Family
Her full baptismal name was Carolina Maria Teresa Giuseppa. She was named after her godparents, her paternal great-uncle Charles III of Spain and her maternal grandmother Empress Maria Theresa.
Carolina was the eldest of nine children born to Ferdinand, Duke of Parma by his wife Maria Amalia of Austria. She was an older sister of Louis, Duke of Parma and King of Etruria. Through Louis, she was also an aunt of Charles II, Duke of Parma.
Her father Ferdinand was a son of Philip, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Élisabeth of France. Philip in turn was a son of Philip V of Spain. Louise-Élisabeth was a daughter of Louis XV of France.
Her mother Maria Amalia was a daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa of Austria. Through her mother, Carolina was the niece among others of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Princess Carolina died of fever on March 1, 1804 in Dresden. More than two decades after, her husband married her niece Princess Maria Luisa Carlota of Parma.
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