Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier

Infanta Luisa Fernanda
Duchess of Montpensier
Portrait by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, 1851
Born	(1832-01-30)30 January 1832 Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
Died	2 February 1897(1897-02-02) (aged 65) San Telmo Palace, Seville, Spain
Burial	(1897-02-02)2 February 1897 Infantes Pantheon, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Spouse	Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier ​ ​ (m. 1846; died 1890)​
Issue among others...	Infanta Isabel, Countess of Paris Infanta Maria Amelia Infanta María Cristina Infanta Maria de la Regla Infante Fernando Mercedes, Queen of Spain Infante Felipe Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera Infante Luis
Full name Spanish: María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
House	Bourbon
Father	Ferdinand VII of Spain
Mother	Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature

Royal styles of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier
Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness

Infanta María Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier (30 January 1832 – 2 February 1897) was Infanta of Spain by birth and was the Duchess o Montpensier after her 1846 mairriage to a son of King Louis Philippe I of the French. Her husband was Prince Antoine o Orléans, Duke of Montpensier. She was also a sister of Queen Isabel II of Spain.

Children

1. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (21 September 1848 – 23 April 1919) married Prince Philippe, Count of Paris an had children.
2. Princess Maria Amelia of Orléans (1851–1870) died unmarried.
3. Princess María Cristina of Orléans (29 October 1852 – 28 April 1879) died unmarried.
4. Princess Maria de la Regla of Orléans (1856–1861)
5. [?] (1857-1857)
6. Prince Fernando of Orléans (1859–1873)
7. Mercedes o Orléans (24 June 1860 – 26 June 1878) married Alfonso XII of Spain, no children.
8. Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera (23 February 1866 – 24 December 1930) married Infanta Eulalia of Spain and had children.

Titles and styles

• 30 January 1832 - 10 October 1846 Her Royal Highness Infanta Doña Luisa Fernanda of Spain.
• 10 October 1846 - 4 February 1890 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Montpensier.
• 4 February 1890 - 2 February 1897 Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Montpensier.

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