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FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Caroline Ferdinande Louise. Duchesse de Berry, 1816-1832. Æ Medal (41mm, 36.99 g, 12h). Marraige to the Duc de Berry. By Gayrard and Barré. Dated 1816. CAROLINE FERDINANDE DUCH. DE BERRY, draped bust left / CONNEXA LILIA CRESCUNT, two lilies tied together with a ribbon; in exergue, CAR. FERD. NEAPOLITAN./CAR. FERD. DUCI BITURI./1816. in three lines. Wurzbach 740. EF, dark brown patina.
Caroline was born at Caserta Palace in Naples. She was the eldest child of Prince Ferdinand, the future King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, and his first wife, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, the tenth child and third daughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Luisa of Spain. In 1816, French ambassador Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas arranged with the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily for Caroline to marry Louis XVIII of France's nephew, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry. The marriage was held on 24 April 1816 in Naples. Caroline thus became Duchesse de Berry; known as Madame de Berry in France.
Caroline was born at Caserta Palace in Naples. She was the eldest child of Prince Ferdinand, the future King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, and his first wife, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, the tenth child and third daughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Luisa of Spain. In 1816, French ambassador Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas arranged with the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily for Caroline to marry Louis XVIII of France's nephew, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry. The marriage was held on 24 April 1816 in Naples. Caroline thus became Duchesse de Berry; known as Madame de Berry in France.