Person:Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1)
Mercedes _____, Princess of Asturias
b.11 Sep 1880 Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
d.17 Oct 1904 Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Mercedes _____, Princess of Asturias1880 - 1904
  2. Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain1882 - 1912
  3. Alfonso XIII of Spain1886 - 1931
Spouse and Children
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  1. Infante Alfonso _____, Duke of Calabria1901 - 1964
  2. Fernando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies1903 - 1905
  3. Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies1904 - 1985
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Facts and Events
Name Mercedes _____, Princess of Asturias
Gender Female
Birth[1] 11 Sep 1880 Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Marriage to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Death[1] 17 Oct 1904 Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Reference Number? Q129179?


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María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904) was the eldest child of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria. She was Princess of Asturias, the heir presumptive to the Crown of Spain, for all 24 years of her life.

Had her younger sibling, unborn at the death of Alfonso XII, been a daughter, Mercedes would have been Queen of Spain. The sibling proved to be a boy, Alfonso XIII, and on his birth in 1886, Mercedes turned out not to be queen. She resumed the position of heir presumptive, which she held until her own death, and was succeeded in it by her own infant son Alfonso, Alfonso XIII having not yet married and fathered a legitimate child.

Mercedes married in Madrid on 14 February 1901, her second cousin, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a nephew of the King of the then-defunct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, who was elevated to the rank of Infante of Spain. The marriage was highly controversial due to her father-in-law's ties with the Carlists. She died three years later from complication while giving birth to her third child.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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