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Francisco
de Asís María Fernando de Borbón, sometimes anglicised Francis of Assisi (13
May 1822 – 17 April 1902), was the husband of Queen Isabella II of Spain and
king consort from 1846 to 1868. He is commonly styled Duke of Cádiz, the title
he held before his marriage. Francis was the son of Infante Francisco de Paula
of Spain, the youngest uncle of Isabella II, and Princess Luisa Carlotta of
Naples and Sicily, the sister of Isabella's mother, making him a double first
cousin to Isabella.
Francis' paternal grandparents were Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of
Parma. Their daughter, María Isabella of Spain, and Francis I of the Two
Sicilies were his maternal grandparents.
Francis married Isabella, his double first cousin, on 10 October 1846.
There is evidence that Isabella would rather have married his younger brother,
Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, and complained bitterly about her husband's
effeminate habits after their first night together.
Twelve children were born during the marriage, of whom five reached
adulthood:
- Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851–1931): married her mother's and
father's first cousin Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti.
- Alfonso XII of Spain (1857–1885).
- Infanta María del Pilar (1861–1879).
- Infanta María de la Paz (1862–1946): married her paternal first cousin
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Bavaria.
- Infanta Eulalia (1864–1958): married her maternal first cousin Don
Antonio de Orléans y Borbón, Infante of Spain, Duke of Galliera.
There has been considerable speculation that some or all of Isabella's
children were not fathered by Francis; this has been bolstered by rumours that
Francis was either homosexual or physically unable to complete the sex act.
Starting in 1864, Francis acted as president of the Spanish Privy Council (i>Consejo
del Reino). In 1868 he went into exile with his wife in France and adopted
the incognito title of CCount of Moratalla. In 1870 Francis and Isabella
were amicably separated and, with time, became good friends, which they had
certainly not been while she was Queen regnant. The 1874 restoration placed
his son Alfonso XII on the throne.
In 1881 Francis took up residence at the château of Épinay-sur-Seine
(currently the city hall). He died there in 1902. His wife Isabella and two of
his daughters, Isabella and Eulalia, were present at his deathbed.[1]
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