Spanish Royalty House of Bourbon Philip V Children    Louis I    Ferdinand VI    Charles III    Mariana Victoria, Queen of Portugal    Philip, Duke of Parma    Teresa, Dauphine of France    Infante Louis    Antonia, Queen of Sardinia Louis I Ferdinand VI Charles III Children    Infanta Maria Josepha    Maria Luisa, Holy Roman Empress    Infante Felipe    Charles IV    Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies    Infante Gabriel    Infante Antonio Grandchild of cadet line    Infante Pedro Carlos Charles IV Children    Charlotte, Queen of Portugal    Infanta Maria Amelia    Maria Luisa, Queen of Etruria, Duchess of Parma    Ferdinand VII    Carlos, Count of Molina    Maria Isabella, Queen of the Two Sicilies    Francis Paula, Duke of Cadiz Grandchildren of cadet lines    Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin    Juan, Count of Montizón    Infante Fernando    Francis, Duke of Cadiz, King Consort of Spain    Henry, Duke of Sevilla    Infanta Maria Cristina    Amelia, Princess of Bavaria Ferdinand VII Children    Isabella II    Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier Isabella II Children    Infante Ferdinand    Isabella, Princess of Asturias    Infanta Maria Christina    Alfonso XII    Maria de la Paz, Princess of Bavaria    Eulalia, Duchess of Galliera Alfonso XII Children    Maria de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias    Teresa, Princess of Bavaria    Alfonso XIII    Infanta Maria de la Concepcion    Infanta Maria del Pilar    Infanta Maria de la Paz    Infanta Marie Eulalia    Infante Francis Alfonso XIII Children    Alfonso, Prince of Asturias    Jaime, Duke of Segovia    Infanta Beatriz    Infanta Maria Cristina    Juan, Count of Barcelona    Infante Gonzalo Grandchildren    Alfonso, Duke of Cadiz    Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine    Infanta Pilar    Juan Carlos I    Infanta Margarita    Infante Alfonso Great Grandchildren    Luis, Duke of Anjou Juan Carlos I Children    Elena, Duchess of Lugo    Cristina, Duchess of Palma    Felipe, Prince of Asturias Grandchild    Infanta Leonor Edit

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When her elder sister Isabella II of Spain succeeded to the throne, Infanta Luisa Fernanda was heiress-presumptive to the crown between 1833 and 1851, when Isabella's oldest surviving daughter was born. Isabella II (October 10, 1830 – April 10, 1904), Isabel II in Spanish, was queen of Spain. ... An heir presumptive is one who is first in line to inherit a title or property, such as a monarchy, because there is not yet an heir apparent. ...

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Luisa Fernanda, all 14 years old, and Duke Antoine, 22, had their nuptials on 10 October 1846 as a double wedding with Isabella and Francis', and young Antoine was elevated to be an Infante of Spain. The couple moved to Paris and later to Sevilla.

The relationship between Isabella and her sister were tense, due to Antoine's conspiracies against the queen. ^[1]

Antoine's father, the king of the French, was deposed in 1848. The same year, the then 16-year-old Luisa Fernanda gave birth to her first child. When Isabella's eldest children, born in 1850, soon died, Luisa's premier position returned, until finally a second child, Isabella, born in 1851, survived. Eventually queen Isabella was succeeded by her surviving son Alfonso XII of Spain. Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857–November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup détat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. ...

After Isabella's was deposed, the family had to exile. Luisa returned to Sevilla years later, already widowed, when she died. ^[1] She is buried at Escorial. The facade of the chapel, in the baroque style of Jesuit churches, is integrated with the palatial facade El Escorial is an immense palace, monastery, museum, and library complex located at San Lorenzo de El Escorial (also San Lorenzo del Escorial), a town 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid in the...

Issue

Luisa Fernanda and Antoine had 10 children, but only six reached adulthood.^[2]

• Infanta Maria Isabel (1848-1919), who married her first cousin Philippe, comte de Paris (1838-94), the French claimant, and became known as Marie Isabelle, comtesse de Paris. She had several children.
• Infanta Maria Amelia (1851-70).
• Infanta Maria Cristina (1852-79). After her younger sister Mercedes died, she was engaged to Alfonso XII, five years her junior, but she died before the wedding.
• infanta Maria de la Regla (1856-61).
• Infante Fernando (1859-73).
• Infanta Maria de las Mercedes (1860-78), otherwise Princess Marie des Graces d'Orleans-Montpensier, who married her first cousin Alfonso XII and is historically known as Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain. No children.
• Infante Felipe Raimundo Maria (1862-64)
• Infante Antonio (1866-1930), became Duke of Galliera in Italy. He married his first cousin Infanta Maria Eulalia of Spain (1864-1958), daughter of Isabella II, and had two sons:
  • Infante Alfonso (1886-1975), 5th Duke di Galliera (1930-37), who married Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and had three sons, though only the oldest one left issue. General of the Spanish Air Force.
  • Infante Luís (1888-1945), who married Marie Charlotte Say (1857-1943). No issue.
• Infante Luis Maria Felipe Antonio (1867-74)

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Descendants

Of all her children, just Marie Isabelle de Paris and Antonio di Galliera left issue. Through Antonio, the now non-royal line of dukes of Galliera continues. Alfonso's grandchildren lost royal status because of non-dynastic marriages. The current Duke di Galliera is Alfonso's great-grandson, Don Alfonso Francesco de Orléans-Borbón y Ferarra-Pignatelli.^[2]

Through Marie Isabelle, she became great-grandmother of king Manuel II of Portugal, Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza, Dukes Amedeo II of Aosta and Aimone of Spoleto, Princess Dolores Czartoryski, princess Esperanza of Orleans-Braganza, Countess Mercedes of Barcelona (king Juan Carlos' mother), and Henri, comte de Paris. King Manuel II (r: 1908–1910) Manuel II (English: Emanuel II), the Patriot Port. ... Luís Filipe of the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (in English Louis Philip) was born in Lisbon, on March 21, 1887. ... Amadeo di Savoia (October 21, 1898 - March 3, 1942) was the third Duke of Aosta and a cousin of the Italian king, Victor Emmanuel III. His baptismal name was Amadeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Giuseppe Giovanni di Savoia. ... Prince Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe di Torino (9 March 1900 - 29 January 1948) , later King Tomislav II of Croatia and the 4th Duke of Aosta was a member of House of Savoy. ... Noble Family Czartoryski Coat of Arms Czartoryski Parents Adam Ludwik Czartoryski Maria Ludwika KrasiÅ„ska Consorts Marie Delores Children with Marie Delores Adam Karol Czartoryski Ludwik Piotr Czartoryski Date of Birth October 10, 1907 Place of Birth Warsaw, Poland Date of Death July 1, 1946 Place of Death Seville, Spain... ... The Infante Don Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona, Juan Carlos Teresa Silvestre Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg (June 20, 1913 – April 1, 1993), was the fourth son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, the monarch replaced by the Second Spanish... King Juan Carlos I His Majesty King Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón), styled HM The King (born January 5, 1938), is the reigning King of Spain. ... Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe dOrléans, also known as Henri, comte de Paris (5 July 1908-19 June 1999) was the Orleanist pretender to the French throne from 1940 until his death. ...

References

1. ^ ^a b [1]
2. ^ ^a b HRH Infanta Doña Luisa Fernanda and her descenants