Italian prince
Carlo of Napoli and Sicilia (Italian : Carlo Tito Francesco Giuseppe ; 4 January 1775 – 17 December 1778) was Duke of Calabria as heir to Napoli and Sicilia.
Biography
Born at the Caserta Palace near Naples , he was known as the Duke of Calabria at birth as the heir apparent to his father's throne. His mother was a daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and thus sister of Marie Antoinette .
A member of the House of Bourbon , he was a prince of Naples and Sicily by birth. He was the hereditary prince of Naples. His birth allowed his mother to have a place in the Council of State, pursuant to his parents' marriage contract.
Carlo died of smallpox[1] aged 3. Six of his younger siblings would die of smallpox also: Princess Maria Anna (in 1780), Prince Giuseppe (in 1783), Prince Gennaro (in 1789), Prince Carlo Gennaro (also in 1789), Princess Maria Clotilde (in 1792) and Princess Maria Enricheta (also in 1792).
He was buried at the Church of Santa Chiara in Naples .
References
^ Dyson. C.C, The Life of Marie Amelie Last Queen of the French, 1782-1866 , BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, p. 33.
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Carlos Clemente
Carlota Joaquina, Queen of Portugal
Maria Luisa
Maria Amalia
Carlos Domingo
Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca
Carlos Francisco
Felipe Francisco
Ferdinand VII
Carlos, Count of Molina
Maria Isabella, Queen of the Two Sicilies
Maria Teresa
Felipe Maria
Francisco de Paula
Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress 1
Luisa, Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1
Carlo, Duke of Calabria 1
Maria Ana1
Francis I of the Two Sicilies 1
Maria Christina, Queen of Sardinia 1
Gennaro 1
Giuseppe 1
Maria Amalia, Queen of the French 1
Maria Cristina1
Maria Antonia, Princess of Asturias 1
Maria Clothilde1
Maria Enrichetta1
Carlo1
Leopold, Prince of Salerno 1
Alberto 1
Maria Isabella1
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