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For other Princesses of Asturias named Isabella, see Isabella, Princess of Asturias (disambiguation)

Infanta Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851–1931), was twice the recognized heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive

An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the throne....
 to the throne of Spain. She was invariantly called "Princesa" in Spain, as the eldest daughter and a holder or formerholder of Asturias
Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
, her younger sisters being more usually called with the prefix "Infanta".

She was born as the 2nd eldest surviving child of the then-reigning Queen Isabella II of Spain
Isabella II of Spain

Isabella II was List of Spanish monarchs She was Spain's first and so far only queen regnant, although she is sometimes considered the third Queen Regnant of Spain, as previous monarchs of Leon and Castile were counted as kings and queens of Spain....
, from her marriage with her first cousin and king consort
King consort

King consort is a title given in some monarchies to the Marriage of a queen regnant. Nowadays, it is a symbolic title only, the sole constitutional function of the holder being similar to a queen consort, namely to produce an heir to the throne....
, Francis of Spain
Francis of Spain

Francis, Duke of C?diz was king consort of Spain as spouse of Isabella II of Spain....
.

In the turmoiled age of Carlist uprisings and sporadic civil war, Isabella was immediately recognized as the heir to her mother's throne, by granting her the traditional crown-princely title of Asturias.

When her younger brother, the future Alfonso XII of Spain
Alfonso XII of Spain

Alfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup d'?tat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic....
 was born in 1857, young Isabella moved to be the second-in-line to the throne, the boy becoming Prince of Asturias
Prince of Asturias

The title Prince of Asturias is given to the heir apparent to the Spain throne, and the earlier kingdom of Castille. The current Prince of Asturias is Felipe, Prince of Asturias, son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia of Spain....
.

When Alfonso ascended the throne in 1875, and had not yet any own children, the 14-year old Isabella returned to the position of heiress-presumptive.






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For other Princesses of Asturias named Isabella, see Isabella, Princess of Asturias (disambiguation)

Infanta Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851–1931), was twice the recognized heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive

An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the throne....
 to the throne of Spain. She was invariantly called "Princesa" in Spain, as the eldest daughter and a holder or formerholder of Asturias
Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
, her younger sisters being more usually called with the prefix "Infanta".

She was born as the 2nd eldest surviving child of the then-reigning Queen Isabella II of Spain
Isabella II of Spain

Isabella II was List of Spanish monarchs She was Spain's first and so far only queen regnant, although she is sometimes considered the third Queen Regnant of Spain, as previous monarchs of Leon and Castile were counted as kings and queens of Spain....
, from her marriage with her first cousin and king consort
King consort

King consort is a title given in some monarchies to the Marriage of a queen regnant. Nowadays, it is a symbolic title only, the sole constitutional function of the holder being similar to a queen consort, namely to produce an heir to the throne....
, Francis of Spain
Francis of Spain

Francis, Duke of C?diz was king consort of Spain as spouse of Isabella II of Spain....
.

In the turmoiled age of Carlist uprisings and sporadic civil war, Isabella was immediately recognized as the heir to her mother's throne, by granting her the traditional crown-princely title of Asturias.

When her younger brother, the future Alfonso XII of Spain
Alfonso XII of Spain

Alfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup d'?tat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic....
 was born in 1857, young Isabella moved to be the second-in-line to the throne, the boy becoming Prince of Asturias
Prince of Asturias

The title Prince of Asturias is given to the heir apparent to the Spain throne, and the earlier kingdom of Castille. The current Prince of Asturias is Felipe, Prince of Asturias, son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia of Spain....
.

When Alfonso ascended the throne in 1875, and had not yet any own children, the 14-year old Isabella returned to the position of heiress-presumptive. This she lost finally in 1880 upon the birth of Alfonso's first child, Infantia Marie Louise of Spain, the next Princess of Asturias. Isabella was married in 1868 to her mother's and father's first cousin, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti
Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti

Prince Gaetano Maria Federico of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Girgenti was the seventh child of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria ....
 (1846-71). He was created Infante
Infante

Infante or infanta , also anglicised as infant, was the title and rank given in the European kingdoms of Kingdom of Spain, and Kingdom of Portugal to a son or daughter, and to a grandson or granddaughter in the male line of a reigning monarch , and their woman consorts....
 of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Princess Isabella was reportedly very popular and respected in Madrid. Isabella died, at 79, in exile in France soon after her nephew Alfonso XIII had lost the throne.

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