Princess Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda of the Two Sicilies, full Italian name: Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda di Borbone, Principessa delle Due Sicilie (20 March 1856, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; 7 April 1941, Warsaw, Greater German Reich) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and Countess Zamoyska through her marriage to Polish nobleman Count Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski.
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Family
Maria Carolina was the fourth child and third-eldest daughter of Prince Francis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani and his wife Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany.
Marriage and issue
Maria Carolina married Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski (1852-1927), son of Count Stanisław Kostka Andrzej Zamoyski and his wife, Rosa Maria Eva Potocka, on 18 November 1885 in Paris, France. Maria Carolina and Andrzej had seven children:
Countess Marie Josepha Zamoyska (23 May 1887 – 17 February 1961), married firstly Prince Karol Radziwill and secondly Johann Bisping.
Count Franz Joseph Zamoyski (1888–1948), married Countess Sophie Broel-Plater.
Count Stanislaus Zamoyski (1889–1913).
Countess Marie Isabelle Zamoyska (1891–1957), married Stefan Brzozowski.
Countess Marie Therese Zamoyska (1894–1953), married Count Jerzy Jezierski.
Countess Marie Karoline Zamoyska (22 September 1896 – 9 May 1968); married her cousin Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro. Marie and Ranieri are the parents of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro.
Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski (17 August 1900 – 28 September 1961), married Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1904–1985), granddaughter of Alfonso XII of Spain.
Descendants
Maria Carolina is a great-great-grandmother of former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping.
Honours
Spain : 1174th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa - .