Editing Ferdinand VII (section)

==Marriages==
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[[File:King Ferdinand VII and Queen Maria Christina of Spain.jpg|thumb|upright|Ferdinand VII and María Cristina by [[Luis de la Cruz y Ríos]] (1832)]]
Ferdinand VII married four times. His first wife died of [[tuberculosis]], the second died in [[Maternal death|childbirth]], and the third died of "a fever".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court, Museo del Prado|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/italianmasterpieces/about/patronage/patron-data/maria-josepha-amalia-of-saxony2.html|website=[[National Gallery of Victoria]]|at=About: Patronage: Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony|type=Online version of art exhibition catalogue}}</ref> His fourth wife outlived him by 45 years.

In 1802, he married his first cousin [[Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily]] (1784–1806), daughter of [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] and [[Marie Caroline of Austria]]. Her two pregnancies in 1804 and 1805 both ended in [[miscarriage]]s.

In 1816, Ferdinand married [[avuncular marriage|his niece]] [[Maria Isabel of Portugal]] (1797–1818), daughter of his older sister [[Carlota Joaquina of Spain|Carlota Joaquina]] and [[John VI of Portugal]]. They had a daughter who lived only five months, and a stillborn daughter.

On 20 October 1819, in [[Madrid]], Ferdinand married the daughter of his father's first cousin [[Maximilian, Prince of Saxony]] and of his mother's first cousin [[Caroline of Parma]], Princess [[Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony]] (1803–1829). They had no children.

Lastly, on 27 May 1829, Ferdinand married another niece, [[Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies]] (1806–1878), daughter of his younger sister [[Maria Isabella of Spain]] and of their first cousin [[Francis I of the Two Sicilies]], who was also the brother of Ferdinand's first wife. They had two surviving daughters, [[Isabella II of Spain|the older of whom]] succeeded Ferdinand upon his death.