Leopoldo, Prince of Salerno

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Name
Leopoldo, Prince of Salerno Gender: M
Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele di Borbone
born on 2 July 1790 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM )
Place Naples, Italy, 40n51, 14e17
Timezone LMT m14e17 (is local mean time)
Data source
News report
Rodden Rating A
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_cancol.18.gif 10°27' s_mo.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 17°39 Asc.s_leocol.18.gif 21°02'



Prince of Salerno Leopoldo

Biography

Italian royalty, a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Born Leopoldo of Naples and Sicily, he was the sixth son of Ferdinand IV of Naples and wife Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria. Leopold married his niece Archduchess Clementina of Austria, third surviving daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (later Francis I of Austria) and his sister Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily on 28 July 1816 at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Leopold and Clementina had four children but only their daughter Princess Maria Carolina (1822-1869) survived infancy. Prince Louis and two infants died within their first year. Leopold also had an extramarital affair with the Viennese dancer Fanny Elssler, which led to the birth of an illegitimate son, Franz. Leopoldo died on 10 March 1851 in Naples.

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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes "Monthly Chronicle from the London Gazettes, 1790" in The General Magazine and Impartial Review, March 1792, p. 376: "Naples, July 3. Yesterday morning at eight o'clock, her Sicilian Majesty was safely delivered of a Prince."

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