Maria Cristina of Spain
| Infanta Maria Cristina | |
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| Infanta of Portugal and Spain | |
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| Born |
12 June 1833 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 19 January 1902 (aged 68) Madrid, Spain |
| Burial | San Lorenzo de El Escorial |
| Spouse | Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain |
| Issue | Francisco, Duke of Marchena Pedro d'Alcantara, Duke of Dúrcal Luíz, Duke of Ansola Infante Alfonso Infante Gabriel |
| House | Bourbon |
| Father | Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain |
| Mother | Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Maria Cristina, Infanta of Portugal and Spain (5 June 1833 – 19 January 1902) was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and his wife Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She became an Infanta of Portugal by her marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain.
Maria Cristina was one of eleven children born to Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in Madrid. Her father was in turn a younger son of Charles IV of Spain. Her mother was a daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies.
Maria Cristina was a sister of Francis, Duke of Cádiz, the king-consort of Isabella II of Spain, and Amelia Philippina, Princess of Bavaria.
On 19 November 1860, Maria Cristina became the second wife of the much older Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, who was a paternal great grandson of Charles III of Spain and a maternal grandson of John VI of Portugal. Sebastian and his immediate family had been in conflict with the Queen Regent Maria Cristina, losing all of his titles and claims to the Spanish throne in 1837. He was restored to his Spanish titles upon his second marriage to Maria Cristina, who was both a cousin and a sister-in-law of Queen Isabella.
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