Mercedes, Princess of Asturias [SEP] father
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena) (11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904), was the eldest child of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria. She was Princess of Asturias, the heir presumptive to the Crown of Spain, for all 24 years of her life.
Had her younger sibling, unborn at the death of Alfonso XII, been a daughter,
was left pregnant. It was decided that Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, wouldn't be proclaimed queen because of the possibility that Alfonso's widow carried a son.
Heirs to Alfonso XIII.
A posthumous son was indeed born to Alfonso XII and he immediately succeeded his father as Alfonso XIII. His sister,
- Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, became his heir presumptive. She remained heir presumptive until her death in 1904.
- Alfonso, succeeded his mother as heir presumptive to the throne of Spain. However