Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier
Maria Luisa Fernanda of Spain (French Louise Ferdinande ) ( born January 30, 1832 in Madrid, † February 2nd 1897 in Seville) was an Infanta of Spain and by marriage Duchess of Montpensier.
Origin
Luisa Fernanda was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784-1833) and his fourth wife Maria Christina, second daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain. Your paternal grandparents were King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Mary Louise of Bourbon -Parma.
Marriage and descendants
On October 10, 1846 Luisa Fernanda married in Madrid Antoine d' Orléans, duc de Montpensier ( 1824-1890 ), the youngest son of the Duke of Orléans, later King Louis Philippe I, also called Citizen King, and his wife Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. The marriage produced nine children were born, of whom only five survived to adulthood:
- Maria Isabella d' Orléans - Montpensier (1848-1919) ∞ 1864 Louis Philippe Albert d' Orléans, comte de Paris
- Maria Amalia (1851-1870)
- Maria Cristina d' Orléans - Montpensier (1852-1879)
- Maria de la Regla (1856-1861)
- Fernando (1859-1873)
- Maria de las Mercedes d' Orléans - Montpensier (1860-1878) ∞ 1878 King Alfonso XII. from Spain
- Felipe Raimundo Maria (1862-1864)
- Antonio María de Bourbon- Montpensier (1866-1930) ∞ 1886 María Eulalia of Spain
- Luis Felipe Antonio Maria (1867-1874)
In a double wedding married on the same day, her older sister Isabella II with her cousin ( first degree) Francisco of Assisi, eldest son of Francisco de Paula de Borbón Duke of Cádiz and Luisa Carlota of Naples and Sicily.
Later life
After the February Revolution of 1848, the couple d'Orléans went to England, then to Spain, where they resided later in Seville. 1859 her husband was appointed captain-general of the Spanish army and Infante of Spain. Beginning in July 1868 came the Spanish Government a especially among the higher officers of the army widespread conspiracy on the track. The conspirators sought to the dethronement of Queen Isabella II and wanted to bring the Duke of Montpensier to the Spanish throne. The Duke was expelled from Spain. After he had resigned his Spanish titles and dignities, he obeyed the order, but after the September Revolution 1868 by Lisbon, he returned to Seville. The hope that her husband is now enthroned, but did not go for Louise Ferdinande true, because he was so unpopular with the people, that he fell twice in 1870 by the Corte elections. He also had the influence of Napoleon III. against himself, who wanted no Orléans in Spain to the king. Because of his ambitious intrigues he clashed with Henry of Bourbon, the brother or cousin of Queen Isabella II in dispute and shot this on March 12, 1870 duel. The royal election on 16 November 1870, he received only 27 votes. He left Spain in 1871 and went to France, where he met with the Queen Isabella, his sister reconciled. After her nephew Alfonso XII. Became king of Spain returned Luisa Fernanda and her husband returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Both the Infantes of the Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial were buried in the Pantheon.