Maria Sophie | |
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Queen consort of the Two Sicilies | |
Tenure | 22 May 1859 – 20 March 1861 |
Born | Possenhofen Castle, Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria | 4 October 1841
Died | 19 January 1925 Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic | (aged 83)
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Spouse | |
Issue | Princess Maria Cristina Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Mathilde Marie Sophie Henriette Elisabeth Louise de Lavaÿsse (illeg.) |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria |
Mother | Princess Ludovika of Bavaria |
Maria Sophie Amalie, Duchess in Bavaria (4 October 1841, Possenhofen Castle – 19 January 1925, Munich) was the last Queen of the Two Sicilies as the wife of Francis II of the Two Sicilies. She was one of the ten children of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She was born as Duchess Maria Sophia in Bavaria. She was the younger sister of the better-known Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sisi") who married Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.