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Infanta María de las Mercedes of Spain (María de las Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa Jacinta) (Madrid
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, 11 September 1880 – Madrid
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, 17 October 1904), Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the Heiress Presumptive of the Spanish royal crown, and for a period in 1885 – 1886, the extant Head of the State
Head of State

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 of Spain
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, was born as Doña María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena, eldest daughter of King 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....
 and his second wife Queen Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria

Maria Christina of Austria was the second Queen consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain and was Regent of Spain during the minority of her son Alfonso XIII of Spain and during the abeyancy of the throne before his birth, from November 25 1885 - 7 May 1902....
.

Had her younger sibling, unborn at the death of Alfonso XII, been a daughter, Maria Mercedes would have become Queen Regnant
Queen regnant

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 of Spain
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Infanta María de las Mercedes of Spain (María de las Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa Jacinta) (Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, 11 September 1880 – Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, 17 October 1904), Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the Heiress Presumptive of the Spanish royal crown, and for a period in 1885 – 1886, the extant Head of the State
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 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....
, was born as Doña María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena, eldest daughter of King 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....
 and his second wife Queen Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria

Maria Christina of Austria was the second Queen consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain and was Regent of Spain during the minority of her son Alfonso XIII of Spain and during the abeyancy of the throne before his birth, from November 25 1885 - 7 May 1902....
.

Had her younger sibling, unborn at the death of Alfonso XII, been a daughter, Maria Mercedes would have become Queen Regnant
Queen regnant

A queen regnant is a qualifying reference to a female monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchical powers of a ruler, in contrast to a "queen consort", who is the wife of a male reigning as monarch and who is without any official powers of state....
 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....
. The sibling proved to be a boy, Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso XIII , List of Spanish monarchs, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority....
, and on his birth in 1886, Maria Mercedes lost her latent Queenship. She returned to the position of heiress presumptive of Spain, which she held until her own death, and was succeeded in it by her own infant son Alfonso, Alfonso XIII having not yet fathered a child.

Infanta Maria Mercedes married in Madrid
Madrid

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 on 14 February 1901 her kinsman Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a nephew of the King of the then defunct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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, who was elevated to the titles of Infante
Infante

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 of Spain and Royal Prince. She died young, when her children were still infants and giving birth to her only daughter. She had three children:
  • Don Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain
    Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

    Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964....
     (1901–1964).
  • Fernando (1903-1905), died in San Sebastián
    San Sebastián

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     one year after her death.
  • Doña Isabella Alfonsa, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain (1904-1985). Married Count Jan Zamoyski (1900-1961) and had issue.


Her husband remarried and one of his daughters became the mother of the present King Juan Carlos I.

She was the 816th Dame
Dame

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 of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa.

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