Princess Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily
{{Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|princess
| name =Maria Cristina Amelia
| full name = {{lang-it|Maria Cristina Amelia}}
| house =[[House of Bourbon]]
| father = [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|Ferdinand IV of Naples]]
| mother =[[Maria Carolina of Austria]]
| date of birth ={{birth date|1779|01|17|df=y}}
| place of birth = [[Caserta Palace]], [[Kingdom of Naples]]
| date of death ={{death date and age|1783|02|26|1779|01|17|df=y}}
| place of death = [[Caserta Palace]], [[Kingdom of Naples]]
| place of burial = [[Santa Chiara (Naples)|Basilica of Santa Chiara]], [[Naples]]
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'''Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily''' (17 January 1779 – 26 February 1783<ref name="Maria Cristina Amelia">{{cite web|url= http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00011517&tree=LEO|title= Princess Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily| accessdate= 2010-02-17|last= va des Pas|first= Leo|work= Genealogics.org}}</ref>) was a Princess of Naples and Sicily and twin sister of the future [[Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily|Queen of Sardinia]]. She died of [[Smallpox]] 1783.
==Biography==
Maria Cristina Amelia was born at the [[Caserta Palace]]<ref name="Maria Cristina Amelia"/> in Naples. She was the youngest of twins born to [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|Ferdinand IV of Naples]] and his Austrian consort [[Maria Carolina of Austria]], daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Empress Maria Theresa]].
A member of the [[House of Bourbon]], she was a Princess of Naples and Sicily by birth. She was ineligiable to inherit the throne due to [[Salic Law]], which forbade females from inheriting.
Her older sister [[Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily|Princess Maria Cristina]], was the wife of the future [[Charles Felix of Sardinia]]. Her other sisters included a future [[Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily|Holy Roman Empress]], [[Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily|Grand Duchess of Tuscany]], [[Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily|Queen of the French]]<ref name="Marie Amelie"/> and [[Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily|Princess of Asturias]]. Her brother's included [[Francis I of the Two Sicilies|Francis]], future ''[[King of the Two Sicilies]]'' and the [[Leopold, Prince of Salerno|Leopold, Prince of Salerno]].
The infant princess and her twin were placed under the education of Vincenza D'Ambrogio. Her sister was her mothers favourite child. At the age of five, the princess caught [[Smallpox]]<ref name="Marie Amelie">Dyson. C.C, ''The Life of Marie Amelie Last Queen of the French, 1782-1866'', BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, p. 33'''.</ref> an illness which had previously killed her older brother [[Carlo, Duke of Calabria|Prince Carlo]] in 1777 and [[Prince Giuseppe of Naples and Sicily|Prince Giuseppe]]<ref name="Marie Amelie"/> who died a week before Maria Cristina Amelia did. She died at the Caserta Palace and was buried at the [[Santa Chiara (Naples)|Church of Santa Chiara]] in [[Naples]].
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! style="background:#ccccff;"|Family of Maria Cristina Amelia in 1783
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|[[File:Maria Karolina of Austria Family.jpg|center|thumb|550px|The Royal Family of Naples and Sicily in 1783, [[Angélica Kauffmann]]; (L-R) [[Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily|Princess Maria Teresa]]; the future King [[Francis I of the Two Sicilies|Prince Ferdinand]]; her father [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|King Ferdinand]]; her, mother [[Maria Carolina of Austria]] holding [[Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily|Princess Maria Cristina Amelia's twin sister]]; [[Prince Gennaro of Naples and Sicily|Prince Gennaro]] (died in 1789); [[Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily|Princess Maria Amalia]] in the arms of [[Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily|Princess Luisa]]; the royal couple’s seventh child was stillborn during the preparation phase for the painting. The artist then painted a veil over the child already in the cradle, which had been clearly visible in the modello.]]
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==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily'''
|2= 2. [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]]
|3= 3. [[Maria Carolina of Austria]]
|4= 4. [[Charles III of Spain]]
|5= 5. [[Maria Amalia of Saxony]]
|6= 6. [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]
|7= 7. [[Maria Theresa of Austria]]
|8= 8. [[Philip V of Spain]]
|9= 9. [[Elisabeth of Parma]]
|10= 10. [[Augustus III of Poland]]
|11= 11. [[Maria Josepha of Austria]]
|12= 12. [[Leopold, Duke of Lorraine]]
|13= 13. [[Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans]]
|14= 14. [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]]
|15= 15. [[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]
|16= 16. [[Louis, Dauphin of France (1661–1711)|Louis, Dauphin of France]]
|17= 17. [[Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria]]
|18= 18. [[Odoardo II Farnese]]
|19= 19. [[Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate-Neuburg]]
|20= 20. [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus II of Poland]]
|21= 21. [[Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]]
|22= 22. [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor]]
|23= 23. [[Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]
|24= 24. [[Charles V, Duke of Lorraine]]
|25= 25. [[Eleonora Maria of Austria]]
|26= 26. [[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans]]
|27= 27. [[Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate]]
|28= 28. [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]]
|29= 29. [[Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg]]
|30= 30. [[Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]
|31= 31. [[Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen]]
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==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles and styles===
*'''17 January 1779 – 26 February 1783''' ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily
==References and notes==
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==See also==
{{House of Bourbon (House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Arms)}}
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[[Category:People from Caserta]]
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[[Category:Neapolitan princesses]]
[[Category:Sicilian princesses]]
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[[Category:Deaths from smallpox]]
[[Category:Burials at the Basilica of Santa Chiara]]