Maria Isabella of Spain (Age of Three Empires)

Dona Maria Isabella (10 October 1830– 9 April 1904) "the Educator"or "the Good Mother" was Queen of the United Kingdom of Spain, Portugal, and the Algarves from 1840 until her death in 1904. Born in Rio de Janeiro, she was the first child of King Ferdinand VII and Maria Christina of the two Sicilies, and thus a member of the House of La Cerda-Braganza.

She came to the throne a month before her third birthday, and returned to the Iberian Peninsula when she was fourteen, her reign of 74 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors.

Early Reign
Maria Isabella was born Maria Isabella da Glória on 4 April 1840 in the Palace of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro, Kingdom of Brazil, the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, and of his fourth wife and niece, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. Queen Maria Christina became regent on 29 September 1833, when her three-year-old daughter Isabella was proclaimed sovereign on the death of the king.