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Who was Maria Christina's eldest child?

  • Mercedes

  • Alfonso XIII

  • Maria Teresa

  • Isabella

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Mercedes was the eldest child of Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain from 1885 to 1902. She was born in Madrid in 1880 and was the first child of Maria Christina and King Alfonso XII. Mercedes had two younger siblings, Alfonso XIII and Maria Teresa. She died in 1904 at the age of 24 from typhoid fever.
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