Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833–1902)

Maria Cristina, Infanta of Spain and Portugal (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.[1] She became an Infanta of Portugal by her marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain.

Infanta Maria Cristina
Born	(1833-06-05)5 June 1833 Madrid, Spain
Died	19 January 1902(1902-01-19) (aged 68) Madrid, Spain
Burial	San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Spouse	Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain ​ ( m. 1860; died 1875)
Issue	Francisco, Duke of Marchena Pedro d'Alcantara, Duke of Dúrcal Luíz, Duke of Ansola Infante Alfonso Infante Gabriel
House	Bourbon
Father	Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
Mother	Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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

Maria Cristina's husband 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.

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:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Francisco, Duke of Marchena	20 August 1861[2]	17 November 1923[2]	Married Maria del Pilar de Muguiro y Beruete, duchess of Villafranca
Pedro d'Alcantara, Duke of Dúrcal	1862	1892	Married Maria de la Caridad de Madan i Uriondo
Luíz, Duke of Ansola	17 January 1864[2]	24 January 1889[2]	Married Maria Anna Bernaldo de Quiros, Marquise of Atarfe
Infante Alfonso of Spain and Portugal	15 November 1866[2]	28 April 1934[2]
Infante Gabriel of Spain and Portugal	22 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)
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  Coat of arms as Infanta and widow
  (1875-1902)

Ancestry

Ancestors of María Cristina of Spain

16. Philip V of Spain[3] (= 20) 8. Charles III of Spain[3] (= 24, 28) 17. Elisabeth Farnese[3] (= 21) 4. Charles IV of Spain[4] (= 14) 18. Augustus III of Poland[3] 9. Maria Amalia of Saxony[3] (= 25, 29) 19. Maria Josepha of Austria[3] 2. Francisco de Paula of Spain 20. Philip V of Spain[5] (= 16) 10. Philip, Duke of Parma[5] (= 30) 21. Elisabeth Farnese[5] (= 17) 5. Maria Luisa of Parma[4] (= 15) 22. Louis XV of France[5] 11. Louise Élisabeth of France[5] (= 31) 23. Marie Leszczyńska[5] 1. María Cristina of Spain 24. Charles III of Spain[3] (= 8, 28) 12. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies[6] 25. Maria Amalia of Saxony[3] (= 9, 29) 6. Francis I of the Two Sicilies[7] 26. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor[8] 13. Maria Carolina of Austria[6] 27. Maria Theresa of Austria[8] 3. Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies 28. Charles III of Spain (= 8, 24) 14. Charles IV of Spain[9] (= 4) 29. Maria Amalia of Saxony (= 9, 25) 7. Maria Isabella of Spain[7] 30. Philip, Duke of Parma (= 10) 15. Maria Luisa of Parma[9] (= 5) 31. Louise Élisabeth of France (= 11)

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. Genealogie ascendate, p. 1
9. Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza Navarrete Martínez. "María de la O Isabel de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.