Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria and Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain and their two oldest children Luis Alfonso and José Eugenio. por FERDINAND von BAYERN

1906. Original photograph reproduction, cabinet card, silverprint, postcard,, 14 x 9 cm. Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (Ferdinand Maria Ludwig Franz von Assisi Isabellus Adalbert Ildefons Martin Bonifaz Joseph Isidro; 10 May 1884 - 5 April 1958) was a Spanish prince, the eldest son and child of Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria and his wife, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain. Ferdinand became an Infante of Spain on 20 October 1905 and renounced his rights to the throne of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1914. Ferdinand married his first cousin, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, second eldest child and daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria, on 12 January 1906 in Madrid. This marriage and the granted royal rank in Spain meant that Ferdinand (also known as Infante don Fernando María de Baviera y de Borbón), the third-generation Spanish-Bavarian, committed himself to Spain. His second marriage with a Spanish noblewoman changed nothing in that respect. Ferdinand married for a second time to María Luisa de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina, daughter of Luis de Silva y Fernández, 10th Count of Pie de Concha and his wife, Maria de los Dolores Fernández de Henestrosa y Fernández de Córdoba, on 1 October 1914 in Fuenterrabía, Spain. Maria Luisa was also granted the title Infanta of Spain. Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa Isabel Eugenia del Patrocinio Diega de Borbón y Habsburgo, Infanta de España; 12 November 1882 in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain - 23 September 1912 in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain was the second eldest child and daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife Maria Christina of Austria. Maria Teresa was an Infanta of Spain and a member of the House of Bourbon by birth. Infante Luis Alfonso of Spain (6 December 1906 - 14 May 1983) Infante José Eugenio of Spain (26 March 1909 - 16 August 1966) KEYWORDS:photo/germany/spain