Prince Gaetan, Coont o Girgenti

Prince Gaetan
Coont o Girgenti
Born	12 Januar 1846(1846-01-12) Naples, Twa Sicilies
Dee'd	26 November 1871(1871-11-26) (aged 25) Lucerne, Switzerland
Buirial	El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Spouse	Isabel, Princess o Asturias (m. 1868)
Full name Gaetano Maria Federico di Borbone
Hoose	Bourbons o the Twa Sicilies
Faither	Ferdinand II o the Twa Sicilies
Mither	Maria Theresa o Austrick
Releegion	Roman Catholic

Prince Gaetan o the Twa Sicilies, Coont o Girgenti (Gaetano Maria Federico; 2 Januar 1846 – 26 November 1871) wis a Prince o the Twa Sicilies bi birth an wis created the Coont o Girgenti bi his faither Keeng Ferdinand II o the Twa Sicilies. He mairit a daughter o Queen Isabel II o Spain an wis created an Infante o Spain. He an his wife haed nae childer. He haed unsuccessfully attempted suicide at least once before shooting himself in the head in his hotel room.

Mairiage

Prince Gaetan mairit Isabel, Princess o Asturies, eldest surviving child o Infante Francisco de Asís o Spain, Duke o Cádiz an Isabella II o Spain, on 13 Mey 1868 in Madrid. Gaetan wis a first cousin tae both o Isabel's parents. Their union was intended to end a feud between the Neapolitan Bourbons an the Spaingie Bourbons following Spain's recognition o the Kinrick o Italy unified under the Hoose o Savoy. The ceremony took place shortly before Spain's Glorious Revolution which brought an end tae Isabella II's reign.

Teetles an styles

• 12 Januar 1846 – 13 Mey 1868: His Ryal Highness Prince Gaetano, The Coont o Girgenti, Prince o Twa Sicilies.
• 13 Mey 1868 – 26 November 1871: His Ryal Highness Prince Gaetano, The Coont o Girgenti, Infante o Spain, Prince o Twa Sicilies.

See also

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