Infanta María Amalia of Spain
Infanta María Amalia | |||||
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Infanta Antonio Pascual of Spain | |||||
Madrid, Spain | |||||
Spouse | Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (m. 1795) | ||||
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House | Bourbon (by birth and marriage) | ||||
Father | Charles IV of Spain | ||||
Mother | Maria Luisa of Parma |
María Amalia,
Early life
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Born at the
Maria Amalia's mother, Queen Maria Luisa, arranged her marriage to her maternal first cousin
Marriage and death
To find a new groom for Maria Amalia of a royal rank in such a short period of time was not an easy affair; thus her parents decided to marry Maria Amalia to her uncle, Antonio Pascual, Infante of Spain, who was twenty-four years older than she was. Infante Antônio was thirty nine years old. Considered of very limited intelligence, his interests were gardening, agriculture and hunting.[5] He had remained unmarried without responsibilities of any kind.
Maria Amalia married her uncle on 25 August 1795 at the Royal Palace of La Granja. It was a double wedding; at the same time her sister, 13-year-old Maria Luisa, married Luis, Prince of Parma, Maria Amalia's original intended groom. The two couples continued living at the Spanish royal court.[5]
During the fall 1797, Maria Amalia became pregnant with her first child. On 20 July 1798 she went into labour.[6] The delivery was complicated. The baby got stuck by the shoulders in the birth canal and the doctors were unable to extract him.[6] After two days, the surgeon finally intervened. By then the baby, a boy, was dead.[6] While her son was buried at El Escorial, Maria Amalia suffered in agony. She had contracted an infection during the ordeal, and she died on 22 July 1798. She was only nineteen years old.[6]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Infanta María Amalia of Spain Louise Élisabeth of France | | ||||||||||||
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15. Marie Leszczyńska | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Rubio, Reinas de España, p. 348
- ^ a b Rubio, Reinas de España, p. 315
- ^ Mateos, Los desconocidos infantes de España, p. 90.
- ^ Mateos, Los desconocidos infantes de España, p. 83.
- ^ a b Mateos, Los desconocidos infantes de España, p. 84.
- ^ a b c d Rubio, Reinas de España, p. 321
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. pp. 9, 96.
References
- Bearne Charlton, Catherine. A Royal Quartette. London: T. F. Unwin, 1908.
- Mateos Sainz de Medrano, Ricardo. Los desconocidos infantes de España. Thassalia, 1996. ISBN 8482370545
- Rubio, Maria José. Reinas de España. La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid, 2009. ISBN 978-84-9734-804-1
External links
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