Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1833–1902)

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Infanta Maria Cristina
Infanta of Portugal
Born	(1833-06-05)5 June 1833 Madrid, Spain
Died	19 January 1902(1902-01-19) (aged 68) Madrid, Spain
Burial	San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Spouse	Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain ​ ​ (m. 1860; died 1875)​
Issue	Francisco María de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Marchena Pedro de Alcántara de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Dúrcal Luis de Jesús de Borbón y Borbón, 1st Duke of Ansola Alfonso de Borbón y Borbón Gabriel Jesús de Borbón y Borbón
House	Bourbon
Father	Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
Mother	Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies

Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain and Portugal (5 June 1833 – 19 January 1902) was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and his wife Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies.^[1] She became an Infanta of Portugal by her marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain.

Maria Cristina was the tenth of eleven children born to Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies in Madrid. Her father was in turn a younger son of Charles IV of Spain. Her mother was a daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies.

Maria Cristina was a sister of Francisco de Asís, the king-consort of Isabella II of Spain, and of Amalia, Princess Adalbert of Bavaria.

On 19 November 1860, Maria Cristina became the second wife of the much older Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, who was a paternal great grandson of Charles III of Spain and a maternal grandson of John VI of Portugal.^[1] Sebastian and his immediate family had been in conflict with the Queen Regent Maria Christina, losing all of his titles and claims to the Spanish throne in 1837. He was restored to his Spanish titles upon his second marriage to Maria Cristina, who was both a cousin and a sister-in-law of Queen Isabella II.

The nuptials took place in the Royal Palace of Madrid. In the spirit of reconciliation, the celebration was attended by Isabella II of Spain and her husband, among other members of the Spanish royal family. They had five children:

After the overthrow of the monarchy in 1868, Maria Cristina and her family had to leave Spain and take refuge in France. Sebastian died there in 1875. Maria Cristina later returned to Spain, and was able to live calmly until her 1902 death in Madrid. She is buried at the San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

• Heraldry of Maria Cristina of Spain
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  Coat of arms as a married woman
  (1860-1875)
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  Coat of arms as Infanta and widow
  (1875-1902)