María Eulalia of Spain
Infanta María Eulalia of Spain , full name María Eulalia Francisca de Asís Margarita Roberta Isabel Francisca de Paula Cristina María de la Piedad (born February 12, 1864 in Madrid , † March 8, 1958 in Irun ) was a member of the Spanish royal family, by Marriage to the Duchess of Galliera and a writer .
Life
María Eulalia was the youngest daughter of Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) and her Prince Consort Franz d'Assisi Maria Ferdinand (1822-1902), eldest son of Francisco de Paula de Bourbón and Princess Luisa Carlota of Naples-Sicily . María Eulalia was born in the Palacio Real . Her godparents were the last ruling Duke of Parma , Piacenza and Guastalla , Robert I , and his sister María Margarita, Duchess of Madrid.
After her parents were expelled from Spain in September 1868, she grew up in Vienna and Paris. Her mother renounced the crown on June 25, 1870 in favor of her son Alfons XII. who ascended the throne in 1875 after the re-establishment of the monarchy . María Eulalia then returned to Spain and lived alternately in Madrid, Seville and Paris .
On March 6, 1886, María Eulalia married her cousin (first degree) in Madrid, the Infante Antonio María de Bourbon-Montpensier (1866–1930), third son of the Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain and Antoine-Philippe d'Orléans, duc de Montpensier (1824–1890), youngest son of the last French king, Ludwig Philipp I , also known as the citizen king . The wedding had to be due to the early death of her brother Alfonso XII. († November 25, 1885) to be postponed for a long time. The marriage, which was only concluded for dynastic reasons, had two sons:
- Alfonso d'Orleans-Bourbon (1886–1975)
- ⚭ 1909 Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Luis Fernando d'Orleans-Bourbon (1888–1945)
- ⚭ 1930 Princess Marie Constance Charlotte Say (1857–1943), widow of Prince Henri Amédée de Broglie.
After the birth of her youngest son, María Eulalia lived separately from her husband. She lived alternately in Spain , France and England . In 1893 she visited the United States , before that she made a detour to Havana , Cuba . In Washington, DC , she was invited to the White House by President Grover Cleveland . In New York she became an honorary member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution", as a descendant of the Spanish King Charles III. .
In 1908 there was a scandal when her love affair with the French Count Georg Maurice Jametel (1859-1944) became public. He was - living separately since 1906 - married to Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . The couple divorced on December 31, 1908 at the instigation of the princess and later Countess von Nemerow.
Infanta María Eulalia died on March 8, 1958 of complications from a heart attack in her home in Irun. She rests in Chapel 4 of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial .
María Eulalia as a writer
María Eulalia wrote several books under the pseudonym Comtesse de Ávila , but was controversial within the nobility and with her family. Before the publication of the book Au fil de la vie, her nephew telegraphed King Alfonso XIII. that she should postpone the publication of her book until he has read it and given his permission. But she ignored this and published her book. In the book, she described her impressions and thoughts on women's independence, equality, religion and traditions. In May 1915 she wrote an article about the German Kaiser Wilhelm II in the English monthly The Strand Magazine ; a month later her next book was published, Court Life from Within . Her third book, Courts And Countries After The War , was published in August 1925 . In it, she commented on the political situation after the First World War . In 1935 she published her autobiography Mémoires de SAR l'infante Eulalie, 1868-1931 .
Fonts
- Au fil de la vie . Société française d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, Paris 1911.
- Court Life from Within . Cassell, London 1915; Reprint: Dodd, Mead, New York 1915 ( digitized ).
- Courts And Countries After The War . Hutchinson, London 1925; Reprint: Dodd, Mead, New York 1925 ( digitized version )
- Mémoires de SAR l'infante Eulalie, 1868-1931 . Plon, Paris 1935.
literature
- Pilar García Luapre: Eulalia de Borbón, Infanta de España: lo que no dijo en sus memorias . Madrid: Compañía Literaria (1995) ISBN 8-4821-3021-8
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | María Eulalia of Spain |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Comtesse de Avila and Maria Eulalia d´Bourbon-Montpensier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish nobleman, member of the Spanish royal family and by marriage Duchess of Galliera, as well as a writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1958 |
| Place of death | Irun |