Infante Fernando of Bourbon and Braganza
| Infante Fernando | |||||
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| Infante of Spain | |||||
| Born |
19 October 1824 El Escorial, Madrid, Spain |
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| Died | 2 January 1861 (aged 36) Brunnsee |
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| Burial | Cathedral of St. Just, Trieste | ||||
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| House | House of Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Infante Carlos, Count of Molina | ||||
| Mother | Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal | ||||
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| Fernando Maria Jose |
Infante Fernando of Bourbon and Braganza (full name: Fernando Maria Jose) (19 October 1824 – 2 January 1861) was a member of the Spanish Royal Family, and a supporter Carlist. He lived most of his life in exile with his father and brothers.
Fernando was born in El Escorial, Madrid, in 1824, during the reign of his uncle, Fernando VII. It was the third and youngest son of Infante Carlos, Count of Molina and his first wife, Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal. His olders brothers were infants Carlos Luis and Juan. Her paternal grandparents were Carlos IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma; her maternal grandparents were King John VI of Portugal and his wife, Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain. Genealogy of the Bourbon Dynasty: He was raised in an atmosphere imbued with traditional values of loyalty to the monarchy and the Church.
When Fernando VII was widowed for third time in 1829, it had no legitimate issue that could succeed him after his death. Given his advanced age and failing health, was unlikely marriage contrajese again, which became the infant Carlos, father of Infante Fernando, heir to the throne. Around the infant, a clique of conservative and religious who opposed to the liberalism that prevailed in the Madrid Court, which would end even more when Fernando VII married his niece, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, the same year was concentrated, and became father of two daughters, Isabella and Luisa Fernanda.
Suddenly, the succession was assured through the two girls. Carlos opposed the succession of his infant niece Queen Isabella II, whose mother the Queen Regent Maria Christina, managed to take control on behalf of her daughter.
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