Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

Infanta Luisa Fernanda
Duchess of Montpensier
Born(1832-01-30)30 January 1832
Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
Died2 February 1897(1897-02-02) (aged 65)
Palace of San Telmo, Seville, Spain
Burial(1897-02-02)2 February 1897
Infantes Pantheon, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Spouse
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(m. 1846; died 1890)​
Issue
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Names
Spanish: María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
HouseBourbon
FatherFerdinand VII of Spain
MotherMaria Christina of the Two Sicilies
SignatureInfanta Luisa Fernanda's signature

Infanta María Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier (French: Marie Louise Ferdinande; 30 January 1832 – 2 February 1897) was the younger daughter of King Ferdinand VII and Queen Maria Christina of Spain.

During the reign of her elder sister Quen Isabella II, Luisa Fernanda was heir presumptive to the Spanish throne from 1833 until 1851. She became Duchess of Montpensier by her 1846 marriage to her first cousin once removed, Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier.

Biography

Heiress presumptive

Luisa Fernanda as a young girl (by Vicente López Portaña, 1842)

María Luisa Fernanda was born on 30 January 1832 in the Royal Palace of Madrid as the second and youngest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain and his fourth wife and niece, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies.

After her elder sister, Isabella, succeeded to the throne upon the death of their father on 29 September 1833, Infanta Luisa Fernanda was heir presumptive to the crown from 1833 until 1851, when Isabella's first surviving daughter was born.

Marriage

Further information: Affair of the Spanish Marriages

The question of the future marriages of the Spanish monarch and her heir presumptive was a matter of considerable political interest in the 1840s. In the midst of a series of political intrigues and controversies between France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, Luisa Fernanda was engaged to the Duke of Montpensier, the youngest son of Louis Philippe I, King of the French, who also was Luisa's mother's first cousin.

Luisa Fernanda, only 14 years old, and Antoine, 22, had their nuptials on 10 October 1846 as a double wedding with Isabella and Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz. The young Antoine was elevated to the rank of an Infante of Spain. At the time of the wedding, the groom spoke no Spanish and the bride spoke no French, making it impossible for the newlyweds to understand one another. Nervous at the prospect of being alone with her new husband, the young Infanta had hidden a lady-in-waiting behind the curtains of her bedroom, whom Antoine found and shouted at for spying on them.[1]

Later life

Portrait of Luisa Fernanda in 1847 (by Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

On 22 October 1846, the Duke of Montpensier and his wife set out on the return journey to France.[2] The couple settled in Paris where they divided their time between their luxurious apartments at the Tuileries Palace in central Paris and the Château de Vincennes on the outskirts of the city.[3] The relations of the Montpensiers with the rest of the Orleáns family was not without friction since it was decided that, in her capacity as heir to the Spanish throne, Luisa Fernanda would enjoy a higher rank than the other princesses.[4]

Luisa Fernanda, 1851

When Antoine's father was deposed by the French Revolution of 1848, the couple were forced into exile. After a brief stay in England, they returned to Spain where they settled in Seville. The relationship between Queen Isabella and her sister was tense, due to Antoine's conspiracies against the queen.[5] The same year, the then 16-year-old Luisa Fernanda gave birth to their first child, Maria Isabel.

After Queen Isabella was deposed by the Spanish Revolution in 1868, the family went into exile. Luisa Fernanda returned to Seville years later, already widowed, where she died.[5] She is buried at Escorial.

Legacy

The Parque de María Luisa that stretches along the Guadalquivir River in Seville was named after her.[6]

Issue

Infanta Luisa Fernanda with her husband the Duke of Montpensier and four of their children.
Royal styles of
Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain,
Duchess of Montpensier
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Luisa Fernanda and Antoine had ten children, but only five of them reached adulthood.[7][unreliable source?]

Descendants

Of all her children, only Marie Isabelle and Antonio survived to adulthood. Through Antonio, the now non-royal line of dukes of Galliera continues. Alfonso's grandchildren lost royal status due to non-dynastic marriages. The current Duke of Galliera is Alfonso's great-grandson, Don Alfonso Francesco de Orléans-Borbón y Ferarra-Pignatelli.[7]

Through Maria Isabel, she became great-grandmother of King Manuel II of Portugal, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Prince Aimone, Duke of Spoleto, and Luis Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal; great-great-grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Henri, Count of Paris.

Arms

  • Heraldry of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier
  • Coat of arms of Infanta Luisa Fernanda
    Coat of arms of Infanta Luisa Fernanda
  • Arms of alliance of Infanta Luisa Fernanda and her husband
    Arms of alliance of Infanta Luisa Fernanda and her husband
  • Arms as Duchess Dowager
    Arms as Duchess Dowager

Ancestry

Ancestors of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
8. Charles III of Spain[10]
4. Charles IV of Spain[8] (= 14)
9. Maria Amalia of Saxony[10]
2. Ferdinand VII of Spain
10. Philip, Duke of Parma[11]
5. Maria Luisa of Parma[8] (= 15)
11. Louise Élisabeth of France[11]
1. Luisa Fernanda of Spain
12. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies[12]
6. Francis I of the Two Sicilies[9]
13. Maria Carolina of Austria[12]
3. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
14. Charles IV of Spain[13] (= 4)
7. Maria Isabella of Spain[9]
15. Maria Luisa of Parma[13] (= 5)

References

Citations

  1. ^ Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1915). Court Life from Within. pp. 76–77.
  2. ^ García Rodríguez 2015, p. 69.
  3. ^ García Rodríguez 2015, p. 72.
  4. ^ Mateos Sáinz de Medrano 2016, p. 41.
  5. ^ a b [1] Archived November 2, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Secreta, Sevilla (20 October 2020). "La trágica historia de María Luisa, la mujer que da nombre al parque". Sevilla Secreta (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "HRH Infanta Doña Luisa Fernanda and her descendants". Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ferdinand VII. of Spain" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  9. ^ a b Ortúzar Castañer, Trinidad. "María Cristina de Borbón dos Sicilias". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  10. ^ a b Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 9.
  11. ^ a b Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 96.
  12. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Francis I. of the Two Sicilies" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  13. ^ a b Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza. "María de la O Isabel de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

Bibliography

  • García Rodríguez, José Carlos (2015). Montpensier : Biografía de una obsesión (in Spanish). Almuzara. ISBN 978-84-16-39200-1.
  • Mateos Sáinz de Medrano, Ricardo (2016). Le duc de Montpensier ou la descendance espagnole du dernier roi des Français (in French). Translated by Emmanuelle Dunoyer. Paris: Riveneuve éditions. ISBN 978-2-36013-403-8.

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