Maria Christinas Brustschmuck | Las joyas de las Reinas de España

Königin Marie Christina von Spanien mit grossem Diamantschmuck aus den königlichen Schatzkammern, bestehend aus Diadem, ein paar Armbänder, Halsschmuck in Form von Diamant besetzten Blättern und Diamantlinien als Bordüren aus einzeln gefassten grossen runden Diamanten die entlang ihrer Corsage verlaufen und in einem prächtigen Miederschmuck aus Diamanten enden.

Der Corsagenschmuck gehörte zu ihren Hochzeitsgeschenken von 1879, als sie sich mit Alfonso XII von Spanien vermählte, sie war die zweite Frau des spanischen Königs, seine erste Gemahlin starb ganz plötzlich nach nur 6 Monaten Ehe.

Der atemberaubende Schmuck wurde von der spanischen Königsfamilie verkauft und gehört nun zu der sagenhaften Schmucksammlung von Tita Baronin Thyssen-Bornemisza, der Witwe des Kunstsammlers Heini von Thyssen.

Her Imperial and Royal Highness Maria Christina, Princess Imperial, Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Maria Christina Désirée Henriette Felicitas Rainiera von Hapsburg, 21 July 1858–6 February 1929) was the second Queen consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain and was Queen Regent of Spain during the minority of her son Alfonso XIII, from 21 July 1886 - 7 May 1902.
Known to her family as Christa, she was born at Židlochovice Castle (Gross Seelowitz), near Brno, in Moravia, a daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth.
Maria Christina married King Alfonso XII of Spain on 29 November 1879 at the Royal Palace in Madrid, and became the mother of his only three legitimate children: Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain, Maria Theresa, and Alfonso. His previous wife was Infante Maria de las Mercedes of Spain, who died four years after their marriage, leaving no issue.
This important stomacher of diamonds was a wedding gift to her, she wore it together with a lots of diamond jewels and two revieres of large diamonds as broderie on her corsage.
At least the owner of Queen Maria Christina´s big stomacher (slightly altered) is well known - it is Tita Thyssen-Bornemisza - the step-mother of Francesca Habsburg

Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857–November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. He was son of Isabella II of Spain. His biological paternity is uncertain, though his legal paternity is not: his mother was married to her homosexual cousin Maria Fernando 'Francisco' de Asis, Infante, and king Consort of Spain, eldest son of the duke of Cadiz, at the time of Alfonso's conception and birth. Alfonso's biological father is said to have been Enrique Puig y Moltó, a captain of the guard, or General Serrano. When Queen Isabella and her husband were forced to leave Spain by the revolution of 1868, Alfonso accompanied them to Paris, and from there he was sent to the Theresianum at Vienna to continue his studies. On June 25, 1870 he was recalled to Paris, where his mother abdicated in his favour, in the presence of a number of Spanish nobles who had followed the fortunes of the exiled queen. He assumed the title of Alfonso XII; for although no king of united Spain had previously borne the name, the Spanish monarchy was regarded as continuous with the more ancient monarchy, represented by the eleven kings of León and Castile also named Alfonso.
On January 23, 1878 Alphonso married his cousin, Princess Maria de las Mercedes, daughter of the duc de Montpensier, but she died within six months of her marriage. Towards the end of the same year a young workman of Tarragona, Oliva Marcousi, fired at the king in Madrid. On November 29, 1879 he married a much more distant relative, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria. She died at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

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