#cristina of bourbon two sicilies

[archduchessofnowhere]

THE ROYAL BAPTISM AT THE PALAZZO FARNESE

Rome, 29 December 1869

I have just left the Farnese Palace, and I really believe that one can say without exaggeration: Naples is no longer in Naples; it is all in Rome today.

It is doubtful indeed that, even in the middle of his capital, Francis II would have seen himself surrounded by a crowd more numerous and better representing, not only the elite, but all the ranks of the nation of which he is the legitimate sovereign.

Certainly more magnificent pomp could have shone in Naples around the royal cradle. But first of all, could the young princess have hoped to have more august godparents before God and at her entry into the Christian life? The Holy Father, the first and greatest of the world's monarchs, the very Vicar of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in whom the crown of suffering and misfortune heroically borne is added to the majesty of the tiara and the halo of sanctity; The Empress of Austria, who occupied the throne of the Habsburgs and whose sister was that great and pious Queen whom the people, anticipating in some way the judgment of the Church, like to proclaim "the Saint".

(...) The birth of the princess was a universal joy in the kingdom, and for two or three days hundreds of the most eminent people flocked to Rome. At the same time all the trains brought deputations chosen by each province and which the Piedmontese government allowed to pass, for want of being able to oppose a movement which was the expression of popular feeling.

From noon onwards, the vast halls of the Farnese Palace, which is one of the wonders of Rome and has few rivals in Europe, were filled with an enormous audience, composed almost exclusively of Neapolitans. Hardly the Senator of Rome and some Roman princes had been invited. The King, who, like all Bourbons, identifies his family with his country, had wished to be surrounded, with very few exceptions, only by his subjects and servants.

(...) With a delicacy worthy of his great heart, the King had asked the Bishops of the monarchy present in Rome to abstain from appearing at the ceremony: it was not necessary that a mark of religious fidelity should excite against the Episcopate of Naples the passions already so violent of Unitarianism and of the Revolution. On the other hand, fourteen Cardinals had come to pay homage to the majesty of right and wrong.

The number of young men mixed with the defenders who had been whitened in the service of the monarchy was particularly gratifying. After so long an exile, and in the midst of the temptations and seductions which are not spared, the presence and confidence of this generation, which is only just being born into public life, is a most favourable omen. Tradition is perpetuated, and hereditary devotion offers the Crown renewed phalanxes.

All the hope and all the future are there.

The Holy Father was represented by Cardinal Antonelli; the Empress Maria Anna, the godmother, was represented by Her Majesty the Empress [Elisabeth] of Austria, brilliant in beauty, grace, elegance and dignity. The procession of the princes was composed of H. M. the King of the Two Sicilies, H.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Parma, H.I.H. and RR. the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, H.R.H. the Count and Countess of Caserta, the Count and Countess of Girgenti, the Duke and Duchess of Alençon, the Duke of Bari and Princess Maria Immacolata, the Count and Countess of Trapani, the Prince their son and the two Princesses their daughters, the Prince of Hohenzollern.

The altar stood in the room decorated with the magnificent paintings of Salviati.

The young princess was carried on the arms of the Duchess of San Cesario. It was a touching honour for the illustrious and courageous Grand Mistress of the Palace, whose name is inseparably linked to that of the heroine of Gaeta and who deserved to receive the medal of that forever memorable siege; it was a touching honour for her to hold before the sacred font the royal child whose birth has just thrown a lightning bolt of happiness on the fortunes she has nobly shared.

S. Cardinal Patrizi performed the ceremonies and gave the young princess the names of Christina-Pia-Maria-Anna-Elisabetha-Natalina-Ephisa. The Neapolitan nurse in the magnificent costume of the women of her country, from the mountains of Avellino, was noted with interest near the font. These national clothes had a charm and a high significance in the midst of the brilliant finery of the great ladies and the insignia of the court figures.

The princess carried the magnificent christening gown, made of white lace, a gift from three hundred Neapolitan ladies, a masterpiece of taste and a guarantee of fidelity.

After the ceremony, the procession reformed. The Empress, the King, the Princes and Princesses went to the salons. The new Christian was brought to her august mother, whose emotion was deep. The Queen, with tears in her eyes, instructed the Duchess of San Cesario to thank all the faithful Neapolitans who had given, on this occasion, proof of a devotion that survives time, trials and persecutions. The Queen's emotion was so strong that duchess had to withdraw so as not to prolong its duration.

And, in fact, nothing honours a people and touches the hearts of sovereigns like these testimonies of a constancy above all perils, all perils and all sufferings.

The King was radiant with happiness. After ten years of proscription and in the midst of the joys of fatherhood, to find near him the servants who had been the companions of his misfortunes; to see a new generation rising up in the cult of right and duty; to receive the wishes of an entire people who aspire to become free again and to reconquer their nationality and their dynasty: what a consolation, and above all what hope!

Here, then, is at last a dawn of prosperity rising over the House of Bourbon and the kingdom of Naples! It is the harbinger of an even more beautiful day; it is the sign of a forthcoming triumph of good Law and Justice.

De Riancey, Henri (1870). Lettres sur Rome (Translation done by DeepL. Please keep in mind that in a machine translation a lot of nuance may/will be lost)

[royalty-nobility]

María Cristina de las Dos Sicilias

Artist: Vicente López Portaña (Spanish, 1772-850)

Title English: Portrait of Spanish queen-consort Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies.

Genre: Portrait

Date: 1830

Medium: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Maria Cristina Ferdinanda di Borbone, Principessa delle Due Sicilie, Spanish: María Cristina de Borbón, Princesa de las Dos Sicilias; 27 April 1806 – 22 August 1878) was the queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age two, to 1840. By virtue of her short marriage to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, she became a central character in Spanish history for nearly 50 years, thanks to introducing a bicameral model of government based on the Bourbon Restoration in France: the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834.

[charlotte-of-wales]

I am a bit confused now. Who are the Bourbon girls? I know Maria Chiara. I mean tf in what royal family are they?

hehehe if you think the greeks were bad, let me introduce you to the Bourbon-Two Sicilies aka the most kardashian-esque deposed royals of all time

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, one of the two people who claim to be the heads of the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, married Camilla Crociani, the daughter of an Italian billionaire and had two daughters: Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Calabria, Duchess of Palermo (born 2003) and Princess Maria Chiara, Duchess of Noto, Duchess of Capri (born 2005). Maria Chiara is the one rumored to be dating Prince Christian of Denmark and deemed the future queen of Denmark by the Italian media and these two are who we've been referring to as the 'Bourbon girls'.

Anyway, for more context into the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, they are a branch of the Spanish Bourbons that ruled in Southern Italy, specifically Sicily and Naples; when those two kingdoms were joined that's when they became the 'two Sicilies'. Funnily enough, their House only recognizes male progeniture so the succession should go to the other dude who claims to be the head of this DEFUNCT house but apparently Maria Carolina is going to lay her claim whenever her dad goes poof so. I only knew about them growing up because of Princess Teresa Cristina who went on to become Empress of Brazil and because I thought their name looked #cool

and then I saw people in the royalverse clowning on them which is well deserved

OH they also constantly call the paps on themselves and very clearly pay to have articles about them written and their instagram is funnier than Olympia's tiktok account so that should tell you something

[dreamconsumer]

Portrait of the Governor Queen María Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. By José Gutiérrez de la Vega y Bocanegra.

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Babyyyyyyyy this is some soap opera level Rich White People mess HERE. He told her ass “I know you’re in love with him sexually and mentally” IN FRONT OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Italian high society in shock as millionaire banker throws ultra exclusive engagement party at Turin villa - only to make accusations against fiancée in his speech

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Millionaire banker Massimo Segre accused his fiancee of cheating on him in front of distinguished guests

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Italian high society has been left reeling after the wedding of a millionaire banker in Turin took a dark turn, when the groom accused his bride of cheating in a speech at the engagement party causing a huge public spat between the pair. 

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Massimo Segre, 64, gathered guests at his mansion in Turin, to celebrate his upcoming nuptials to Cristina Seymandi, 47.

But instead of the usual loving speech you may expect to hear about a bride-to-be, Massimo instead accused his future wife of cheating, to the shock of Torinese high society.

Over a lavish banquet, he said: 'I want to give Cristina the freedom to love.

'Specifically, to love another person; a notable lawyer, who she clearly cares about more than me'.

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'Dear Cristina, I know how much you are in love with him mentally and sexually,' he added.

'And I know that before him you had a relationship with an industrialist acquaintance.'

Stunned, Cristina looks around the room of some 150 guests for support as her fiancé shares painful photos of his partner with another man.

'Don't think it pleases me to look like a cuckold in front of all of you,' Massimo then tells his friends, clearly devastated by his partner's alleged betrayal as the event goes silent. 

'Cristina is so good at telling her truths, that I couldn't leave her alone to narrate the reason why I'm ending [our] life together tonight.

'It's a banal story of infidelity, even premarital. I am so disappointed,' he says. 'I am heartbroken.' 

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View galleryMassimo was seen reading a prepared speech in Turin about his wife's alleged infidelities 

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View galleryA moment of shock as Cristina  looks around, accused of having an affair with a lawyer 

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He then wishes her well, before telling her to go to Mykonos with her lover, as it is already paid for.

As soon as the speech finished, the lights dimmed and Massimo left the stage.

Italian media reported that guests were annoyed at being 'used' as part of the show. 

Stunned guests stared on in silence unsure what to think.

Since the engagement party, a video taken by one of the guests has gone viral, leading to Cristina to become the subject of death threats.

In a letter to the director of the Zona Bianca TV news programme, Christina said Massimo had committed an act of 'psychological violence' and had 'meticulously planned his revenge'.

She added that she had a valuable sapphire ring given to her by Massimo's mother to mark their engagement which had 'mysteriously disappeared' 15 days before the party.

Speaking to the Times, Cristina's adviser said she will be taking legal action for 'reputational damage' against he former fiance.  

'She has suffered very serious attacks on social media and threats from Italian citizens. It has been traumatic,' she said.

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View galleryCristina Seymandi, an entrepreneur and politician 

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View galleryMassimo is pictured (right) in a post on Instagram 

Her lawyer,  Claudio Strata, added the banker had 'intentionally humiliated her'.    

'The letter was read out in front of dozens of people and it was captured in a video that was sent to the newspapers. We don't think this was improvised.' 

Massimo categorically denies having published the video, let alone having allowed it to be filmed.

He has since accused Cristina of stealing €700,00 (£598,000) from the couple's joint account, but she says the money was transferred with his consent before the relationship ended. 

Cristina snapped back after the event in an interview with La Stampa.

She said that the bags for Mykonos 'were already packed' and urged onlookers to reserve judgement: 'Within every family, the dynamics are very complex and difficult to understand from the outside.'

She said at the time she thought: 'He's gone crazy'.

'He was very tired at the time,' she said.

'I am sure there's someone behind him who fanned the flames. In short, manipulated him.' 

She also noted: 'The work stands and I can't afford to lose it.'

'My professional life requires me to react and remain lucid. I will think about possible protections in civil and criminal matters.' 

Cristina  summed up: 'It was a farce, let's face it. Serious things are resolved another way.'

'Now I will consider whether to sue him,' she said.

Viviana Ferrero, former vice president of the Turin city council and friend of Cristina , described the put-down as a 'sexist lynching'.

She said: 'Two things hurt me, the end of a beautiful love story and the lynching in which Cristina it's been going on for days. A sexist, chauvinist, violent, horrendous lynching.

She went on: 'Dirty laundry is washed in the family and they, even if for a short time, were a very special family. 

'And they could have been one of the most beautiful couples there were, because they combined so many qualities. 

'I don't rejoice when the rich cry.'

Massimo's mother, Franca Bruna Segre, was also known as a key figure in Italian finance, at the top of Banca Intermobiliare before her son became its financier. 

The 64-year-old is also a director of Directa Sim, a company dealing in online trading, and has involvement in other sectors including health and media.

Complicating matters, Cristina is professionally tied into some of these businesses, listed on LinkedIn as a director of Directa Sim since February.

She also has been named CEO of Savio Thesan Spa, a company she joined by taking over his shares through the recently established Hope SRL. 

Cristina is the daughter of a renowned accountant from Turin and has held roles in politics and business over an eventful career.

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View galleryCristina looks on as Massimo accuses her of having an affair with an unnamed lawyer 

In 2021, she backed the mayoral campaign of centre-right candidate Paolo Damilano in Turin, who promised to make her deputy if he won.

Damilano lost in the run-off to centre-left candidate Stefano Lo Russo, and as a candidate for councillor Cristina was able to collect only 318 'preferences'.

Segre and Cristina met around the time of the pandemic but had their wedding delayed twice as a result.

Finally, the plans had been made and 'around 200' guests invited to the lawn overlooking the Mole Antonelliana, a landmark in Turin, to finally announce the date in October.

But what started with general thanks to the audience for coming took a sudden turn when Segre took the chance to out his partner.

Massimo Segre's speech in full 

'Tonight, I'd like to gift Cristina the freedom to love. To love a person, a known lawyer, who she clearly cares more for than me, and who I think managed to become obnoxious just to avoid slighting me. 

'My dear Cristina, I know how in love you are, both mentally and sexually, how did you manage to self-confide? And I know that before him you had a relationship with a well-known industrialist. 

'My dear friends, don't believe that this pleases me to be a cuckold in front of you all, but Cristina was so good at telling her truths that I couldn't leave it to her to tell the narrative of why I will be leaving her tonight. 

'What did she say to her poor mother? Because the woman became afraid that her daughter was no longer safe to sleep with me. And so what did she say to all of you that drove away the truth? It's a banal story of infidelity, even premarital.

'I am very disappointed, heartbroken. I blame myself for not having understood how a woman can't really love you if a marriage puts you against your own children, with who I have painstakingly tried to recover a relationship that has deteriorated in these three years. 

'My dear Cristina, go to Mykonos with your lawyer, be happy with him, you know it's all paid for, like how he paid for the trip to Vietnam with your daughter, a splendid young lady who I am very disappointed to have been involved in this situation. 

'I confirm, if you want, when you return we could evaluate how to continue a professional collaboration, however our story ends today. 

'I wish you happiness with your new partner and to continue shining in the world that you have done all these years. Sorry to you all and good night.

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"well, Brazil. In some twenty or thirty years?" Sorry I'm really stupid and know nothing of history, but who married in whom in Brazil? And Brazil wasn't a colony?

Don't worry, the way they teach story for us is confusing, and if you are brazilian or portuguese I don't think they would teach about this at all.

Short answear: Brazil went from colony to united kingdom to empire to republic in the span of 74 years.

Long answear: Portugal refused to join the continental blockade that Napoleon imposed on England. To escape the invasion of Napoleonic troops, the prince-regent Dom Pedro VI transferred the seat of the court to Brazil, then a colony, and the royal family and the court fled en masse.

The troops were expelled from Portugal by the British just under a year later, but the court remained in Brazil.

At the end of the war, in 1815, Brazil ceased to be a colony when the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was created, so that Dom João could have his autority recognized without having to return to Europe.

Five years later Dom João, now king, returned to Portugal on account of the Liberal Revolution of Porto (I'm not sure what it's called in English); in short, they wanted the royal family to return and for Brazil to become a colony again, which would benefit Portuguese merchants.

The son and heir of Dom João, Dom Pedro*, remained in Brazil and allied with the agrarian elites here, who feared precisely the changes that the Portuguese elite were asking for.

The political scene was tense, divided into two parties, and this culminated in the declaration of independence in 1822, when Brazil became an empire, with Dom Pedro as emperor.

With Dom João's death, Dom Pedro I abdicated and returned to Portugal to reclaim the Portuguese throne, being succeeded in Brazil by his 5 years old son, Dom Pedro II, who took the throne aged 14 after a regency period.

He would have been succeeded by his eldest daughter, Princess Isabel, but the republic was declared in 1889 while he was still alive.

Regarding marriages:

Dom João married the spanish princess Carlota Joaquina de Bourbon.

Dom Pedro I married the archduchess Maria Leopoldina da Áustria (Marie Antoinette's niece!) and Amélia de Leuchtenberg, a franco-bavarian princess.

Dom Pedro II married the princess Teresa Cristina das Duas Sicílias (a kingdom comprising Sicily and Naples).

Princess Isabel married Gaston de Orléans, Count d'Eu, a french prince.

I hope this is not too long or confusing, I tried to get all the necessary info to explain why and how this anomaly happened.

*He was Dom Pedro IV in Portugal and Dom Pedro I in Brazil.

[greekroyalfamily]

61 years since the Wedding of Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia

The wedding of Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark took place on Monday, 14 May 1962. The couple was married in three ceremonies: one according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, the groom's faith, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite; one according to the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church, the bride's faith, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens; and a third civil ceremony that was held upon their return to the Royal Palace. Don Juan Carlos was the eldest son of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, pretender to the Spanish throne, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, while Princess Sophia was the eldest daughter of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece. They have three children, Elena (born 1963), Cristina (born 1965) and Felipe (born 1968), current King of Spain. In 1975, the pair acceded to the Spanish throne following the death of Francisco Franco. They reigned for nearly 39 years until his abdication in 2014.

61 χρόνια από τον γάμο του πρίγκιπα Χουάν Κάρλος και της πριγκίπισσας Σοφίας

Ο γάμος του Χουάν Κάρλος, πρίγκιπα των Αστουριών , και της πριγκίπισσας Σοφίας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας πραγματοποιήθηκε τη Δευτέρα, 14 Μαΐου 1962. Το ζευγάρι παντρεύτηκε σε τρεις τελετές: η μία σύμφωνα με τα τελετουργικά της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας, την πίστη του γαμπρού, στο η Καθεδρική Βασιλική του Αγίου Διονυσίου του Αρεοπαγίτη. ένα σύμφωνα με τα τελετουργικά της Ελληνικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας, την πίστη της νύφης, στον Μητροπολιτικό Καθεδρικό Ναό Αθηνών. και τρίτη πολιτική τελετή που έγινε με την επιστροφή τους στο Βασιλικό Παλάτι. Ο Δον Χουάν Κάρλος ήταν ο πρωτότοκος γιος του Ινφάντε Χουάν, κόμη της Βαρκελώνης, διεκδικητή του ισπανικού θρόνου, και της πριγκίπισσας Μαρίας ντε λας Μερσέντες των Βουρβόνων-Δύο Σικελιών, ενώ η Πριγκίπισσα Σοφία ήταν η μεγαλύτερη κόρη του βασιλιά Παύλου και της βασίλισσας Φρειδερίκης της Ελλάδας. Έχουν τρία παιδιά, την Έλενα (γεννημένη το 1963), την Κριστίνα (γεννημένη το 1965) και τον Φελίπε (γενν. 1968), σημερινό βασιλιά της Ισπανίας. Το 1975, το ζευγάρι ανέβηκε στον ισπανικό θρόνο μετά τ�� θάνατο του Francisco Franco. Βασίλεψαν για σχεδόν 39 χρόνια μέχρι την παραίτησή του το 2014.

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Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, future Queen of Sardinia, with her younger brother Prince Gennaro.

[athousandtales]

LETICIA SABATELLA as EMPRESS TERESA CRISTINA

NOS TEMPOS DO IMPERADOR (2021)

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♕ Letícia Sabatella as Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress Consort of Brazil and Princess of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in “Nos Tempos do Imperador” (2021), a sequel to “Novo Mundo” (2017).

Empress Teresa Cristina (14 March 1822 – 28 December 1889), nicknamed "the Mother of the Brazilians", was the third and last Empress Consort of Brazil through her marriage to her first cousin once removed Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, who ruled for almost half a century, and also a Princess of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was the tenth child of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and Queen consort Maria Isabella of Spain. Teresa Cristina and Dom Pedro II had four children, two of whom survived infancy: Princess Isabel of Brazil and Princess Leopoldina of Brazil. Their marriage never became a passionate one, but they formed a bond based upon family, mutual respect, fondness and companionship. The Empress remained a dutiful spouse and a devoted supporter of the Emperor. Know for her kindness, generosity, discrition and charity Teresa Cristina became beloved and respected by her subjects. She had great interest in archaeology and accumulated her own collection of artifacts. She also sponsored archaeological studies, music, the arts, and the Italian immigration to Brazil. Despite having had no direct political impact on Brazil Teresa Cristina is well regarded for her character, behavior and for her promotion of culture in Brazil. On November 15, 1889 the Brazilian monarchy was overthrown in a military coup d'état. The republic was then instituted in Brazil and the Empress, the Emperor and their family were sent into exile in Europe. Devastated after she was forced to leave her beloved adopted home Empress Teresa Cristina became ill and died in Porto, Portugal a little more than a month after the monarchy's collapse.

[historywithlaura]

TERESA CRISTINA & PEDRO II

The Royal Wedding of a Princess of the Two Sicilies and the Emperor of Brazil

(married 1843)

pictured above is a portrait of the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, from 1843

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SERIES - On this day September Edition: Teresa Cristina and Pedro were married on 4 September 1843.

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TERESA CRISTINA MARIA GIUSEPPA GASPARE BALDASSARRE MELCHIORE GENNARA FRANCESCA DA PAOLA DONATA BONOSA ANDREA D'AVELLINO RITA LUITGARDA GELTRUDA VENANZIA TADDEA SPIRIDIONE ROCCA MATILDE was the youngest daughter of Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Infanta María Isabel of Spain. She was a member of the HOUSE OF BOURBON-TWO SICILIES and was from her birth in 1822 a PRINCESS OF THE TWO SICILIES.

PEDRO DE ALCÂNTARA JOÃO CARLOS LEOPOLDO SALVADOR BIBIANO FRANCISCO XAVIER DE PAULA LEOCÁDIO MIGUEL GABRIEL RAFAEL GONZAGA was the third son of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and his first wife Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria. He was a member of the Brazilian branch of the HOUSE OF BRAGANZA and had been PEDRO II, the EMPEROR OF BRAZIL since his father's abdication in 1831.

When the Emperor was coming of age the Regency Council sought to find a wife for him. And when Ferdinando II, King of the Two Sicilies heard of the news he proposed his sister's hand and a portrait of the Princess was sent to Brazil.

The Council convinced the Emperor to accept the offer and they were married by proxy on 30 May 1843, in Naples, in a ceremony where one of the Princess' older brothers Leopoldo, Count of Syracuse represented the Emperor.

pictured above is a painting of the proxy wedding ceremony of the Princess of the Two Sicilies and the Emperor of Brazil (represented by the Count of Syracuse), by Alessandro Ciccarelli from 1846

After their wedding by proxy the new EMPRESS CONSORT OF BRAZIL sailed to Brazil, arriving at the Imperial capital Rio de Janeiro in September 1843.

On her arrival the Emperor rushed to meet her in her ship but was disappointed with her appearance. Although feeling deceived they were married the next day, on 4 September 1843, in a lavish religious ceremony at the Royal Chapel, in Rio de Janeiro.

They had four children (check the list below), two boys and two girls. However both their sons died young leaving their eldest daughter Princess Isabel as heir to the Imperial throne.

It was certain not a love marriage but they managed to live in good terms, besides the Emperor having had affairs with other women.

In November 1889 a military coup proclaimed the Republic of Brazil and the Monarchy was abolished. Two days later the Imperial Family was forced to flee into exile to Europe, arriving in Portugal by December 1889.

At the time of their arrival, Lisbon was being prepared for the acclamation of Carlos I, the new King of Portugal, a grandnephew of the former Emperor of Brazil, so they left to Oporto.

By the end of December 1889 the Provisional Government of Brazil passed a law banishing all members of the former Imperial Family to ever set foot in Brazil.

This news shattered the former Empress of Brazil, who was already sick, and she died on 28 December 1889.

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Following her death the former Emperor moved to Paris and died there in 1891, almost two years later. He never remarried.

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Because of the Banishment Law their descendants were not allowed to return to Brazil until 1920, when the law was revoked.

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TERESA CRISTINA and PEDRO II had four children...

Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil - died aged two;

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil - wife of Gaston, Count of Eu;

Princess Leopoldina of Brazil - wife of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; and

Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil - died aged seventeen months.

pictured above is a family portrait of the Brazilian Imperial Family depicting the Emperor and Empress of Brazil with their two surviving children Princess Leopoldina and the Princess Imperial, by François-René Moreaux from 1857

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Check my post about TERESA CRISTINA's mother!

Her mother was María Isabel, an Infanta of Spain from her birth in 1789.

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The infant Princess only lived three months. For a whole week Maria Sophia had sat by her cradle without undressing or going to bed, and after the child’s death in the evening she clung to the little corpse all night in a frenzy of despair. The Marquise de Sassenay has related that the French sculptor Prosper d’Epinay was to have done a portrait of the child. ‘One night he was suddenly wakened and told that Francis II wanted him to come at once. He hurried to the Farnese palace, where he found the King in tears. “My child has just died,” he said, “the Queen and I both wish you to make a cast of her face.” Never having practised this special art, d’Epinay went off to find one of the men he usually employed for such work. He could find nobody. Much upset but anxious to grant the King’s wish, he decided to run home and collect the necessary material for making the cast himself. On returning to the Farnese palace he was ushered into a large room dimly lighted. Its only piece of furniture was the cradle in which the dead Princess was lying. The Queen was weeping and praying on her knees, and the King knelt beside her. D’Epinay approached the royal couple and knowing how painful the process was to witness, he begged Francis to retire and escort the Queen from the room during the operation. The King then whispered to his wife, who made a gesture of refusal. D’Epinay insisted that he could not perform his task in the presence of their Majesties, who then decided to withdraw. Alone, the artist applied the plaster and waited for it to dry before removing it; but in his flutter he had forgotten to smear oil over the dead child’s face previously, so that when he wished to remove the plaster he failed. D’Epinay then had a moment of panic, and setting himself astride the cradle to increase his efforts he struggled to make the mask yield. While intent on this tragic task he thought of the parents’ anguish if the face of their child were disfigured by the operation. Mercifully their Majesties were spared this affliction, for eventually the mask yielded and the features remained intact.’ The Princess was buried in the church of Santo Spirito dei Napoletani behind the Farnese palace.

Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell (1961). The Last Bourbons of Naples (1825-1861)

ON THIS DAY, IN 1870, PRINCESS MARIA CRISTINA OF BOURBON-TWO SICILIES DIED AGED THREE MONTHS OLD. She was the only child of the last King of the Two Sicilies, Francesco II, and his wife Queen Marie Sophie (née Duchess in Bavaria). In 1984 her and her parents remains were moved to the Basilica of Santa Chiara, in Naples, and to this day they rest there.

[Giancarlo Giannini as Francesco II and Ornella Muti as Marie Sophie in 'O re (1989)]

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La Infanta Luisa Fernanda de Borbón, Duquesa de Montpensier

Artist: Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (Spanish, 1815–1894)

Date: 1851

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Royal Palace of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Description

María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón-Two Sicilies ( Madrid , January 30, 1832 - Seville , February 2, 1897) was an Infanta of Spain from birth and Duchess of Montpensier by marriage.

Infanta María Luisa Fernanda was the second and last daughter of King Ferdinand VII and his wife, Queen Maria Cristina . She was born at the Royal Palace in Madrid . She was baptized at the Palace of Aranjuez . She was the paternal granddaughter of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma , and on her mother's side of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife, Maria Isabella of Bourbon , also an Infanta of Spain.

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Royal Tiara Highlights: Spanish Diamond and Pearl Loop Tiara

The tiara was made in the 19th century for Queen Maria Cristina of Spain, wife of King Alfonso XII. Maria Cristina passed the piece onto her son King Alfonso XIII who in turn gifted it to his daughter-in-law, Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, when she married his third son, Infante Juan. When Maria Mercedes died in 2000, her son Juan Carlos, future King Juan Carlos of Spain, obtained the tiara. The piece was frequently worn by Queen Sofia - Juan Carlos’s wife - and has been worn by Queen Letizia.

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Maria Antonietta, Countess of Caserta surrounded by her four daughters, Archduchess Maria Cristina, Princess Maria Giuseppina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Princess Johann Georg of Saxony and Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, 1908.

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Princess Maria Cristina, by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Maria Cristina Amelia Teresa of Naples and Sicily (17 January 1779 – 11 March 1849) was a Princess of Naples and Sicily and later Queen of Sardinia as wife of King Charles Felix.