María de las Mercedes
María de las Mercedes, often shortened to simply Mercedes, is a Spanish given name. It refers to the Virgin of Mercy (Spanish: La Virgen de la Merced or Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes), one of the titles of Mary.
Notable people with this given name include:
- Mercedes of Orléans (Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans), (1860 – 1878) was Queen of Spain
- Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910-2000)
- Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena) (1880-1904)
- Maria de las Mercedes of Bavaria and Bourbon (1911-1953)
- María de las Mercedes Barbudo (1773-1849), Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island
- María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873-1957)
- Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo (1789-1852)
See also
- María Mercedes (disambiguation)
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