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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.
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.
List of individuals with title of Infanta of Spain (Infanta de España) by birth or marriage since the reign of Carlos I, under whom the crowns of Castile and Aragon were united, forming the Kingdom of Spain.
NameParentBornDied15281603153515731566163315671597María Cristina was raised in Seville, and given her father's close relationship with the Spanish Royal Family, she and her siblings were awarded the title of Infante and Infanta of Spain. She died at the age of 26 from tuberculosis.
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Born at the Palacio Real in Madrid on 24 June 1860, Mercedes was the sixth of her parents' nine children. Her father, Antoine, was the Duke of Montpensier while her mother, Luisa Fernanda, was an Infanta of Spain. Her mother's elder sister, Queen Isabella II, and brother-in-law, King Francis, served as Mercedes' godparents at her christening, when ...
When Queen Isabella II was deposed in 1868, Mercedes' family left Spain for exile. It was reportedly during that banishment in 1872 that she met her first cousin Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, also living in exile. Isabella IIopposed a marriage between the two due to the hostilities between Mercedes' father and the former queen. Upon restoration, Kin...
Shortly after their honeymoon, it became evident that Queen Mercedes suffered from typhoid fever. The marriage would last only six months, during which she reportedly had a miscarriage.She died due to the fever on 26 June 1878, at 18 years old.
The news of her demise spawned many folk songs accounting for it, most notably the famous copla, with many variations in Spain and America, particularly popular among children delivered as a song accompanying a skipping rope game. According to Benito Pérez Galdós, he had already heard about it few days after the incident: “¿Dónde vas Alfonso XII? ¿...
Princess Maria Cristina Francisca de Paula Antonietta of Orléans; Infanta Maria Cristina Francisca de Paula Antonietta of Orléans; edit. Language Label Description Also known as ; English: Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans. Spanish infanta. Maria Cris ...
5. Okt. 2020 · María Cristina de Orleans. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans. Spanish infanta. Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 29 October 1852.
