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María Cristina de Borbón was the queen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent from 1833 to 1840. Maria was the daughter of Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies, and married Ferdinand in 1829. In 1830 Maria convinced her husband to change the law of succession to allow
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María Cristina de Borbón (born April 27, 1806, Naples [Italy]—died Aug. 23, 1878, Sainte-Adresse, France) was the queen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent from 1833 to 1840.

Maria was the daughter of Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies, and married Ferdinand in 1829. In 1830 Maria convinced her husband to change the law of succession to allow their daughter, Isabella, to become queen, an action that deprived the king’s brother, Don Carlos (Carlos María Isidro), of the Spanish throne and thus eventually precipitated the First Carlist War.