Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska (22 September 1896, Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 – 9 May 1968, Marseille

Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

) was the wife of Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

Prince Ranieri Maria Gaetano, Duke of Castro was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Biography:...

, claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, commonly known as the Two Sicilies even before formally coming into being, was the largest and wealthiest of the Italian states before Italian unification...

. Carolina was the sixth child and youngest daughter of Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 nobleman Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski, Count Zamoyski and his wife Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1856–1941)

Princess Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, full Italian name: Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda di Borbone, Principessa delle Due Sicilie was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and a...

. Carolina's maternal grandparents were Prince Francis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani

Prince Francis, Count of Trapani

Francis of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani was a member of the House of the Two Sicilies.-Family:...

 and his wife Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany.

Marriage and issue

Carolina married her first cousin Prince Ranieri of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

Prince Ranieri Maria Gaetano, Duke of Castro was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Biography:...

, son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

Prince Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria....

 and his wife Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Antonietta of the Two Sicilies

Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and by her marriage to Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, claimant to the defunct throne of the Two Sicilies.-Family:Maria Antonietta was the eldest daughter of Prince Francis, Count of Trapani...

, on 12 September 1923 in Druzbaki

Vyšné Ružbachy

Vyšné Ružbachy is a spa village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 615 metres and covers an area of 17.957 km². It has a population of about 1,296 people....

. Carolina and Ranieri had two children:

• Princess Maria del Carmen Carolina Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1924)
• Prince Ferdinando Maria Andrea Alfonso Marcus, Duke of Castro (1926–2008)

Titles and styles

• 22 September 1896 – 12 September 1923: Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska
• 12 September 1923–1966: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Castro
• 1966 – 9 May 1968: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Castro

Ancestry

External links

• Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies