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6 unusual facts about Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily


Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera

Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

During the Orléans’ time in France prior to Louis-Philippe's coronation, the family lived in the Palais-Royal which had been the home of Louis Philippe's father, the previous Duke of Orléans.

In one instance, she responded to a request from French missionary sister Saint Mother Theodore Guerin of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by saying, "Ah, yes, sisters, let us save souls!"

She went on to give Guerin and her fellow Sister of Providence Mary Cecilia Bailly money for their schools in Indiana and to pay for their travel.

Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond

Then known as the Count and Countess de Neuilly, and formerly Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and his queen Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, the couple and their entourage stayed at the Star and Garter while Maria recovered from the effects of the water at Claremont House.


Louis Hersent

In 1831 Hersent made his last appearance at the Salon with portraits of Louis Philippe, Marie Amélie and the duke of Montpensier; that of the king though good, is not equal to the portrait of Spontini (Berlin), which is probably Hersent's chef-d'œuvre.


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