COMMANDER // 1806–1878
Maria Christina
Regent of SpainKingdom of Italy1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1806 – 1878
Active service 1837 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 31.
Profile
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was the Queen of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and Queen regent of the kingdom from 1833, when her daughter became queen at age two, to 1840. By virtue of her short marriage to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, she became a central character in Spanish history for nearly 50 years, thanks to introducing a bicameral model of government based on the Bourbon Restoration in France: the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834.
Battles (1)
1837
Battle of IrunFirst Carlist War · Christinos