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Maria Theresia Isabella of Austria-Lorraine

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Maria Theresia Isabella of Austria-Lorraine

Birth
Baden, Baden Bezirk, Lower Austria, Austria
Death
8 Aug 1867 (aged 51)
Albano Laziale, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Burial
Naples, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy Add to Map
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Austrian archduchess and, through her marriage to Ferdinand II of Bourbon, queen both Sicilies. She influenced her husband to take intensive action against the increasing Italian national unification efforts that threatened his power. When Garibaldi's troops set out to conquer the Sicilian kingdom in 1860, a year after her husband's death, she went into exile in Rome.
Austrian archduchess and, through her marriage to Ferdinand II of Bourbon, queen both Sicilies. She influenced her husband to take intensive action against the increasing Italian national unification efforts that threatened his power. When Garibaldi's troops set out to conquer the Sicilian kingdom in 1860, a year after her husband's death, she went into exile in Rome.


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