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Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies

1806 - 1878

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Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Maria Cristina Ferdinanda di Borbone, Principessa delle Due Sicilie, Spanish: María Cristina de Borbón, Princesa de las Dos Sicilias; 27 April 1806 – 22 August 1878) was the Queen of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and Queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age two, to 1840. By virtue of her short marriage to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, she became a central character in Spanish history for nearly 50 years, thanks to introducing a bicameral model of government based on the Bourbon Restoration in France: the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies is the 201st most popular companion (down from 176th in 2019), the 933rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 850th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Companion.

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was the last Queen of the Two Sicilies. She was the daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Isabella of Spain. She became queen in 1832 after her father's death. She was the last of the Bourbon monarchs in Italy. She was deposed in 1860 by Garibaldi and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies became the Kingdom of Italy.

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Among companions, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies ranks 201 out of 784. Before her are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Matilda of Flanders, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Bruttia Crispina, Arsinoe II, and Tjuyu. After her are Clementia of Hungary, Joan the Lame, Marie Henriette of Austria, Geraldine of Albania, Clarice Orsini, and Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley.

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Among people born in 1806, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies ranks 8. Before her are Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Max Stirner, Benito Juárez, Augustus De Morgan, Emilia Plater, and Catherine Labouré. After her are Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Gleyre, Omar Pasha, William Webb Ellis, and Duchenne de Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1878, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies ranks 9. Before her are Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, and Charles-François Daubigny. After her are Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Angelo Secchi, Władysław Tarnowski, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies ranks 933 out of 5,161. Before her are Titus Labienus (-100), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Valentino (1932), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), and Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756). After her are Giacomo Agostini (1942), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), Matteo Zuppi (1955), Gianna Nannini (1954), Salvator Rosa (1615), and Theognis of Megara (-570).

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Among COMPANIONS In Italy

Among companions born in Italy, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies ranks 21. Before her are Poppaea Sabina (30), Cornelia (-97), Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Margherita of Savoy (1851), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), and Bruttia Crispina (164). After her are Clementia of Hungary (1293), Faustina the Elder (105), Adelaide of Austria (1822), Vibia Sabina (86), Rachele Mussolini (1890), and Constantina (325).

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