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Mercedes of Orléans

1860 - 1878

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María de las Mercedes of Orléans (24 June 1860 – 26 June 1878) was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mercedes of Orléans is the 356th most popular companion (up from 366th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Spain (up from 438th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Companion.

Mercedes of Orléans is most famous for being the daughter of Louis I, Duke of Orléans and his second wife, Marguerite of Valois. In 1415, she married John I, Duke of Brabant and had two children with him.

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Among companions, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 356 out of 784. Before her are Princess Taiping, Miqdad ibn Aswad, Joan of Portugal, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, and Mary of Modena. After her are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Anne Hyde, Rogneda of Polotsk, Galeria Valeria, and Mary Todd Lincoln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 37. Before her are Otto Jespersen, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Karl Denke, Gustave Charpentier, and Paul Ulrich Villard. After her are Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Waldemar Haffkine, Isaac Levitan, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, and Jules Laforgue. Among people deceased in 1878, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 24. Before her are Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carl von Rokitansky, and George Gilbert Scott. After her are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Mariam Baouardy, Carlo Blasis, Robert Stirling, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, and Mindon Min.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 414 out of 3,355. Before her are Vímara Peres (820), Fruela II of Asturias (875), Rafael Moneo (1937), John of Austria the Younger (1629), Fruela I of Asturias (722), and Theudis (470). After her are Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945), García II of Galicia (1042), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Priscillian (340), and Lorenzo Sanz (1943).

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Among COMPANIONS In Spain

Among companions born in Spain, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 18. Before her are Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Eleanor of Castile (1241), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), and Juana Enríquez (1425). After her are Luisa de Guzmán (1613), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1403), Dulce of Aragon (1160), Beatrice of Castile (1242), and Violant of Aragon (1236).

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