Maria Carolina of Austria was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies.
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Archduchess Maria Carolina holding a portrait of her father, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait of Maria Carolina (by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1772-1773)
Marquis Bernardo Tanucci, de facto ruler of Naples and Sicily from 1759 until 1776
Sir John Acton, Maria Carolina's favourite, from a painting by Emanuele Napoli![The Royal Family of Naples, by Angelica Kauffman. This portrait represents a break with typical depictions of the Bourbons, incorporating an Arcadian landscape and simple poses[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Painting_of_the_family_of_Ferdinando_IV_%28Angelica_Kauffmann%2C_1782%29.jpg/1280px-Painting_of_the_family_of_Ferdinando_IV_%28Angelica_Kauffmann%2C_1782%29.jpg)
The Royal Family of Naples, by Angelica Kauffman. This portrait represents a break with typical depictions of the Bourbons, incorporating an Arcadian landscape and simple poses[32]![Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, here depicted by Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty, was Maria Carolina's favourite sister. It was as a response to her treatment by the French that Maria Carolina allied Naples with Britain during the French Revolutionary Wars[44]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Marie-Antoinette%3B_koningin_der_Fransen.jpg/1280px-Marie-Antoinette%3B_koningin_der_Fransen.jpg)
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, here depicted by Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty, was Maria Carolina's favourite sister. It was as a response to her treatment by the French that Maria Carolina allied Naples with Britain during the French Revolutionary Wars[44]
Maria Carolina as she appeared in 1791, in a painting by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun. She strongly resembles her sister, Marie AntoinetteIn their orbit 17
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Maria Carolina of Austria 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.
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