Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain

Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain (25 May 1827 – 10 June 1910) was an infanta of Spain, whom married morganatically to José Güell y Renté. She was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula and his first wife, Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies.

Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain
Born(1827-05-25)25 May 1827
Aranjuez, Spain
Died10 June 1910(1910-06-10) (aged 83)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Burial
Spouse
José Güell y Renté
(m. 1848; died 1884)
IssueRaimundo Güell y de Borbón, 1st Marquis of Valcarlos
Fernando Güell y de Borbón, 1st Marquis of Güell
Francisco Güell y de Borbón
Names
Josefina Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón
HouseBourbon
FatherInfante Francisco de Paula of Spain
MotherPrincess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies

Josefa’s marriage to José Güell y Renté in 1848 caused Queen Isabella II of Spain to exile her. She returned to Spain in 1852 and was rehabilitated in 1855. Her spouse made a political career and she herself was known as a supporter of the progressive forces during the Spanish Revolution of 1854.[1]

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Josefa Fernanda was born an infanta of Spain as the daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies.

On 4 June 1848, Josefa married morganatically to poet José Güell y Renté.[2] When word spread of her marriage to José, Queen Isabella II of Spain exiled her from the royal court.[2] While away from the royal court, Josefa had 3 children.

Josefa died on 10 June 1910, in Paris, France—aged 83.

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References edit

  1. ^ "La Infanta española que "interrumpió" su matrimonio pistola en mano tras una infidelidad hace siglo y medio". abc (in Spanish). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Infantas españolas: Josefa Fernanda de Borbón: el accidente en Lhardy que le arrebató los honores". Tu Otro Diario (in Spanish). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Calvo Maturana, Antonio Juan. "Francisco de Paula Antonio María de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  4. ^ a b Mateos Sáinz de Medrano, Ricardo. "Luisa Carlota de Borbón y Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  5. ^ a b Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 9.
  6. ^ a b Genealogie ascendate, p. 96
  7. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Francis I. of the Two Sicilies" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  8. ^ a b Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza Navarrete Martínez. "María de la O Isabel de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.