What is Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily?
{{Infobox royalty| | name = Maria Cristina | full name = Maria Cristina Amelia Teresa di Borbone | succession= [[Queen consort of Sardinia]] | reign-type= Tenure | reign=12 March 1821 – 27 April 1831 | image =Berger - Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily - Castle of Agliè.jpg | spouse =[[Charles Felix of Sardinia]] | house =[[House of Savoy]]<br>[[House of Bourbon]] | father = [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] | mother =[[Maria Carolina of Austria]] | birth_date ={{birth date|1779|01|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Caserta Palace]], [[Naples]] | death_date ={{death date and age|1849|03|11|1779|01|17|df=y}} | death_place = [[Savona]], [[Piedmont]] | burial_place = [[Basilica of Superga|Royal Basilica of Superga]], [[Turin]] | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] }} '''Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily''' (Maria Cristina Amelia Teresa; 17 January 1779 – 11 March 1849) was a Princess of Naples and Sicily and later Queen of Sardinia as wife of [[Charles Felix of Sardinia]]. ==Princess of Naples and Sicily== She was a daughter of King [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] and his wife [[Maria Carolina of Austria]], a daughter of Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]]. She was her mother's favourite child. ==Duchess of Genevois== She was married on 6 April 1807 in [[Palermo]] with [[Charles Felix of Sardinia|Prince Charles Felix of Savoy]], who became King unexpectedly, when his two elder brothers abdicated, [[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]] in 1802 and [[Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia]] in 1821. Till her husband became king, she was styled as the ''[[Duchess of Genevois]]''. ==Queen of Sardinia== The royal couple were interested in the arts and artists, and turned the Royal House in [[Agliè]] and the [[Villa Rufinella]] in [[Frascati]] into comfortable residences. During her husband's reign, they resided at the [[Palazzo Chiablese]], where her husband died in 1831. In 1825, the Queen engaged the archaeologist Marquess Luigi Biondi (1776–1839), whose excavation work uncovered [[Tus