Religion Roman Catholic Role 1849–1882 | Name Princess Pia | |
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Issue Marie Louise, Princess of BulgariaPrince FerdinandPrincess Luisa MariaHenry, Duke of ParmaPrincess Maria ImmacolataJoseph, Duke of ParmaPrincess Maria TeresaPrincess Maria PiaPrincess Beatrice, Countess Lucchesi-PalliElias, Duke of ParmaPrincess Maria Anastasia House House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Children Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Elias, Duke of Parma, Henry, Duke of Parma, Joseph, Duke of Parma Parents Maria Theresa of Austria, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies Similar People Robert I - Duke of Parma, Infanta Maria Antonia o, Princess Louise Marie Th, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon‑Parma, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicili |
Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (2 August 1849 – 29 September 1882) was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and titular Duchess consort of Parma as wife to Robert I, Duke of Parma. Maria Pia was the daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Pia was forced into exile along with the rest of her family after the unification of Italy in 1861.
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Marriage and issue

Maria Pia married Robert I, the exiled Duke of Parma and Piacenza and son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and his wife Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, on 5 April 1869 in Rome. Maria Pia and Robert had twelve children of whom six were mentally disabled:
Later life
Maria Pia died in childbirth and was buried at Villa Borbone near Viareggio. After her death, Robert I remarried in 1884 to Maria Antonia of Portugal, daughter of the deposed Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg; she bore him another twelve children.