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Maria Carolina of Austria

1752 - 1814

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Maria Carolina of Austria (Maria Carolina Louise Josepha Johanna Antonia; 13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies. As de facto ruler of her husband's kingdoms, Maria Carolina oversaw the promulgation of many reforms, including the revocation of the ban on Freemasonry, the enlargement of the navy under her favorite, Sir John Acton, and the expulsion of Spanish influence. She was a proponent of enlightened absolutism until the advent of the French Revolution, when, in order to prevent its ideas gaining currency, she made Naples a police state. Born an archduchess of Austria, the thirteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Maria Carolina married Ferdinand as part of an Austrian alliance with Spain, of which Ferdinand's father was king. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Carolina of Austria is the 642nd most popular politician (up from 917th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Austria (up from 74th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Austrian Politician.

Maria Carolina of Austria was the Queen consort of Naples and Sicily from 1768 to 1814. She was a daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among politicians, Maria Carolina of Austria ranks 642 out of 19,576. Before her are Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Herbert Hoover, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Louis X of France, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and Ivar the Boneless. After her are Irene of Athens, Turhan Hatice Sultan, Franz von Papen, Valerian, Imre Nagy, and Robert Schuman.

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Among people born in 1752, Maria Carolina of Austria ranks 1. After her are Jeongjo of Joseon, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Muzio Clementi, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Thomas Chatterton, and Jacques Roux. Among people deceased in 1814, Maria Carolina of Austria ranks 4. Before her are Joséphine de Beauharnais, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Marquis de Sade. After her are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Benjamin Thompson, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Arthur Phillip, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maria Carolina of Austria ranks 57 out of 1,424. Before her are Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Pope Gregory V (972), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Alois Hitler (1837), and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608). After her are Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Otto Skorzeny (1908), and Róbert Bárány (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Maria Carolina of Austria ranks 22. Before her are Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Otto of Greece (1815), Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608). After her are Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), and Archduke Otto of Austria (1865).

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