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Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain,[1] (Isabel Alfonsa María Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaida Rafaela de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón; 16 October 1904 – 18 July 1985)[2] was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth.[3] Through her marriage to Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski, she was a member of the House of Zamoyski.[4]

Princess Isabel Alfonsa
Countess Zamoyska
Born(1904-10-16)16 October 1904
Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Died18 July 1985(1985-07-18) (aged 80)
Madrid, Spain
Spouse
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(m. 1929; died 1961)​
Issue
  • Count Karol Alfons
  • Countess Maria Cristina
  • Count Joseph Michael
  • Countess Maria Teresa
Names
Spanish: Isabel Alfonsa María Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaida Rafaela
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherPrince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
MotherMaría de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias

Family

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Isabel Alfonsa was the third child of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his first wife Mercedes, Princess of Asturias.[5] Her mother was the heiress presumptive to the Spanish Throne from 11 September 1880 to 17 October 1904. She died one day after the labor.[6] Isabel Alfonsa's maternal grandparents were Alfonso XII of Spain and Maria Christina of Austria.[6] Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue

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Isabel Alfonsa married her first cousin once removed Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski, seventh child and third son of Count Andrzej Zamoyski and his wife Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 9 March 1929 in Madrid.[4] She and Jan had four children:[2]

 
Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and her four children
  • Count Karol Alfons Zamoyski (28 October 1930 – 26 October 1979)[citation needed]
  • Countess Maria Krystyna Zamoyska (2 September 1932 – 6 December 1959)[citation needed]
  • Count Józef Michal Zamoyski (27 June 1935 - 22/23 May 2010)[citation needed]
  • Countess Maria Teresa Zamoyska (born 18 April 1938)[citation needed]

In 1929–1945 the family lived in Czechoslovakia in the town of Stará Ľubovňa.[7]

Honours

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Arms

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  • Heraldry of Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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    Coat of Arms of Isabel Alfonsa as Infanta of Spain and Countess Zamoyska
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    Coat of Arms of Isabel Alfonsa as Infanta of Spain and widow

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "Spain / Royal: Royal Wedding Of Princess Isabel Alfonsa And Count Jan Zamoyski". www.britishpathe.com. 1929. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  2. ^ a b "Isabel Alfonsa de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  3. ^ "Acta de nacimiento y presentación de la Infanta que ha dado á luz S.A.R. la Serma. Srá. Princesa de Asturias" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 1904-10-17. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  4. ^ a b "ABC MADRID 10-03-1929 página 29 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  5. ^ Campo, Carlos Robles do (2009). "Los Infantes de España tras la derogación de la Ley Sálica (1830)", Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía (12) (PDF). p. 355.
  6. ^ a b Bratislava, NATALIA VAQUERO (Epipress) (2016-10-08). "Nostalgia de Isabel de Borbón en Vysne Ruzbachy". La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  7. ^ "Šľachtický rod Zamoyski a ľubovnianske panstvo". Hrad v Starej Ľubovni (in Slovak). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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