Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily

Nicolas François Dun
French 1764–1832
Marie-Antoinette, Princess of the Asturias c.1802–-06
watercolour on ivory
10.5 cm (diam.)
The Wallace Collection, London (M102)

Lived: 14 December 1784 – 21 May 1806

First wife and cousin of Ferdinand VII.

Both Maria Antonia and her elder brother Francis married into the ruling Spanish Bourbon family in order to shore up ties between Spain and the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. Maria Antonia was intelligent and politically aware but died of tuberculosis before being able to leave any real legacy. Her two pregnancies ended in miscarriage.