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Luisa Fernanda

sister of Isabella II

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Bourbon dynasty

In house of Bourbon: Solidarity and discord
…Queen Isabella and her sister Luisa remained unmarried, the Spanish succession was an open prospect of great interest to governments concerned with maintaining the balance of power in Europe. If both sisters would marry princes of the house of Orléans, as Louis-Philippe and the sisters’ mother, Maria Cristina, originally suggested,…
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Quadruple Alliance of 1834

In Quadruple Alliance
…when Isabella and her sister, Luisa, married French princes (see Spanish Marriages, Affair of the).
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Spanish Marriages Affair

In Affair of the Spanish Marriages
…and heiress to the throne, Luisa Fernanda, to Antoine, duc de Montpensier, the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France. The marriages revived dynastic ties between Spain and France but caused the breakdown of friendly relations between England and France.
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