María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias was the eldest child of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria. She was Princess of Asturias, the heiress presumptive to
1903 portrait
Mercedes with Queen Maria Christina, King Alfonso XIII and Infanta Maria Teresa
Mercedes, Princess of Asturias and her husband in their wedding
Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth. Through her marriage, she also became a member of the Zamoyski family.
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
…misdiagnosed as simple intestinal cramps. Peritonitis set in and on the early hours on 16 October 1904 Mercedes gave birth prematurely to her third child, Princess Isabella Alfonsa (1904–1985). The health of the mother was so seriously compromised that little attention was given to the child, who was believed to have been stillborn…
Isabel Alfonsa de Borbón as a child
The wedding of Princess Isabel Alfonsa and Count Jan Kanty Zamoysky, 1929.