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Infanta María Cristina of Spain

For Infanta María Cristina (1833-1902), daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies, see Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833–1902).

Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain, Countess Marone-Cinzano (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 surviving child and youngest daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg and paternal aunt of King Juan Carlos I.

Infanta Maria Cristina
Countess Marone
Portrait by Philip de László, 1927
Born(1911-12-12)12 December 1911
Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain
Died23 December 1996(1996-12-23) (aged 85)
Villa Giralda, Madrid, Spain
Burial
Marone-Cinzano Pantheon, Turin, Italy
Spouse
Enrico Marone-Cinzano, 1st Count Marone
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(m. 1940; died 1968)​
Issue
  • Donna Vittoria Álvarez de Toledo, Dowager Marchioness of Casa Loring
  • Donna Giovanna Sánchez-Merlo
  • Donna Maria Theresa Marone-Cinzano
  • Donna Anna Alessandra Schwartz
Names
Spanish: María Cristina Teresa Alejandra María de Guadalupe María de la Concepción Ildefonsa Victoria Eugenia de Borbón y Battenberg
HouseBourbon
FatherAlfonso XIII of Spain
MotherVictoria Eugenie of Battenberg

Biography

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Early life

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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 warned would-be suitors of the inherent dangers of hemophilia,[citation needed] from which two of the king's sons, Alfonso and Gonzalo, suffered.[citation needed]

Marriage and issue

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Letterhead of Infanta Maria Cristina.

She renounced her succession rights to the throne of the defunct Spanish crown and, on 10 June 1940, morganatically married Conte Enrico Eugenio Marone-Cinzano (15 March 1895 Turin – 23 October 1968 Geneva) in Rome.[1][2][3] He had been created 1st Count Marone-Cinzano on 13 May 1940 by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. He was the son of Alberto Marone and his wife, Paola Cinzano. Maria Cristina had one step-son, from Enrico's previous marriage to Noemí Rosa de Alcorta y García-Mansilla (1907-1929):

  • Don Alberto, 2nd Count Marone-Cinzano (1929-1989); married Donna Cristina, dei Conti Camerana (b. 1935), great-granddaughter of Giovanni Agnelli. Had issue.[4]

The marriage of Maria Cristina and Enrico Eugenio produced four daughters:

  • Donna Vittoria Eugenia Alfonsa Alberta del Pilar Enrica Paola dei Conti Marone-Cinzano (b. Turin, 5 March 1941) she married José Carlos Álvarez de Toledo y Gross, 6th Marquess of Casa Loring (1929–2000) on 12 January 1961. They have four children and five grandchildren
  • Donna Giovanna Paola Gabriella dei Conti Marone-Cinzano (b. 31 January 1943) she married Jaime Galobart y Satrústegui (4 February 1935) on 24 July 1967 and they were divorced in 1980. They have one son and three grandsons. She remarried Luis Ángel Sánchez-Merlo y Ruiz (b. Valladolid, 10 October 1947) on 4 August 1989.
  • Donna María Theresa Beatrice dei Conti Marone-Cinzano (b. Lausanne, 4 January 1945), married in Geneva on 22 April 1967 and divorced in 1989 José María Ruiz de Arana y Montalvo (Madrid, 27 April 1933 – Madrid, 30 April 2004), 17th Duke of Baena, 17th Duke of Sanlúcar la Mayor, 15th Marquess of Villamanrique, 13th Marquess of Castromonte, 5th Marquess of Brenes, 11th Count of Sevilla La Nueva and 5th Viscount of Mamblas. They have three daughters and five grandchildren.
  • Donna Anna Alessandra (Anna Sandra) dei Conti Marone-Cinzano (b. Turin, 21 December 1948) she married Gian Carlo Stavro Santarosa on 7 December 1968 and they were divorced in 1975. They have two daughters. She remarried Fernando Schwartz y Giron in 1985.

Death

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Infanta Maria Cristina returned to Spain and spent periods of time there, but never lived there permanently. She died in Madrid of a heart attack on 23 December 1996 during a Christmas reunion of the royal family at the Villa Giralda, the residence of her cousin and sister-in-law, the Countess of Barcelona. A funeral service for the Infanta was held in the chapel of the Royal Palace of Madrid on 24 December and a burial service was held on 26 December in the Marone-Cinzano Pantheon in Turin.

Honours

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Arms

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  • Heraldry of Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain
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    Coat of arms used before her marriage
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    Coat of arms used as Countess of Marone
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    Coat of arms used as Dowager in the exile
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    Coat of arms used during King Juan Carlos's reign

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Tourtchine, Jean-Fred. Le Royaume d'Espagne. Collection "Les manuscrits du CEDRE, dictionnaire historique et généalogique", Paris: Cercle d’études des dynasties royales européennes (CEDRE), 1996. ISSN 0993-3964. Volume III, p. 169.
  2. ^ Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997, pp.117-118.
  3. ^ Zorilla, Francisco. Genealogia de la Casa de Borbon de Espana. Editora Nacional, Madrid, 1971, p. 206.
  4. ^ "Alberto, Conte Marone Cinzano : Genealogics".
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