Maria Christina of Austria

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Maria Christina of Austria
Formal portrait by Franzen, 1906
Queen consort of Spain
Tenure	29 November 1879 – 25 November 1885
Queen regent of Spain
Regency	26 November 1885 – 17 May 1902
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Born	(1858-07-21)21 July 1858 Gross Seelowitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Died	6 February 1929(1929-02-06) (aged 70) Royal Palace, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Burial	El Escorial
Spouse	Alfonso XII of Spain ​ ​ (m. 1879; died 1885)​
Issue	María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias Infanta María Teresa Alfonso XIII
Names Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria von Habsburg-Lothringen
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
Mother	Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria^{[1][n. 1]} (Spanish: María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was Queen of Spain as the second wife of Alfonso XII. She was queen regent during the vacancy of the throne between her husband's death in November 1885 and the birth of their son Alfonso XIII in May 1886, and subsequently also until the latter's coming of age in May 1902.

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