Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833–1902)

Family

Maria Cristina was one of eleven children born to Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies in Madrid. Her father was in turn a younger son of Charles IV of Spain. Her mother was a daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies.

Maria Cristina was a sister of Francisco de Asís, the king-consort of Isabella II of Spain, and of Amalia, Princess Adalbert of Bavaria.

Marriage and children
Maria Cristina's husband Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain.

On 19 November 1860, Maria Cristina became the second wife of the much older Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, who was a paternal great grandson of Charles III of Spain and a maternal grandson of John VI of Portugal.[1] Sebastian and his immediate family had been in conflict with the Queen Regent Maria Christina, losing all of his titles and claims to the Spanish throne in 1837. He was restored to his Spanish titles upon his second marriage to Maria Cristina, who was both a cousin and a sister-in-law of Queen Isabella II.

The nuptials took place in the Royal Palace of Madrid. In the spirit of reconciliation, the celebration was attended by Isabella II of Spain and her husband, among other members of the Spanish royal family. They had five children:

NameBirthDeathNotes
Don Francisco María de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Marchena20 August 1861[2]17 November 1923[2]married María del Pilar de Muguiro y Beruete, 1st Duchess of Villafranca de los Caballeros
Don Pedro de Alcántara de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Dúrcal18621892married María de la Caridad de Madán y Uriondo
Don Luis de Jesús de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Ansola17 January 1864[2]24 January 1889[2]married Ana Germana Bernaldo de Quirós y Muñoz, 1st Marquise of Atarfe
Don Alfonso María de Borbón y Borbón15 November 1866[2]28 April 1934[2]married Julia Méndez y Morales
Don Gabriel Jesús de Borbón y Borbón22 March 1869[2]15 July 1889[2]

Later life

After the overthrow of the monarchy in 1868, Maria Cristina and her family had to leave Spain and take refuge in France. Sebastian died there in 1875. Maria Cristina later returned to Spain, and was able to live calmly until her 1902 death in Madrid. She is buried at the San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

Heraldry
  • Heraldry of Maria Cristina of Spain
  • Coat of arms as a married woman
    (1860-1875)
  • Coat of arms as Infanta and widow
    (1875-1902)

Ancestry

References
  1. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Maria Cristina de Borbón, Infanta de España". Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. "Genealogy of the Royal Family of Spain". Archived from the original on 26 March 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. Calvo Maturana, Antonio Juan. "Francisco de Paula Antonio María de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  5. Genealogie ascendate, p. 96
  6. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Francis I. of the Two Sicilies" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  7. Mateos Sáinz de Medrano, Ricardo. "Luisa Carlota de Borbón y Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  8. Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza Navarrete Martínez. "María de la O Isabel de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
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