Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Queen regent of Spain
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• born Palermo 1806 (Family had been driven out of Naples by the Napoleonic wars)
	• graddaughter of King Carlos IV of Spain, in 1829 she married her childless uncle King Fernando VII
	• The new queen, Maria Christina, rapidly gave birth to two daughters, Isabella (the future Queen Isabella, 1830–1904) and the Infanta Doña María Luísa Fernanda (1832–1897). When Ferdinand died on 29 September 1833, Maria Christina became regent for their daughter Isabel II
	• She had a secret remarriage,; once the secret leaked out, she was removed as regent and eventually made to leave Spain. 7 Children born of the second marriage.
	• Estanged from her daughters and her grandson Alfonso XII
	• died in Le Havre, France on 22 August 1878.
	• buried at el Escorial in the royal crypt
	read about the monument here: [Espanol] <a href="http://www.viendomadrid.com/2010/06/monumento-la-reina-cristina.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.viendomadrid.com/2010/06/monumento-la-reina-cristina....</a>
	The statue was put up during the regency of another Maria Cristina, Alfonso XII's widow Maria Cristina of Austria, from 1887 onwards. Sculptor: Mariano Benlliure
	<i> <b> Calle de Felipe IV - M A D R I D</b> </i>
	
	Behind: <b>Casón del Palacio del Buen Retiro</b> (1637, one of two remaining parts of the old Retiro palace)
	
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• born Palermo 1806 (Family had been driven out of Naples by the Napoleonic wars)

• graddaughter of King Carlos IV of Spain, in 1829 she married her childless uncle King Fernando VII

• The new queen, Maria Christina, rapidly gave birth to two daughters, Isabella (the future Queen Isabella, 1830–1904) and the Infanta Doña María Luísa Fernanda (1832–1897). When Ferdinand died on 29 September 1833, Maria Christina became regent for their daughter Isabel II

• She had a secret remarriage,; once the secret leaked out, she was removed as regent and eventually made to leave Spain. 7 Children born of the second marriage.

• Estanged from her daughters and her grandson Alfonso XII

• died in Le Havre, France on 22 August 1878.

• buried at el Escorial in the royal crypt

read about the monument here: [Espanol] www.viendomadrid.com/2010/06/monumento-la-reina-cristina....

The statue was put up during the regency of another Maria Cristina, Alfonso XII's widow Maria Cristina of Austria, from 1887 onwards. Sculptor: Mariano Benlliure

Calle de Felipe IV - M A D R I D

Behind: Casón del Palacio del Buen Retiro (1637, one of two remaining parts of the old Retiro palace)

DSCN8801