Archduchess Maria Isabella
Countess of Trapani
Born(1834-05-21)21 May 1834
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died14 July 1901(1901-07-14) (aged 67)
Lucerne, Switzerland
Spouse
(m. 1850; died 1892)
IssuePrincess Maria Antonietta, Countess of Caserta
Prince Leopoldo
Princess Maria Teresa Pia
Princess Maria Carolina
Prince Ferdinando
Princess Maria Annunziata
Names
Italian: Maria Isabella Annunziata Giovanna Giuseppa Umiltà Apollonia Filomena Virginia Gabriella
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherPrincess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany[citation needed] (21 May 1834 – 14 July 1901), was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by birth and Countess of Trapani by marriage to her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani.

Maria Isabella was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, as the daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his second wife, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies.[citation needed]

Biography

Marriage and issue

The Countess of Trapani with her eldest daughter, Antonietta, circa 1853

Maria Isabella married her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, youngest son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Isabella of Spain, on 10 April 1850. Maria Isabella and Francis had six children:

Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta on 8 June 1868 in Rome, had 12 issue.
Count Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski on 19 November 1885 in Paris, had 7 children.

On 14 July 1901, Maria Isabella died in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Honours

Ancestry

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