Background
Maria Cristina Amelia was born at the Caserta Palace in Naples. She was the youngest of twins born to Ferdinand IV of Naples and his Austrian consort Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa.
Maria Cristina Amelia was born at the Caserta Palace in Naples. She was the youngest of twins born to Ferdinand IV of Naples and his Austrian consort Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa.
She died of Smallpox 1783. She was ineligiable to inherit the throne due to Salic Law, which forbade females from inheriting. Her older sister Princess Maria Cristina, was the wife of the future Charles Felix of Sardinia.
Her other sisters included a future Holy Roman Empress, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Queen of the French and Princess of Asturias.
Her brothers included Francis (future King of the Two Sicilies) and Leopold, Prince of Salerno. Her sister was her mother"s favourite child.
She died at the Caserta Palace and was buried at the Church of Santa Chiara in Naples. Titles and styles
17 January 1779 – 26 February 1783 Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Cristina Amelia of Naples and Sicily.
A member of the House of Bourbon, she was a Princess of Naples and Sicily by birth.