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Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Maria Cristina Ferdinanda di Borbone, Principessa delle Due Sicilie, Spanish: María Cristina de Borbón, Princesa de las Dos Sicilias; 27 April 1806 – 22 August 1878) was the queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age ...
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Nov 28, 2016 · A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.”. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was born on 27 April 1806 as the daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies by his second wife, Maria Isabella of Spain.
Apr 23, 2024 · María Cristina de Borbón (born April 27, 1806, Naples [Italy]—died Aug. 23, 1878, Sainte-Adresse, France) was the queen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent from 1833 to 1840. Maria was the daughter of Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies, and married Ferdinand in 1829. In 1830 Maria convinced her husband to ...
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Aug 8, 2016 · Maria Christina (märē´ä krēstē´nä), 1806–78, queen of Spain, daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. The fourth wife of Ferdinand VII, she persuaded him to confirm (1833) the original revocation (1789) of the Salic law to allow their daughter Isabella to succeed him.
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was the queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age two, to 1840. By virtue of her short marriage to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, she became a central character in Spanish history for nearly 50 years, thanks to introducing a ...