Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was the queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age two, to 1840. By virtue of her short marriage to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, she became a central character in Spanish history for nearly 50 years, thanks to introducing a bicameral model of government based on the Bourbon Restoration in France: the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834.
DonAgustín Fernando Muñoz y Sánchez, 1st Duke of Riánsares, 1st Marquess of San Agustín, 1st Duke de Montmorot, was the second and morganatic husband of Maria Christina, Regent of Spain.
Doña María Amparo Muñoz y Borbón, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre was the daughter of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen dowager and regent of Spain, and her morganatic second husband, Agustín Fernando Muñoz, Duke of Riánsares. Her full title was María de los Desamparados Muñoz y de Borbón, condesa de Vista Alegre.
Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in Basque is the name of a family that originated in Zumárraga in the province of Gipuzkoa, and then spread out throughout the Basque country, and eventually throughout the Americas and the Philippines.
Crespo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian surname and a place name, meaning "curly". A more common Italian form of the surname is Crespi. It may refer to:
DomSebastian Gabriel de Borbón y Braganza, Infante of Portugal and Spain, was an Iberian prince of the 19th century, progenitor of the Spanish ducal lines of Hernani, Ansola, Dúrcal and Marchena, and Carlist army commander in the First Carlist War.
María Mercedes or Maria Mercedes may refer to:
Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón, known as the Cardinal Infante, was a Spanish infante and clergyman. He was a son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. He was cardinal deacon of the titular church of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, archbishop of Toledo and as such primate of Spain.
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain, Countess Marone-Cinzano was the fifth child and younger daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg and paternal aunt of King Juan Carlos I.
Don Luis María Cardinal de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas was the 14th Count of Chinchón (1785–1803), Grandee of Spain First Class, with a coat of arms of Bourbon, and 1st Marqués de San Martín de la Vega.
María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, 15th Countess of Chinchón, was a Spanish noblewoman and grandee. She was a patrilineal granddaughter of Philip V of Spain.
Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain, was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth. Through her marriage to Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski, she was a member of the House of Zamoyski.
Francisco de Paula Enrique María Luis de Borbón y Borbón was a Spanish aristocrat and a distant relative of the Spanish royal family. He had a brilliant and outstanding military career as a Lieutenant General and commander of the cavalry in the Spanish Army.
Joaquín José de Melgarejo y Saurín, 1st Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga, was a Spanish noble and politician.
This is a list of real and fictional people with the surname Samaniego.
Antonio José may refer to:
Fernando María Muñoz y Borbón, also known as Fernando Muñoz, 2nd Duke of Tarancón and Riánsares, was the second son and fourth child of the Maria Christina, Regent of Spain, and her morganatic husband Agustín Fernando Muñoz, Duke of Riánsares. As such, he was the half-brother of Queen Isabella II.
De la Torre, usually written as de la Torre, and sometimes spelled dela Torre in the Philippines, is a Spanish surname meaning "of the Tower". It may refer to:
