Infanta Josefina Fernanda of Spain

Infanta Josefina Fernanda of Spain (English: Josephine Ferdinanda; 25 May 1827 – 10 June 1910) was an Infanta of Spain.

Infanta Josefina Fernanda
Born(1827-05-25)25 May 1827
Spain
Died10 June 1910(1910-06-10) (aged 83)
Paris, France
Spouse
José Güell y Renté
(m. 1848)
Full name
Josefina Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
HouseBourbon
FatherInfante Francisco de Paula of Spain
MotherPrincess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies

She was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and his first wife and niece, Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies, and married José Güell y Renté in 1848. Her marriage was a morganatic love match which caused Queen Queen Isabel II of Spain exile her. She returned to Spain in 1852 and was rehabilitated in 1855. Her spouse made a political career and she herself was known as a supporter of the progressive forces during the Spanish Revolution of 1854.

Ancestry

References

  1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 9.
  2. Calvo Maturana, Antonio Juan. "Francisco de Paula Antonio María de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
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