Princess Maria Filiberta of Savoy

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Maria Filiberta of Savoy (Maria Vittoria Filiberta; 29 September 1814 – 2 January 1874) was a Princess of Savoy by royal decree and later a Princess of the Two Sicilies by virtue of her marriage to Prince Leopold of Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse, a younger son of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies by his second wife, Infanta María Isabella of Spain.

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Maria Filiberta of Savoy
Countess of Syracuse
Born	(1814-09-29)29 September 1814 Boulogne-sur-Mer
Died	2 January 1874(1874-01-02) (aged 59) Naples
Burial	Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples
Spouse	Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse
Issue	Princess Isabella
Names Maria Vittoria Filiberta di Savoia
Names
Maria Vittoria Filiberta di Savoia
House	Savoy-Carignano (by birth) Bourbon-Two Sicilies (by marriage)
Father	Joseph Marie de Savoie-Carignan, Count of Villafranca
Mother	Pauline Antoinette de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade
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Maria Vittoria Filiberta was the second child and second-eldest daughter of Joseph Marie de Savoie-Carignan, son of Prince Eugenio, Count of Villafranca, nephew of the Princesse de Lamballe, member of a cadet line of the House of Savoy-Carignano, a cadet line of the most senior House of Savoy.^{[citation needed]}

Her mother was Pauline Antoinette de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, the youngest daughter of Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, Duke of La Vauguyon, French ambassador to Spain and Minister of Foreign Affairs, by his wife, Antoinette de Pons, Première femme de Chambre to Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Countess of Provence, maternal granddaughter of François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Chancellor of France, Keeper of the Seals of France and two times Minister of war during the reign of Louis XV.

Her brother was Prince Eugenio Emanuele, Count of Villafranca.

Maria married Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies^[1], known as the Count of Syracuse, member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The count was the fifth son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. Maria Filiberta and Leopold were married on 16 June 1837^{[citation needed]} in Naples. Maria and Leopold had one daughter who died just a day after her birth:

• Princess Isabella of the Two Sicilies (Naples, 23 March 1838 – Naples, 24 March 1838)^{[citation needed]}

Princess Maria Filiberta died in Naples on 2 January 1874, at the age of 59.^{[citation needed]} She is buried alongside her husband, Prince Leopold and her daughter, Princess Isabella and other deceased members of the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies in Santa Chiara, Naples, Italy.^{[citation needed]}