Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Maria Cristina Carolina Pia; 10 April 1877 – 4 October 1947) was the titular Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 28 February 1942 to 4 October 1947 as wife of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany

Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany

Archduke Peter Ferdinand Salvator Karl Ludwig Maria Joseph Leopold Anton Rupert Pius Pancraz of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany) Archduke Peter Ferdinand Salvator Karl Ludwig Maria Joseph Leopold Anton Rupert Pius Pancraz of Austria, Prince...

, the titular Grand Duke.

Family

Maria Cristina was the daughter of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta

Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

Prince Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria....

and his wife Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue

Maria Cristina married Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany

Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany

, fourth child and third son of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany was the last Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1859 to 1860. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine continued to hold the title as pretenders until the end of World War I.-Biography:...

and his wife Alice of Bourbon-Parma, on 8 November 1900 in Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

. Maria Cristina and Peter Ferdinand had four children:

Archduke Gottfried of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
Archduke Gottfried of Austria
Archduke Gottfried of Austria was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke and Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth...

(14 March 1902 - 21 January 1984) married Princess Dorothea Therese of Bavaria
Princess Dorothea of Bavaria
Princess Dorothea of Bavaria was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Princess of Bavaria by birth...

and had issue:
1. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 2 October 1939)
2. Archduchess Alice of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 29 April 1941)
3. Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
  Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria
  Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke and Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth...
  
  (born 25 October 1942)
4. Archduchess Maria Antoinette of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 16 September 1950)
Archduchess Helena of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
Archduchess Helena of Austria
Archduchess Helena of Austria, full German name: Helena Marie Alice Christine Josefa Anna Margareta Madeleine Walburga Blandina Cäcilie Philomena Carmela Ignatia Rita de Cascia, Erzherzogin von Österreich, Prinzessin von Toskana was a member of the Tuscan branch of...

(30 October 1903 - 8 September 1924) married Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg was the son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria...

and had issue:
1. Duchess Maria Christina of Württemberg (born 2 September 1924)
Archduke Georg of Austria, Prince of Tuscany 22 August 1905 - 21 March 1952) married Countess Marie Valerie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems ad had issue:
1. Archduke Guntram of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (19 August 1937 - 21 April 1944)
2. Archduke Radbot of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born 23 September 1938)
3. Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (8 April 1941 - 4 January 1942)
4. Archduchess Walburga of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 23 July 1942)
5. Archduchess Verena of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (21 June 1944 - 5 January 1945)
6. Archduke Johann of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born and died 27 December 1946)
7. Archduchess Katharina of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 24 April 1948)
8. Archduchess Agnes of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 20 April 1950)
9. Archduke Georg of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born 28 August 1952)
Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
Archduchess Rosa of Austria
Archduchess Rosa Maria Antonie Roberta Josepha Anna Walburga Carmela Ignazia Rita de Cascia of Austria, full German name: Rosa Maria Antonie Roberta Josepha Anna Walburga Carmela Ignazia Rita de Cascia, Erzherzogin von Österreich was a member of the...

(22 September 1906 - 17 September 1983) married Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg was the son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria...

and had issue:
1. Duchess Helene of Württemberg (born 29 June 1929)
2. Duke Ludwig Albrecht of Württemberg (born 23 October 1930)
3. Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg
  Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (b. 1933)
  Duchess Elisabeth Maria Margarethe Alix Helene Rosa Philippine Christine Josepha Therese vom Kinde Jesu of Württemberg is a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth and through her marriage to Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a member of the House of...
  
  (born 2 February 1933)
4. Duchess Maria Theresa of Württemberg (born 12 November 1934)
5. Carl, Duke of Württemberg
  Carl, Duke of Württemberg
  Carl, Duke of Württemberg is the current Head of the House of Württemberg.-Heir to House of Württemberg:...
  
  (born 1 August 1936)
6. Duchess Maria Antonia of Württemberg (31 August 1937 - 12 November 2004)

Ancestry

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