María Isabel of Spain

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Maria Isabella of Spain (Spanish: María Isabel de Borbón y Borbón-Parma; 6 July 1789 – 13 September 1848) was Queen of the Two Sicilies from 4 January 1825 until 8 November 1830 as the wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. Maria Isabella was the youngest daughter of King Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma, the second daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma, and Louise-Élisabeth of France, and thus a granddaughter of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska. Maria Isabella's siblings included King Ferdinand VII of Spain, Carlota Joaquina, Queen of Portugal, and the Count of Molina. Maria Isabella was born into political turmoil, coinciding with the events of the French Revolution and the rise of Manuel Godoy. She received a rudimentary education and was featured in the painting Charles IV of Spain and His Family, painted by the famed Goya. Considered by her mother as a potential Empress of France, Maria Isabella instead married her cousin Prince Francesco, Duke of Calabria, later King...

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