Don Agustín Maria Muñoz y Borbón, duque de Tarancón, Grandee of Spain, was the eldest son of Maria Christina, Regent of Spain, and of her morganatic husband, Agustín Fernando Muñoz, 1st Duke of Riánsares, and the half-brother of Queen Isabella II of Spain. His mother was queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and regent of the Kingdom from 1833 to 1840, by virtue of her marriage to Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. She was the daughter of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies, by his second wife, Maria Isabella of Spain, and was a niece of her first husband, the Spanish king.
He was proposed as a candidate for the throne of Ecuador in 1846, but a monarchy was never established in Ecuador.
He died while in exile with his mother and family, residing in the Château de Malmaison in the town of Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. He was buried in the Cimetière de Rueil Malmaison.
He was proposed as a candidate for the throne of Ecuador in 1846, but a monarchy was never established in Ecuador.
He died while in exile with his mother and family, residing in the Château de Malmaison in the town of Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. He was buried in the Cimetière de Rueil Malmaison.
Don Agustín Maria Muñoz y Borbón, duque de Tarancón, Grandee of Spain, was the eldest son of Maria Christina, Regent of Spain, and of her morganatic husband, Agustín Fernando Muñoz, 1st Duke of Riánsares, and the half-brother of Queen Isabella II of Spain. His mother was queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and regent of the Kingdom from 1833 to 1840, by virtue of her marriage to Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. She was the daughter of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies, by his second wife, Maria Isabella of Spain, and was a niece of her first husband, the Spanish king.
He was proposed as a candidate for the throne of Ecuador in 1846, but a monarchy was never established in Ecuador.
He died while in exile with his mother and family, residing in the Château de Malmaison in the town of Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. He was buried in the Cimetière de Rueil Malmaison.
He was proposed as a candidate for the throne of Ecuador in 1846, but a monarchy was never established in Ecuador.
He died while in exile with his mother and family, residing in the Château de Malmaison in the town of Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. He was buried in the Cimetière de Rueil Malmaison.
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