Name Infanta Cristina House House of Bourbon | Role 1833–1902 | |
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Born 12 June 1833
Madrid, Spain ( 1833-06-12 ) Burial San Lorenzo de El Escorial Issue Francisco, Duke of Marchena
Pedro d\'Alcantara, Duke of Durcal
Luiz, Duke of Ansola
Infante Alfonso
Infante Gabriel Father Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain Mother Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Died January 19, 1902, Madrid, Spain Spouse Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (m. 1860–1875) Parents Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain Cousins Pedro I of Brazil, Isabel II of Spain, Maria Christina of the Two S, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicili, Miguel I of Portugal Similar People Infante Francisco de Paula, Maria Isabella of Spain, Francis - Duke of Cadiz, Maria Teresa - Princess, Francis I of the Two Sicilies | ||
Maria Cristina, Infanta of Portugal and Spain (5 June 1833 – 19 January 1902) was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and his wife Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She became an Infanta of Portugal by her marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain.
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Family
Maria Cristina was one of eleven children born to Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-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 Francis, Duke of Cádiz, the king-consort of Isabella II of Spain, and Amelia Philippina, Princess of Bavaria.
Marriage and children
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. Sebastian and his immediate family had been in conflict with the Queen Regent Maria Cristina, 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.
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:
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.
Ancestry
Maria Cristina's ancestors in three generations