Leopold, Prince of Salerno


Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He married Archduchess Clementina of Austria in 1816, and became the Prince of Salerno.

Biography

Born Leopoldo of Naples and Sicily, he was the sixth son of Ferdinand IV of Naples and Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria.

Marriage and issue

Leopold married his niece and double-first cousin once removed Archduchess Clementina of Austria, third surviving daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and his sister Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily, on 28 July 1816 at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. They had four children but only their daughter Princess Maria Carolina survived infancy. Prince Louis and two infants died within their first year.
Leopold also had an extramarital affair with the Viennese dancer Fanny Elssler, which led to the birth of an illegitimate son, Franz, born in 1827 and died by suicide in 1873.

Death

Leopold died at the age of 60 on 10 March 1851 in Naples. His wife, Clementina, died 30 years later at the age of 83.

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