Maria Immaculata was modest and reserved growing up and was jokingly called by her father "Petitta."
Her mother, Maria Theresa, detested parties and court life and instead, she devoted herself to the care of her children and sewing.
After the fall of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies during the Expedition of the Thousand, the royal family fled to Rome where they resided at the Quirinal Palace at the invitation of the Pope Pius IX.
Maria Immaculata was modest and reserved growing up and was jokingly called by her father "Petitta." Her mother, Maria Theresa, detested parties and court life and instead, she devoted herself to the care of her children and sewing. After the fall of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies during the Expedition of the Thousand, the royal family fled to Rome where they resided at the Quirinal Palace at the invitation of the Pope Pius IX.
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1844–1899)