Funeral of Queen Mercedes, María de las Mercedes of Orleans (1860-1878), June 28, 1878. Queen consort of Spain by her marriage to King Alfonso XII. She died shortly after her wedding as a result of typhoid fever. Handing of the royal corpse by the Minister of Grace and Justice to the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo and the ecclesiastic chapter at the Monastery of El Escorial, on June 28, 1878. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1878.
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