About Maria Sophie of Bavaria
Duchess Maria Sophie Amalie in Bavaria was the last Queen of the Two Sicilies as the wife of Francis II of the Two Sicilies. She was one of the ten children of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She was born as Duchess Maria Sophie in Bavaria. She was the younger sister of the better-known Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sisi") who married Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Francis submitted to an operation which allowed him to consummate the marriage, and Maria Sophie became pregnant. On 24 December 1869, after ten years of marriage, Maria Sophie gave birth to a daughter, Maria Cristina Pia, who was born on the birthday of her aunt, Empress Elisabeth, who became her godmother.
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