Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari

Prince Pasquale
Count of Bari
Born	(1852-09-15)15 September 1852 Caserta Palace, Caserta, Two Sicilies
Died	21 December 1904(1904-12-21) (aged 52) Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France
Spouse	Blanche de Marconnay ​ ​ (m. 1878)​
Names Italian: Pasquale Baylen Maria del Carmine Giovanni-Battista Vincenzo-Ferreri Michele Arcangelo Francesco di Paola Ferdinando Francesco di Assisi Luigi-Re Alfonso Gaetano Giuseppe Pietro Paolo Gennaro Luigi-Gonzaga Giovanni Giuseppe della Croce Gaspare Melchiore Baldassare Alberto Sebastiano Giorgio Venanzio Emanuele Placido Andrea-Avelino Rocco Pacifico Francesco di Geronimo Felice Teziano Anna Filomena Sebazia Lucia Luitgarda Apollina
House	Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Theresa of Austria

Prince Pasquale of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Bari,^{[ citation needed ]} (full Italian name: Pasquale Baylen Maria del Carmine Giovanni-Battista Vincenzo-Ferreri Michele Arcangelo Francesco di Paola Ferdinando Francesco di Assisi Luigi-Re Alfonso Gaetano Giuseppe Pietro Paolo Gennaro Luigi-Gonzaga Giovanni Giuseppe della Croce Gaspare Melchiore Baldassare Alberto Sebastiano Giorgio Venanzio Emanuele Placido Andrea-Avelino Rocco Pacifico Francesco di Geronimo Felice Teziano Anna Filomena Sebazia Lucia Luitgarda Apollina, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, Conte di Bari)^{[ citation needed ]} (15 September 1852, Caserta Palace, Caserta, Two Sicilies ^{[ citation needed ]} – 21 December 1904, Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France ^{[ citation needed ]}) was the eleventh child of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Theresa of Austria.^{[ citation needed ]}

Early life

Pasquale was a cheerful and playful child, raised with loving care by his mother Maria Theresa. Ferdinand was also affectionate and involved with Pasquale and his siblings. Following the expulsion of the Bourbons from Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Pasquale followed his mother and brothers to Rome where Pope Pius IX hosted the Neapolitan Royal Family at the Quirinal Palace.

Marriage

Blanche de Marconnay

Pasquale married morganatically to Blanche de Marconnay, natural daughter of Henriette de Marconnay, on 20 November 1878 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari

8. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 4. Francis I of the Two Sicilies 9. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria 2. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies 10. Charles IV of Spain 5. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain 11. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma 1. Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari 12. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 6. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen 13. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain 3. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 14. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 7. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg 15. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg

References

• Arrigo Petacco, La regina del sud, Milano, Mondadori, 1992. ISBN   88-04-43391-4