Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria

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HM The Dowager Queen of Spain
Titles Dowager Queen of Spain

Archduchess of Austria

Reign 29 November 1879 - 25 November 1885
Predecessor Princess Mercedes d'Montpensier
Successor Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Biographical Information
Born 21 July 1858

Seelowitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary

Died 6 February 1929 (aged 70)

Madrid, Spain

Spouse King Alfonso XII of Spain

(m. 1879; w. 1885)

Issue Infanta Mara de las Mercedes

Infanta Maria Teresa

Alfonso XIII

Name Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas

Raineria

House Habsburg (by birth)

Bourbon (by marriage)

Father Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
Mother Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Infanta Mara de las Mercedes 11 September 1880 17 October 1904 (aged 24) Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies (m. 1901); had issue
Infanta Maria Teresa 12 November 1882 23 September 1912 (aged 29) Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (m. 1906); had issue
Alfonso XIII 17 May 1886 28 February 1941 (aged 54) Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (m. 1906); had issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1858-1879 Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
  • 1879-1885 Queen Maria Christina of Spain
  • 1885-1929 Maria Christina, Dowager Queen of Spain

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

Emperor Leopold II of the Holy Roman Empire

Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain
Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Countess Louise Isabella of Kirchberg

Emperor Francis I of the Holy Roman Empire

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
King Charles III of Spain
Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Wilhelm Georg, Count of Kirchberg
Princess Isabelle Auguste of Greiz

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary

Princess Maria Dorothea of Wurttemberg

Emperor Leopold II of the Holy Roman Empire

Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain
Prince Louis of Wurttemberg
Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Emperor Francis I of the Holy Roman Empire

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
King Charles III of Spain
Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony
Duke Frederick Eugene II of Wurttemberg
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau