Background
Maria Immaculata was modest and reserved growing up and was jokingly called by her father "Petitta." Her mother, Maria Theresa, detested parties and court life and instead, she devoted herself to the care of her children and sewing.
Maria Immaculata was modest and reserved growing up and was jokingly called by her father "Petitta." Her mother, Maria Theresa, detested parties and court life and instead, she devoted herself to the care of her children and sewing.
She was a Dame of the Star Cross Order. After the fall of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies during the Expedition of the Thousand, the royal family fled to Rome where they resided at the Quirinal Palace at the invitation of the Pope Pius IX. Maria Immaculata was known for her beauty. She was included in Empress Elisabeth of Austria"s photo album of beautiful women.
Because Maria Immaculata"s husband gave her a pearl necklace each time she bore another child, Empress Elisabeth mockingly nicknamed the family "The Pearl Divers".
Eventually, Empress Elisabeth"s youngest daughter Archduchess Marie Valerie married Maria Immaculata"s son Franz Salvator.