Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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Princess Isabel Alfonsa Maria Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaide Raphaela of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain, (10 October 1904, Madrid
Madrid
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, Kingdom of Spain
Spain under the Restoration
The Restoration was the name given to the period that began on December 29, 1874 after the First Spanish Republic ended with the restoration of Alfonso XII to the throne after a coup d'état by Martinez Campos, and ended on April 14, 1931 with the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic.After...

 – 18 July 1985, Madrid
Madrid
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, Kingdom of Spain
Spain
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) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

 and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth. Through her marriage to Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski, Isabel Alfonsa was a member of the Zamoyski noble family and a Countess Zamoyska.

Family

Isabel Alfonsa was the third child of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain was the son of Prince Alfonso of the Two...

 and his first wife Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Infanta María de las Mercedes of Spain , Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the heiress presumptive to the Crown of Spain, was the eldest daughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria.For a period from...

. Her mother was the Heiress Presumptive of the Spanish Throne from 11 September 1880 to 17 October 1904. Isabel Alfonsa's maternal grandparents were Alfonso XII of Spain
Alfonso XII of Spain
Alfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.-Early life and paternity:Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain, and...

 and Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria was Queen consort of Spain as the second wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain...

. Through her father, Isabel Alfonsa was a great-granddaughter of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death.-Family:Ferdinand was born in Palermo, the son of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife and first cousin Maria Isabella of Spain.His paternal grandparents were King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Queen Marie...

.

Marriage and issue

Isabel Alfonsa married Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski, seventh child and third son of Count Andrzej Zamoyski and his wife Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1856–1941)
Princess Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, full Italian name: Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda di Borbone, Principessa delle Due Sicilie was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and a...

, on 9 March 1929 in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

. Isabel Alfonsa and Jan had four children:
  • Count Karol Alfons Zamoyski (28 October 1930–26 October 1979)
  • Countess Maria Krystyna Zamoyska (2 September 1932–6 December 1959)
  • Count Józef Michal Zamoyski (born 27 June 1935-22/23 May 2010)
  • Countess Maria Teresa Zamoyska (born 18 April 1938)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 10 October 1904 – 9 March 1929: Her Royal Highness Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain
  • 9 March 1929 – 18 July 1985: Her Royal Highness Countess Isabel Alfonsa Zamoyska, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain

Honours

  • Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
    Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
    The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry. It was fictively established by Constantine the Great, though in reality it was founded between 1520 and 1545 by two brothers of the Angeli Comneni family. Members of the Angeli Comneni family remained...

  • Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa

Ancestry

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