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Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain

Madrid, 5 Jun 1833 – Madrid, 18 Jan 1902

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A life in time

  1. 5 Jun 1833

    Born in Madrid

  2. 1861–1869

    5 children are born

  3. 18 Jan 1902

    Dies in Madrid, aged 68

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 5

During her lifetime

She lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Madrid.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1830s · Infanta is born in Madrid

In the news1835

Start of Mendizábal's ecclesiastical confiscations, 1835

In 1835, the ecclesiastical confiscation, known as the desamortización, was initiated by Juan Álvarez Mendizábal to sell religious assets and pay off public debt.

Getting around

Lower Travel Costs for Stagecoaches

Between 1822 and 1854, the price of stagecoach services fell by 57 percent, making long-distance travel more accessible.

What it cost

Work for food and shoes

Due to economic hardship, some workers accepted employment solely in exchange for basic food, housing, or shoe expenses instead of a monetary salary.

Photography is born. The daguerreotype was presented in Paris: for the first time a face or a street could be kept exactly as it looked.Around the world · 1839

Photography is born. The daguerreotype was presented in Paris: for the first time a face or a street could be kept exactly as it looked.

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What people wore

Long Skirts and Sandals

In the mid-19th century, Spanish women often wore skirts long enough to reach the floor, hiding their feet, although some began to show them while wearing sandals tied with blue ribbons.

Music

Rise of regional dances and castanets

During the mid-19th century, popular regional dances like the bolero, cachucha, zapateado, and fandango gained significant prominence, becoming a source of national pride. Performers even traveled to Paris in the 1830s, where their performances, particularly the use of castanets, fascinated European audiences.

Daily life

Schooling interrupted by child labor

Poor children often missed school to work as shepherds or errand boys, struggling to learn because they fell behind whenever they were pulled away for labor.