Maria Cristina o Austrick

Maria Cristina o Austrick
Queen Regent Maria Cristina with Alfonso XIII bi Antoni Caba.
Queen consort of Spain
Tenur	29 November 1879 – 25 November 1885
Born	21 Julie 1858(1858-07-21) Brünn, Austrick
Dee'd	6 Februar 1929(1929-02-06) (aged 70) Ryal Pailace, Madrid, Spain
Buirial	El Escorial
Spouse	Alfonso XII o Spain
Issue	Mercedes, Princess o Asturias Infanta María Teresa Alfonso XIII o Spain
Full name Maria Christina Désirée Henriette Felicitas Rainiera von Habsburg-Lothringen
Hoose	Habsburg-Lorraine (birth) Bourbons o Spain (mairiage)
Faither	Karl Ferdinand o Austrick
Mither	Elisabeth Franziska o Austrick
Releegion	Roman Catholicism

Maria Cristina o Austrick (Maria Christina Désirée Henriette Felicitas Rainiera; 21 Julie 1858 – 6 Februar 1929) was the second wife o King Alfonso XII o Spain. She wis regent during the vacancy o the throne atween her husband's daith an her son's birth, and during the minority o their son, Alfonso XIII, atween 1885 an 1902. She wis baptised Maria Christina but wis kent in Spain as Maria Cristina.

Mairiage

Airchduchess Maria Christina mairit King Alfonso XII o Spain on 29 November 1879 at the Basilica o Atocha in Madrid.

Issue

1. María de las Mercedes, Princess o Asturias (11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904) mairit Prince Carlo o the Twa Sicilies an haed issue.
2. Infanta María Teresa o Spain 12 November 1882 – 23 September 1912) mairit Prince Ferdinand o Bavarie an haed issue.
3. Alfonso XIII o Spain (17 Mey 1886 – 28 Februar 1941) mairit Victoria Eugenie o Battenberg an haed issue.

Teetles an styles

• 21 Julie 1858 - 29 November 1879 Her Imperial an Ryal Highness Airchduchess Maria Christina o Austrick, Princess Ryal o Hungary an Bohemie.
• 29 November 1879 - 25 November 1885 Her Majesty The Queen o Spain.
• 25 November 1885 - 17 Mey 1902 Her Majesty The Queen Regent o Spain.
• 17 Mey 1902 - 31 Mey 1906 Her Majesty The Queen o Spain.
• 31 Mey 1906 - 6 Februar 1929 Her Majesty The Queen mither o Spain.

Sources

• Campos y Fernández de Sevilla, Francisco-Javier. María Cristina de Habsburgo y la Regencia, 1885–1902. San Lorenzo de El Escorial: Estudios Superiores del Escorial, Real Colegio Universitario "María Cristina", 1994.
• Cancio R. Capote, Rita Maria. The Function of Maria Christina of Austria's Regency, 1885–1902, in Preserving the Spanish Monarchy. México: Ediciones Botas, 1957.
• Figueroa y Torres, Alvaro de, Conde de Romanones. Doña María Cristina de Habsburgo Lorena, la discreta regente de España. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1934.
• Martín Alonso, Aurelio. Diez y seis años de regencia, María Cristina de Hapsburgo-Lorena, 1885–1902. Barcelona: L. Tasso, 1914.
• Thoma, Helga. Habsburgs letzte Herrscherin: Maria Christine, Erzherzogin von Österreich, Königin-Regentin von Spanien. Wien-Klosterneuburg: Edition Va Bene, 2003.
• Wormeley Latimer, Elizabeth (1907). Spain in the Nineteenth Century. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.

See also

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