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Maria Luisa de Silva
Infanta of Spain; Princess of Bavaria; Duchess of Talavera de la Reina
Maria Luisa de Silva in May 1914 as the new fiancée of Infante Ferdinand
Born(1880-12-03)3 December 1880
Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Died2 April 1955(1955-04-02) (aged 74)
Madrid, Spanish State
SpousePrince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Infante of Spain
FatherLuis de Silva y Ferandez, 10th Count of Pie de Concha
MotherMaría de los Dolores Fernández de Henestrosa

María Luisa de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa, Infanta of Spain, 1st Duchess of Talavera de la Reina (born 3 December 1880 in Madrid, Spain; died 2 April 1955 in Madrid) was a Spanish aristocrat and the second wife of Infante Ferdinand of Spain, Prince of Bavaria, who was a first cousin and (former) brother-in law of Alfonso XIII of Spain. She was the second child and elder daughter of Luis de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa, 10th Count of Pie de Concha and his wife, María de los Dolores Fernández de Henestrosa, herself the daughter of the 9th Marquis of Villadarias.

Doña Maria was granted the title "Duchess of Talavera de la Reina", made a grandee of Spain and accorded the style of Highness on 25 June 1914, gazetted 2 September of that year.[1] Doña Maria married Infante Don Fernando de Baviera at Guipúzcoa, Spain on 1 October 1914, whose first wife (and cousin), Infanta Maria Teresa, had died in 1912.[1]

Doña Maria was 56 when, on 17 May 1927, Maria Teresa's brother, King Alfonso XIII, made her an infanta de gracia (by "royal grace") and gave her the elevated treatment of Royal Highness, allowing her to fully share her husband's title and rank.[1] Although her husband was a patrilineal descendant of Ludwig I of Bavaria, he had become a naturalised Spaniard in 1905 in conjunction with his first marriage (being the third generation of his cadet branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach to live as modern princes étranger in Spain). Four days after Doña Maria de Silva was made a duchess in Spain, her fiancé renounced his dynastic rights as a member of the Bavarian Royal Family, 29 June 1914, completing the transfer of the prince's allegiance from Germany to Spain shortly before the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria led to World War I, although the legalities and logistics of the inter-dynastic re-arrangement of assets were disrupted and protracted by the war.

Infante Ferdinand of Spain, Prince of Bavaria and Infanta Maria Luisa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina had no children.[1] Thus, on her death in 1955 her dukedom passed to her nephew, Juan Manuel de Silva y Goyeneche, 20th Marquis of Zahara and 13th Count of Pie de Concha.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Coat of arms of the Duchess of Talavera de la Reina

Titles and styles

  • 3 December 1880 – 25 June 1914: Doña María Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa
  • 25 June 1914 – 1 October 1914: Her Highness Doña María Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina, Grandee of Spain
  • 1 October 1914 – 17 May 1927: Her Highness Doña María Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa y de Baviera, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina, Grandee of Spain
  • 17 May 1927 – 2 April 1955: Her Royal Highness Doña María Luisa de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa y de Baviera, Infanta of Spain, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Infanta Maria Luisa, Duchess of Talavera
16. José Joaquín de Silva, 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz
8. Jose Gabriel de Silva y Bazan, 11th Marquess of Santa Cruz
17. Maria Anna von Waldstein
4. Francisco de Borja de Silva-Bazán y Téllez-Girón, 12th Marquis of Santa Cruz de Mudela
18. Pedro de Alcantara Téllez-Girón y Pacheco, 9th Duke of Osuna
9. Joaquina Tellez-Giron y Pimentel, 1th Countess of Osilo
19. María Josefa de la Soledad Alfonso-Pimentel de Borja Zúñiga Enríquez Ponce de León, 12th Duchess of Arcos
2. Luis de Silva y Ferandez, 10th Count of Pie de Concha
20. Manuel Fernandez de Cordoba, 8th Marquess of Malpica
10. Joaquin Fernandez de Cordoba, 7. Duke of Arion
21. María Teresa del Carmen Pacheco Tellez-Girón Fernandez de Velasco, 6th Duchess of Arion
5. María de la Encarnación Fernández de Córdova y Alvarez de las Asturias Bohorques
22. Nicolas Maurício Álvarez de Las Asturias-Bohórquez y Velez-Ladron de Guevar, 1th Duke of Gor
11. María de la Encarnacion Francisca de Asis Álvarez de Bohorques y Chacón
23. María del Carmen Chacón y Carrillo de Albornoz
1. Maria Luisa de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa
24. José Fernández de Henestrosa y Horcasitas
12. Diego Fernández de Henestrosa y Montenegro
25. Ignacia de Montenegro
6. Francisco Javier Fernández de Henestrosa y Santiesteban, 9th Marquis of Villadarias
26. Francisco Javier de Santisteban y Horcasitas, 6th Marquess of Villadarias
13. María de los Dolores de Santisteban y Horcasitas, 7th Marquise de Villadarias
27. María Josefa de Horcasitas y Melo de Portugal, 3st Marchioness of la Vera
3. María de los Dolores Fernández de Henestrosa
28. Luis Maria de le Soledad Fernandez de Cordoba y Gonzaga, 13th Duke of Medinaceli
14. Luis Joaquin Fernández de Córdoba, 14th Duke of Medinaceli
29. Joaquina de Benavides y Pacheco, 3st Duchess of Santisteban del Puerto
7. María de la Natividad Luisa Fernández de Córdova y Ponce de Leon
30. António Maria Ponce de Leon y Dávila Carrillo de Albornoz, 4th Duke of Montemar
15. María de la Concepción Ponce de Leon y Carvajal
31. María Luisa de Carvajal y Gonzaga
  1. ^ a b c d Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1985). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome IV -- Wittelsbach. France: Laballery. pp. 465–466, 473. ISBN 2-901138-04-7.
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