Infanta María Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier (French:Marie Louise Ferdinande; 30 January 1832 – 2 February 1897) was the younger daughter of KingFerdinand VII of Spain and his fourth wife and niece,Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. She becameDuchess of Montpensier by marriage to her first cousin once removed,Antoine, Duke of Montpensier.

Infanta Luisa Fernanda
Duchess of Montpensier
Photographc.1885
Born	(1832-01-30)30 January 1832 Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
Died	2 February 1897(1897-02-02) (aged 65) Palace of San Telmo,Seville, Spain
Burial	(1897-02-02)2 February 1897 Infantes Pantheon,Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Spouse	Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier ​ ​ (m. 1846; died 1890)​
Issue Among others...	Infanta Isabel, Countess of Paris Infanta Maria Amelia Infanta María Cristina Mercedes, Queen of Spain Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera
Names Spanish:María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
House	Bourbon
Father	Ferdinand VII of Spain
Mother	Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
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When her elder sisterIsabella II of Spain succeeded to the throne, Infanta Luisa Fernanda washeir presumptive to the crown between 1833 and 1851, when Isabella's oldest surviving daughter was born.

Luisa Fernanda was engaged tothe Duke of Montpensier, the youngest son of KingLouis Philippe, who also was Luisa's mother's first cousin.

Luisa Fernanda, only 14 years old, and Antoine, 22, had their nuptials on 10 October 1846 as a double wedding with Isabella and Francis, and young Antoine was elevated to the rank of anInfante of Spain. The couple moved toParis and later toSeville. The relationship between Isabella and her sister was tense, due to Antoine's conspiracies against the queen.^[1]

Antoine's father was deposed in 1848. The same year, the then 16-year-old Luisa Fernanda gave birth to their first child, Maria Isabel. After Isabella was deposed, the family went into exile. Luisa returned to Seville years later, already widowed, where she died.^[1] She is buried atEscorial.

TheParque de María Luisa was named after her.^[2]

Luisa Fernanda and Antoine had ten children, but only five of them reached adulthood.^{[3][unreliable source?]}

• Infanta Maria Isabel (1848–1919); married her first cousinPrince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838–1894), the French claimant, and became known as Madame thecomtesse de Paris. She had several children, includingPrincess Louise of Orléans, the maternal grandmother ofKing Juan Carlos I.
• Infanta Maria Amelia (1851–1870)
• Infanta Maria Cristina (1852–1879); after her younger sister Mercedes died, she was engaged to KingAlfonso XII (1857–1885), five years her junior, but she died before the wedding.
• Infanta Maria de la Regla (1856–1861)
• Stillborn child (1857–1857)
• Infante Fernando (1859–1873)
• Infanta Maria de las Mercedes (1860–1878), otherwise PrincessMarie des Graces d'Orleans-Montpensier, who married her first cousinAlfonso XII and is historically known asMercedes of Orléans, Queen of Spain. Without issue.
• Infante Felipe Raimundo Maria (1862–1864)
• Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera (1866–1930); becameDuke of Galliera in Italy. He married his first cousinInfanta Eulalia of Spain (1864–1958), daughter of Isabella II, and had two sons:Infante Alfonso andInfante Luís.
• Infante Luis Maria Felipe Antonio (1867–1874)

Of all her children, onlyMarie Isabelle andAntonio survived to adulthood. Through Antonio, the now non-royal line of dukes of Galliera continues. Alfonso's grandchildren lost royal status due tonon-dynastic marriages. The current Duke of Galliera is Alfonso's great-grandson, Don Alfonso Francesco de Orléans-Borbón y Ferarra-Pignatelli.^[3]

Through Maria Isabel, she became great-grandmother of kingManuel II of Portugal,Amedeo, Duke of Aosta,Aimone, Duke of Spoleto, andLuis Filipe, Duke of Braganza; great-great-grandmother ofJuan Carlos I of Spain andHenri, Count of Paris.

• Heraldry of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier
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  Coat of arms of Infanta Luisa Fernanda
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  Arms of alliance of Infanta Luisa Fernanda and her husband
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  Arms as Duchess Dowager