1887 Queen Regent Maria Christina Spain Signed Document Royal King Alfonzo XIII for Sale

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1887 Queen Regent Maria Christina Spain Signed Document Royal King Alfonzo XIII For Sale

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1887 Queen Regent Maria Christina Spain Signed Document Royal King Alfonzo XIII :
$599.96

LOT-Y6. For your consideration is a rare and important hand-signed Royal manuscript document by Queen Maria Cristina of Spain, spouse of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Signed by Maria Cristina as Queen Regent of Spain in 1887.Archduchess Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria(Spanish: María Cristina de Habsburgo; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) wasQueen consort of Spain as the second wife of Alfonso XIII.She ruled as queen regent during the vacancy of the throne between her husband\'s deathin November 1885 and the birth of their son Alfonso XIII in May 1886, and subsequentlyalso until the coming of age of the latter in May 1902.Official 9\" x 13\" document signed by Maria Cristina as Queen Regent and signed \"Yo la ReinaRegente\", or \"I the Regent Queen\".

Fine condition with a fold in the middle of the document. Official seal of Maria Cristina embossed in the lower left of the cover page. Document signed in 1886.This document is actually two folded 13\" x 18\" pages and on the second page there are aof notes and signatures by military individuals along with their official stamps.

Archduchess Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria, also known as Maria Christina Henrietta Désirée Félicité Rénière (21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was Queen of Spain as the second wife of King Alfonso XII. She was regent during the vacancy of the throne between her husband\'s death and her son\'s birth, and during the minority of their son, Alfonso XIII, between 1885 and 1902.

Known to her family as Christa, she was born at Židlochovice Castle (Groß Seelowitz), near Brünn (now Brno), in Moravia, a daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria.Her paternal grandparents were Archduke Charles of Austria and Princess Henriette Alexandrine of Nassau-Weilburg.Various sources attributed good traits to Maria Christina before her marriage. One states she was \"tall, fair, sensible, and well educated\". She was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter of the Castle of Prague (1875-1879).