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Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria [1] [n. 1] ( Spanish: María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was Queen of Spain as the second wife of Alfonso XII. She was queen regent during the vacancy of the throne between her husband's death in November 1885 and the birth of their son Alfonso ...
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 two, to 1840.
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.
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Infanta Cristina (Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y de Grecia, born 13 June 1965) is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne , after her brother King Felipe VI 's children, her sister Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo , and Elena's children.
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. On 11 December 1829, she became the fourth wife of Ferdinand ...
Jan 25, 2024 · The Queen, famous for her style, looked demure in a monochrome jumpsuit. The Spanish royal family had a busy 2023 marked with many public duties and events. Most notably, Spain descended into ‘Leonormania’ when the couple’s eldest daughter, Princess Leonor, swore an oath of loyalty to the country’s constitution on her 18th birthday.
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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. At the king's death (1833) Maria Christina became regent for ...
