in the suspicion with which her husband's liberal views were regarded. Her attention was absorbed by the care and education of her numerous family, even after the revolution of 1830 had made her queen of the French.

During her second exile, from 1848 to the end of her life, she lived at Claremont, where her charity and piety endeared her to the many English friends of the Orleans family. Marie Amélie died in exile, at Claremont in Surrey in England.

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Ancestry

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Ancestors of Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

16. Louis, Dauphin of France

8. Philip V of Spain

17. Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria

4. Charles III of Spain

18. Odoardo II Farnese

9. Elisabeth of Parma

19. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg

2. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

20. Augustus II of Poland

10. Augustus III of Poland

21. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

5. Maria Amalia of Saxony

22. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

11. Maria Josepha of Austria

23. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick

1. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

24. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

12. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

25. Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria

6. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

26. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

13. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans

27. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

3. Maria Carolina of Austria

28. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

14. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

29. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate

7. Maria Theresa of Austria

30. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

15. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

31. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

Titles

French royalty
Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 26 April 1782 Died: 24 March 1866
Vacant Title last held by Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France as Queen of France and of Navarre	Queen consort of the French 9 August 1830–24 February 1848	Vacant Title next held by Eugénie de Montijo as Empress of the French
Titles in pretence
Vacant Title last held by Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France as Queen of France and of Navarre	— TITULAR — Queen consort of the French 24 February 1848–26 August 1850	Vacant Title next held by Marie Isabelle of Orléans
Preceded by Marie Thérèse of Austria-Este as consort of the disputed king, also titular queen until 1883		Vacant Title next held by Marie Beatrice of Austria-Este as Queen of France and Navarre

v • d • e Chronology of French Queens and Empresses

Medieval France (987–1328) House of Capet	Adelaide of Aquitaine (987–996) • Susanna of Italy (996) • Constance of Arles (1003-1031) • Matilda of Frisia (1034–1044) • Anne of Kiev (1051–1060) • Bertha of Holland (1071–1092) • Bertrade de Montfort (1092–1108) • Adélaide de Maurienne (1115–1137) • Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1152) • Constance of Castile (1154–1160) • Adèle of Champagne (1164–1180) • Isabelle of Hainaut (1180–1190) • Ingeborg of Denmark (1193-1193) • Agnes of Merania (1196–1200) • Ingeborg of Denmark (1200–1223) • Blanche of Castile (1223 – 1226) • Marguerite of Provence (1234-1270) • Isabella of Aragon (1270-1271) • Maria of Brabant (1274-1285) • Joan I of Navarre (1285-1305) • Margaret of Burgundy (1314-1315) • Clementia of Hungary (1315-1316) • Joan II of Burgundy (1316-1322) • Blanche of Burgundy (1322) • Maria of Luxembourg (1322-1324) • Jeanne d'Évreux (1325-1371)

Medieval France (1328–1498) House of Valois	Joan the Lame (1328–1348) • Blanche d'Évreux (1350) • Joanna I of Auvergne (1350–1360) • Joanna of Bourbon (1364–1378) • Isabeau of Bavaria (1385–1422) • Marie of Anjou (1422–1461) • Charlotte of Savoy (1461–1483) • Anne of Brittany (1691-1498)

Early Modern France (1498–1515) House of Valois-Orléans	Joan of Valois (1498) • Anne of Brittany (1498-1514) • Mary of England

Early Modern France (1515–1589) House of Valois-Angoulême	Claude of France (1515–1524) • Eleanor of Habsburg (1530–1547) • Catherine de' Medici (1547–1559) • Mary I of Scotland (1559–1560) • Elisabeth of Austria (1570–1574) • Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1575-1589)

Early Modern France (1589–1792) House of Bourbon	Marguerite de Valois (1589–1599) • Marie de' Medici (1600–1610) • Anne of Austria (1615–1643) • Maria Theresa of Spain (1660–1683) • Françoise d'Aubigné (1685–1715) • Maria Leszczyńska (1725–1768) • Marie Antoinette of Austria (1774-1792) • Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy (1795-1810)

First Empire (1804–1814) House of Bonaparte	Josephine de Beauharnais (1804–1810) • Marie Louise of Austria (1810-1814)

Bourbon Restoration (1814, 1815–1830) House of Bourbon	Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France (1830) (disputed)

July Monarchy (1830–1848) House of Orléans	Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies (1830–1848)

Second Empire (1852–1870) House of Bonaparte	Eugénie de Montijo (1853–1870)