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A Jacobite Gazetteer - Italy
Naples - Palazzo Reale |
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From 1832 to 1836 the Royal Palace in Naples was the official residence of the youngest daughter of King Victor, Maria Cristina, wife and queen consort of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. In the chapel of the palace is preserved a dress of Queen Marie Clotilde of Sardinia, wife of King Charles IV. Starting in 1794 (when her sister Madame Elisabeth was martyred in France) Marie Clotilde ceased to wear court dresses made of silk and instead wore much simpler clothing made of wool, linen, and cotton.1 Next to the dress is a headscarf with two eye-holes worn by Marie Clotilde as an act of penitence. The dress was formerly in the private oratory of Queen Maria Isabella of the Two Sicilies. Today it is displayed in a pyramid-shaped glass display case at the back of the chapel.
Notes 1 Louis-Leopold d'Artemont, A Sister of Louis XVI: Marie-Clotilde de France, Queen of Sardinia (1759-1802) (London: John Murray, 1911), 73-75. Annalisa Porzio, Arte sacra di Palazzo: La Cappella Reale di Napoli e i suoi arredi, un patrimonio di arti decorative (Napoli: Arte Tipografica, 1989), 160. Image 1 (Dress of Queen Marie Clotilde of Sardinia): Porzio, plate 27. |
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