Leopold, Prince of Salerno

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Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies
Prince of Salerno
Born (1790-07-02)2 July 1790
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died 10 March 1851(1851-03-10) (aged 60)
Naples, Two Sicilies
Spouse Maria Clementina of Austria
Issue Carolina Augusta, Duchess of Aumale
Prince Ludwig Carlos
Franz Elssler
Full name
Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele di Borbone
House Bourbons of the Two Sicilies
Father Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Mother Maria Carolina of Austria
Burial Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples
Religion Roman Catholic

Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno (Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele; 2 July 1790 – 10 March 1851) was a Bourbon of Naples. Born a Prince of Naples and Sicily, after 1816 he became a Prince of the Two Sicilies after the unification Kingdom of the Twa Sicilies by his grandfather King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. His daughter Duchess of Aumale (married a son of King Louis Philippe I of the French. Leopold was a nephew of Marie Antoinette.

Issue[edit]

  1. Stillborn daughter (16 September 1819).
  2. Maria Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies (26 April 1822 - 6 December 1869) married Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale and had issue.
  3. Prince Lodovico Carlos of the Two Sicilies (19 July - 7 August 1824).
  4. Stillborn dochter (5 February 1829).


Titles and styles[edit]

  • 2 July 1790 – 12 December 1816 His Royal Highness The Prince Don Leopoldo of Naples.
  • 12 December 1816 – 4 January 1817 His Royal Highness The Prince Don Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies.

4 January 1817 – 10 March 1851 His Royal Highness The Prince of Salerno.