Infanta Maria Luisa, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina

Infanta María Luisa of Spain, 1st Duchess of Talavera de la Reina (3 December 1880 – 2 April 1955) was a Spanish aristocrat and the second wife of Infante Ferdinand of Spain, Prince of Bavaria, who was a first cousin and (former) brother-in law of Alfonso XIII of Spain. She was the second child and elder daughter of Luis de Silva y Fernandez de Henestrosa, 10th Count of Pie de Concha and his wife, María de los Dolores Fernández de Henestrosa, herself the daughter of the 9th Marquis of Villadarias. Doña Maria was granted the title "Duchess of Talavera de la Reina", made a grandee of Spain and accorded the style of Highness on 25 June 1914, gazetted 2 September of that year. Infante Ferdinand of Spain, Prince of Bavaria and Infanta Maria Luisa had no children. Thus, on her death in 1955 her dukedom passed to her nephew, Juan Manuel de Silva y Goyeneche, 20th Marquis of Zahara and 13th Count of Pie de Concha.

Titles and styles

 * December 3, 1880-June 25, 1914 Doña María Luisa de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa.
 * June 25, 1914-October 1, 1914 Her Excellency The Duchess of Talavera de la Reina.
 * October 1, 1914 – May 17, 1927 Her Highness The Duchess of Talavera de la Reina, Grandee of Spain.
 * May 17, 1927 – April 2, 1955 'Her Royal Highness The Infanta Doña María Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina.