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Maria Cristina of Savoy (Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppa Gaetana Efisia; 14 November 1812 – 21 January 1836) was Queen of the Two Sicilies as the first wife of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. She died as a result of childbirth. She is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope Francis.




Family


Maria Cristina was the youngest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este.
Her maternal grandparents were Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este. Ferdinand was the fourteenth child and third son born to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Beatrice was the eldest daughter of Ercole III d'Este and Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara.




Queen


On 21 November 1832, Maria Cristina married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies at the sanctuary of Our Lady of Acquasanta. The bride was twenty years old and the groom twenty-two. The next day, she donated her gold-threaded wedding dress to the Redemptorists to adorn a statue of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Maria Cristina was described as beautiful but also timid and shy: modest and reserved, she was deeply religious. Her relationship to Ferdinand was not happy, and he had little patience for her nervous modesty. While she was Queen of the Two Sicilies, she prevented the use of death sentences, and was known as "the Holy Queen".

She died at the age of 23, after having given birth five days before to her only child, Francis II of the Two Sicilies.




Beatification



On 9 July 1859 she was declared to be a Servant of God, on 6 May 1939 a Venerable Servant of God, and on 3 May 2013 Pope Francis authorized a decree recognizing a miracle due to her intercession, a further stage on her process to beatification. Her beatification took place on 25 January 2014 at the Basilica of Santa Chiara (Naples), where she is buried, making her Blessed Maria Cristina of Savoy.




Ancestry






References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Maria Anna dari Savoia
• Maria Vittoria dari Savoia
• Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
• Margherita dari Savoia
• Joséphine dari Lorraine
• Vittorio Amedeo I
• Elisabeth dari Savoia
• Maria Beatrice
• Privilège du blanc
• Christine dari Prancis
• Maria Cristina of Savoy
• Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
• Princess Vittoria of Savoy
• Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily
• María Isabella of Spain
• Maria Vittoria of Savoy
• Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy
• Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
• Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy
• Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain