Luisa Fernanda of Spain

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Maria Luisa Fernanda of Spain , ( French: Louise-Ferdinande ) (born January 30, 1832 in Madrid , † February 2, 1897 in Seville ) was an Infanta of Spain and by marriage Duchess of Montpensier .

origin

Luisa Fernanda was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784-1833) and his fourth wife Maria Christina , second daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain . Her paternal grandparents were King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luise von Bourbon-Parma .

Museum of Romance Madrid

Marriage and offspring

Louise Ferdinande, Duchess of Montpensier with her family

On October 10, 1846 Luisa Fernanda married in Madrid Antoine d'Orléans, duc de Montpensier (1824-1890), the youngest son of the Duke of Orléans and later French King Louis Philip I , also called the Citizen King , and his wife Princess Maria Amalia of Naples-Sicily . The marriage resulted in nine children, of whom only five reached adulthood:

In a double wedding, her older sister Isabella II married her cousin (first degree) Francisco of Assisi , eldest son of Francisco de Paula de Borbón, Duke of Cádiz and Luisa Carlota of Naples-Sicily , on the same day .

Next life

Coat of Arms of Antoine and Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duke and Duchess of Montpensier.svg

After the February Revolution of 1848 the couple d'Orléans went to England , then to Spain , where they later resided in Seville . In 1859 her husband was appointed captain general of the Spanish army and infante of Spain. At the beginning of July 1868, the Spanish government discovered a conspiracy that was widespread, especially among senior army officers. The conspirators sought the dethronement of Queen Isabella II and wanted to bring the Duke of Montpensier to the Spanish throne. The duke was expelled from Spain. After resigning his Spanish titles and dignities, he obeyed orders, but returned to Seville after the September 1868 Lisbon Revolution. The hope that her husband will now be enthroned, however, did not come true for Luisa Ferdinanda, since he was so unpopular with the people that he failed twice in the Cortes elections in 1870. He also had the influence of Napoléon III. against himself who did not want an Orléans king in Spain. Because of his ambitious intrigues he got into an argument with Heinrich von Bourbon, the brother-in-law or cousin of Queen Isabella II, and shot him in a duel on March 12, 1870. When the king was elected on November 16, 1870, he received only 27 votes. He left Spain and returned to France in 1871, where he was reconciled with Queen Isabella, his sister-in-law. After her nephew Alfons XII. After becoming King of Spain, Luisa Fernanda and her husband returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda . Both were buried in the Pantheon of the Infants of the Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial .

Pedigree (three generations)

Luisa Fernanda of Spain Father:
Ferdinand VII of Spain 		Grandfather:
Charles IV of Spain 		Great-grandfather:
Karl III. from Spain
Great-grandmother:
Maria Amalia of Saxony
Grandmother:
Maria Luise von Bourbon-Parma 		Great-grandfather:
Philipp of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
Great grandmother:
Marie Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon
Mother:
Maria Christina of Sicily 		Grandfather:
Francis I of the Two Sicilies 		Great-grandfather:
Ferdinand IV of Naples-Sicily
Great grandmother:
Maria Karolina of Austria
Grandmother:
Maria Isabella of Spain 		Great-grandfather:
Charles IV of Spain
Great-grandmother:
Maria Luise von Bourbon-Parma

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personal data
SURNAME Luisa Fernanda of Spain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria Luisa Ferdinanda of Spain (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the Spanish royal family and by marriage Duchess of Montpensier
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1897
Place of death Seville