Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain

The Infanta Doña Maria Cristina of Spain ("Doña María Cristina Teresa Alejandra María de Guadalupe María de la Concepción Ildefonsa Victoria Eugenia de Borbón y Battenberg") (12 December 1911 - 23 December 1996) was the fourth child of HM Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Ena of Spain and paternal aunt of the current King Juan Carlos I.

Infanta Maria Cristina was born at the Palacio Real in Madrid, Spain. The Spanish Royal Family left the country in 1931, in the face of Republican demonstrations, settling in Paris, before moving to Fontainebleau.

By 1933 King Alfonso and his daughters, the Infantas Beatriz and Maria Cristina, had moved to Rome. Their father cautiously warned would-be suitors of the inherent dangers of hemophilia, that had infected two of the king's sons (Alfonso and Gonzalo).

She married Enrico Eugenio Marone-Cinzano (1895-1968), 1st Count of Marone, on 1 September 1940 in Rome. The marriage produced four daughters:

* Victoria Marone-Cinzano, born 5 March 1941.
* Giovanna Marone-Cinzano, born 31 January 1943.
* María Teresa Marone-Cinzano, born 4 January 1945.
*Anna Sandra Marone-Cinzano, born 21 December 1948.

Infanta Maria Cristina returned to Spain and spent period of times there, but never lived there permantly. She died in Madrid on 23 December 1996, and was given a state funeral but was buried in the Marone-Cinzano Pantheon in Turin, Italy.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain
2= 2. Alfonso XIII of Spain
3= 3. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
4= 4. Alfonso XII of Spain
5= 5. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
6= 6. Prince Henry of Battenberg
7= 7. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
8= 8. Francis of Spain
9= 9. Isabella II of Spain
10= 10. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
11= 11. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
12= 12. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
13= 13. Countess Julia von Hauke
14= 14. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
15= 15. Victoria of the United Kingdom
16= 16. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
17= 17. Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
18= 18. Ferdinand VII of Spain
19= 19. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
20= 20. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
21= 21. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
22= 22. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
23= 23. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
24= 24. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
25= 25. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
26= 26. Count John Maurice von Hauke
27= 27. Sophie la Fontaine
28= 28. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
29= 29. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
30= 30. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
31= 31. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

References

* [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/BORBON_Y_GRECIA/_FELIPE_DE/BORBON_Y_GRECIA/_ELENA_DE/SOFIA/_REINA/BORBON_Y_BATTEMBERG/_MARIA_CRISTINA_/TIA_DEL_REY/BORBON_Y_GRECIA/_CRISTINA_DE/JUAN_CARLOS_I/elpepiesp/19961227elpepinac_3/Tes El Pais, "La Familia Real asiste al entierro de la infanta María Cristina en Turín", 27 December 1996]
* [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Funeral/capilla/Palacio/Real/infanta/Maria/Cristina/elpepiesp/19961226elpepinac_7/Tes El Pais; "Funeral en la capilla del Palacio Real por la infanta María Cristina", 26 December 1996]
* [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/BORBON_Y_BATTEMBERG/_MARIA_CRISTINA_/TIA_DEL_REY/CASA_REAL/Muere/85/anos/Madrid/infanta/Maria/Cristina/Borbon/elpepiesp/19961224elpepinac_12/Tes El Pais, "Muere a los 85 años en Madrid la infanta María Cristina de Borbón,La tía del Rey sufrió un infarto en Casa de la condesa de Barcelona", 24 December 1996]