Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess María de las Mercedes | |||||
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Countess of Barcelona | |||||
Born | Palace of Villamejor, Madrid, Spain | 23 December 1910||||
Died | 2 January 2000 Royal Residence of La Mareta, Lanzarote, Spain | (aged 89)||||
Burial | 4 January 2000 | ||||
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Bourbon-Two Sicilies | |||||
Father | Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
Mother | Princess Louise of Orléans |
Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾˈθeðes]; María de las Mercedes Cristina Genara Isabel Luisa Carolina Victoria y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Orléans; 23 December 1910 – 2 January 2000) was a member of the Spanish royal family and the mother of King Juan Carlos I.
The daughter of
Biography
María was born in
On 14 January 1935, she attended the wedding, in Rome, of
- Issue
- Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (30 July 1936 – 8 January 2020), who married Luis Gomez-Acebo y de Estrada, Viscount de la Torre, on 6 May 1967, and had five children
- Juan Carlos I of Spain (born 5 January 1938), who married Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmarkon 14 May 1962, and had three children
- Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria (born 6 March 1939), who married Don Carlos Zurita y Delgado on 12 October 1972, and had two children
- Infante Alfonso of Spain (3 October 1941 – 29 March 1956)
They lived in
In 1953, the Countess represented the
In 1976, one year after the monarchy was restored in Spain in the person of her son, Juan Carlos, they returned to Spain. She mediated between her son and her husband, estranged since Juan Carlos had been designated heir by Franco. In 1977, Juan renounced his rights in favour of their son, who officially allowed him to retain the title of Count of Barcelona.[1]
She broke her hip in 1982 and the left femur in 1985, which forced her to use a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She became a widow in 1993.
She was a fervid fan of
She was the 1,171st
She died of a heart attack in the Royal Residence of La Mareta, in Lanzarote, where the royal family had gathered to celebrate the New Year.[2] She was buried with the honors of a queen at the Royal Crypt of the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, near Madrid.[3]
Ancestry
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Honours
- National
- Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III[4]
- Spain: 9th Titular Grand Mistress and 1,171st Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
- Spain: Dame of the Decoration of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville
- Spain: Dame of the Decoration of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Granada
- Spain: Dame of the Decoration of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Valencia
- Spain: Dame of the Decoration of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Zaragoza
- Foreign
- Calabrian House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Two-Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[5]
- Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Dame Grand Cross of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- United Kingdom: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Heraldry
Heraldry of María de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona | ||||
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Coat of Arms as Infanta of Spain by marriage (1935–1941) |
Coat of Arms as Consort of the Pretender to the throne of Spain (1941–1977) |
Coat of Arms after her husband renounced being Pretender (1977–1988) |
Coat of Arms after her husband renounced being Pretender (1988–1993) (Dame of the Order of Charles III) |
Coat of Arms as a widow (1993–2000) |
See also
- Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- Joyas de pasar
References
- ^ ISBN 2-908003-04-X
- ^ Maria de Borbon, 89, Mother of Spain's King
- ^ González Ibañez, Juan (4 January 2000). "Honores de reina para la madre de don Juan Carlos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Royal Decree 1189/1988, of 14 October. BOE, no.248, 15 October 1988, p 29811.
- ^ "The activities of the Order since 1960". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
External links
- Media related to Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies at Wikimedia Commons