María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias

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María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, was the eldest daughter and heir presumptive of King Alfonso XII of Spain, whose early death in childhood altered the Spanish line of succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish princess
heir presumptive
ageAtDeath 24
birthCity Madrid
birthCountry Spain
birthDate 1880-09-11
birthPlace Royal Palace of Madrid
burialPlace El Escorial
burialSite El Escorial
surface form: Pantheon of the Princes, El Escorial
causeOfDeath complications of childbirth
child Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
surface form: Alfonso, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria

Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
citizenship Spanish
country Spain
deathCountry Spain
deathDate 1904-10-17
deathPlace Madrid
dynasticFamily Bourbon-Anjou branch
era Restoration Spain
father Alfonso XII of Spain
fullName María de las Mercedes of Orléans
surface form: María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena
givenName María de las Mercedes
heirPresumptiveEnd 1886
heirPresumptiveOf Crown of Spain
heirPresumptiveStart 1880
language Spanish
marriageDate 1901-02-14
marriagePlace Madrid
maternalGrandfather Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
maternalGrandmother Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
mother Maria Christina of Austria
nobleRank Infanta of Spain
notableEvent Her early death affected the Spanish line of succession
paternalGrandfather Francis, Duke of Cádiz
paternalGrandmother Isabella II of Spain
predecessorAsPrincessOfAsturias Isabella II of Spain
reasonHeirPresumptiveEnd birth of her brother Alfonso XIII
religion Roman Catholicism
royalHouse House of Bourbon
sibling Alfonso XIII of Spain
Infanta María Teresa of Spain
surface form: Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain
spouse Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
surface form: Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
style Her Royal Highness
successorAsPrincessOfAsturias Alfonso XIII of Spain
title Princess of Asturias

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Alfonso XII of Spain child María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Infanta María Teresa of Spain sibling María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
this entity surface form: Infanta María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias