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Maria Christina of Austria
Formal portrait by Franzen, 1906
Queen consort of Spain
Tenure29 November 1879 – 25 November 1885
Queen regent of Spain
Regency26 November 1885 – 17 May 1902
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Born(1858-07-21)21 July 1858
Gross Seelowitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Died6 February 1929(1929-02-06) (aged 70)
Royal Palace, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Burial
El Escorial
Spouse
Alfonso XII of Spain
(m. 1879; died 1885)
Issue
  • María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
  • Infanta María Teresa
  • Alfonso XIII
Names
Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria von Habsburg-Lothringen
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
MotherArchduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria[1][n. 1] (Spanish: María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was Queen of Spain as the second wife of Alfonso XII. She was queen regent during the vacancy of the throne between her husband's death in November 1885 and the birth of their son Alfonso XIII in May 1886, and subsequently also until the latter's coming of age in May 1902.

  1. ^ "Maria Christina (Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria), Sternkreuzordens-Dame, Ehrengroßkreuz des souveränen Malteser-Ritterordens; geb. zu Groß-Seelowitz den 21. Juli 1858, vermählt zu Madrid den 29. November 1879 mit Seiner Majestät Alphons XII., König von Spanien, Inhaber des Infanterie-regiments Nr. 94, Witwe seit 25. November 1885." Schematismus für das kaiserliche und königliche Heer und für die kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine für 1904. Vienna: Druck und Verlag der k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, December 1903. p. 22
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Christina of Spain" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 292.


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