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María Cristina de Orléans (born Marie Christine d'Orléans; 29 October 1852 – 28 April 1879) was one of the daughters of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, a son of King Louis Philippe I, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, the youngest daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain.
- 28 April 1879 (aged 26), Palace of San Telmo, Seville
María Cristina de Orléans was one of the daughters of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, a son of King Louis Philippe I, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, the youngest daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain.
Princess Maria Amelia of Orléans, Infanta of Spain (full name: María Amalia Luisa Enriqueta August 1851 – 9 November 1870) was a Princess of Orléans and Infanta of Spain who was the second child of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier and Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier.
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Born on 11 September 1880 at the Royal Palace of Madrid, Mercedes was the first child of King Alfonso XII and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria. She was christened María de las Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa. Her godmother was Queen Isabella II, her paternal grandmother, who came from retirement in Paris to attend the birth of he...
Mercedes made her first public appearance at the royal court by the hand of her mother when Queen Maria Christina was declared regent. The education of the Princess of Asturias and her younger sister Infanta Maria Teresa was confined to the Royal Palace of Madrid in an austere environment headed by two widows: their mother and their paternal aunt I...
Prince Carlos, Queen Maria Christina's first cousin once removed, belonged to the deposed royal family of the Two Sicilies and had arrived in Spain years earlier in order to follow a military career in the Spanish army.The pairing of the princess and Prince Carlos was not accidental. He had been chosen as a prospective husband by both Queen Maria C...
The couple lived at the Royal palace of Madrid in close proximity to Queen Maria Christina, as she herself had wished. The union was happy and two children were born in quick succession: Prince Alfonso (1901–1964) and Prince Fernando(1903–1905). Pregnant for the third time, Mercedes longed for a daughter after having two sons. In September 1904, sh...
816th Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa (Spain)Grand Cordon of the Precious Crown, 10 June 1902 (Empire of Japan)Heraldry of Mercedes, Princess of AsturiasCoat of Arms of Mercedes, Princess of AsturiasAronson, Theo. Royal Vendetta : The Crown of Spain 1829 -1965. The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc. 1966. ASIN B0006BO4QOMateos Sainz de Medrano, Ricardo La Reina María Cristina: Madre de Alfonso XIII y Regente de España. La Esfera de los Libros. 2007. ISBN 978-8497346382Puga, María Teresa. 20 infantas de España: Sus vidas, entre las ilusiones y el destino. Ed. Juventud, Barcelona, 1998. ISBN 978-84-261-3084-6- 17 October 1904 (aged 24), Madrid
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Princess María Cristina de Orléans, Infanta of Spain by courtesy ( María Cristina Francisca de Paula Antonieta; 29 October 1852 – 28 April 1879) was one of the daughters of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, a son of King Louis Philippe I, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, the youngest daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain.
Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (María Isabel de Orleans y Borbón; 21 September 1848 – 23 April 1919) was born an infanta of Spain and a Princess of Orléans and became the Countess of Paris by marriage. Biography. She was born in Seville to Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.
Infanta Maria Cristina de Orléans; Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans, Infanta of Spain ... Infanta Doña María Luisa Fernanda ha dado á luz en la ciudad de ...
