Full Name: | Josefina Fernanda de Borbón y Borbón |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1827 |
Birth Place: | Aranjuez, Spain |
Death Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Burial Place: | Montmartre Cemetery |
House: | Bourbon |
Issue: | Raimundo Güell y de Borbón, 1st Marquis of Valcarlos Fernando Güell y de Borbón, 1st Marquis of Güell Francisco Güell y de Borbón |
Father: | Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain |
Mother: | Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies |
Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain (25 May 1827 – 10 June 1910) was an infanta of Spain, whom married morganatically to José Güell y Renté. She was a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula and his first wife, Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies.
Josefa’s marriage to José Güell y Renté in 1848 caused Queen Isabella II of Spain to exile her. She returned to Spain in 1852 and was rehabilitated in 1855. Her spouse made a political career and she herself was known as a supporter of the progressive forces during the Spanish Revolution of 1854.[1]
Josefa Fernanda was born an infanta of Spain as the daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies.
On 4 June 1848, Josefa married morganatically to poet José Güell y Renté. When word spread of her marriage to José, Queen Isabella II of Spain exiled her from the royal court.[2] While away from the royal court, Josefa had 3 children.
Josefa died on 10 June 1910, in Paris, France—aged 83.