On 23 January 1878 at the Basilica of Atocha in Madrid, Alfonso married his cousin, Princess Maria de las Mercedes, daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, but she died within six months of the marriage.

Other well-known Australian performers who also got their start as a contestant on the show include Asher Keddie, Alyce Platt, John Foreman, Maria Mercedes, Sylvie Paladino, Marty Fields and Michael Cormick.

When the King died, Maria Christina was pregnant, so the throne was vacant, depending on whether Maria Christina's unborn child was a male or a female ; a male would make that child king, while a female would place her elder daughter, Infanta María Mercedes, on the throne.

The remains of Alfonso XIII's wife, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, as well as those of his third son Juan, Count of Barcelona and daughter-in-law Maria de las Mercedes ( the father and mother of the current king, Juan Carlos I ), lie at a prepared place called a pudridero, or decaying chamber, awaiting interment in the Pantheon of the Kings.

* Svetlana – Maria Mercedes

The first soaps ( Picara Sonhadora and Marisol ) did fairly well in the ratings ; however, later soaps ( Cristal, Os Ricos Também Choram and Maria Esperança, a version of the popular Maria Mercedes ) were less popular.

Among its students have been, among other, artists as: singers Francisco Viñas, Maria Barrientos, Josefina Huguet, Conchita Supervía, Mercedes Capsir, Elvira de Hidalgo, Miguel Fleta, Victoria de los Ángeles, Jaume Aragall, Montserrat Caballé, Manuel Ausensi, José Carreras, Eduard Giménez, Dalmacio González, Joan Pons, Josep Bros ; guitarist Renata Tarragó ; pianist Frank Marshall or composers Frederic Mompou, Joan Lamote de Grignon, Ricard Lamote de Grignon, Joaquim Zamacois, Lluís Benejam, Joan Guinjoan, Leonardo Balada, Carles Santos, and Manuel Valls.

* Assistant Animators: Sandra Sasu, Julio Altozano, Maria Luisa Ruis, Luis Amor, Armando Berdones, Borja Montoro, Mario Moroillo, Fernando Ollero, Angel Marcano, Mercedes Manzanvo, Marta Diaz, Jesus Albiol, Juan Jose Mora and Maria Isabel Fernandez

Through her daughter, Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, she was the grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

His fame increased in 1992 when he participated in Maria Mercedes, a soap opera which was a huge international hit and launched the career of Thalía.

After Maria Mercedes, Peniche took a break from filming telenovelas because his fame had reached levels that he didn't expect.

* Maria Mercedes ( 1992 ) (" Jorge Luis ")

In 1946, the widowed Prince Irakli married Princess Maria de las Mercedes de Baviera y Borbón ( 1911 – 1953 ), daughter of the German Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria who had been naturalised as a Spanish infante, and granddaughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain, thus bringing the Bagrationis into the marital and social orbit of the dynasties of Western Europe.

* Noche de Concierto con Maria Mercedes ( Luisa Martinez ) ( 1996 – 2000 )

* Mileño: Rock en Español con Maria Mercedes ( 1999 – 2001 )

He married Princess Dolores Victoria Maria de las Mercedes de Borbon y Orleans and spent most of his time in Poland.

Infanta María de las Mercedes of Spain ( María de las Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa Jacinta ) ( Madrid, 11 September 1880 – Madrid, 17 October 1904 ), Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the heiress presumptive to the Crown of Spain, was the eldest daughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria.

it: Maria de las Mercedes di Borbone-Spagna

nl: Maria de las Mercedes van Spanje

** Crown of the Queen Consort ( Used by Queen Mercedes, Queen Maria Christina and Queen Victoria Eugenie )

At Chatsworth High, he starred in the school's senior production of The Sound of Music, playing the part of Captain Georg von Trapp, opposite Mare Winningham's character, Maria.

The production was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince and starred Larry Kert as Tony, Carol Lawrence as Maria, Chita Rivera as Anita and David Winters as Baby John, the youngest of the gang members.

It starred Ken Marshall as Tony, Hector Jamie Mercado as Bernardo, Josie de Guzman as Maria, and Debbie Allen as Anita.

A UK national tour started in 1997 and starred David Habbin as Tony, Katie Knight Adams as Maria and Anna-Jane Casey as Anita.

This production has starred such performers as Kirsten Rossi / Elisa Cordova / Sofia Escobar / Ali Ewoldt as Maria, Ryan Silverman / Scott Sussman / Chad Hilligus as Tony, Lana Gordon / Oneika Phillips / Desiree Davar as Anita, Spencer Howard / Brett Leigh ( also playing Action )/ Denton Tarver as Riff and Emmanuel de Jesús Silva / Marco Santiago / Oscar as Bernardo.

Angelo Mariani conducted the performance, which starred Italo Campanini as Lohengrin, Bianca Blume as Elsa, Maria Löwe Destin as Ortrud, Pietro Silenzi as Telramund, and Giuseppe Galvani as Heinrich der Vogler.

She continued to divide her appearances between stage, TV and film, appearing in the title role of a television production of Jean Anouilh's Antigone in 1969 and in the 1970 film Cromwell as Queen Henrietta Maria, before playing another Queen in 1970 – Anne Boleyn in the BBC's series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, which starred Keith Michell in the title role.

In 2010, after 14 years away from acting, she starred in an episode of Mujeres Asesinas 3 as Luz Maria, alongside Cynthia Klitbo in the episode " Luz, Arrolladora ".

Korda's first wife was the actress Maria Corda, who starred in many of his silent films in Europe and America.

In 1954, Clark had starred in a stage production of The Constant Nymph, but it wasn't until 1981, at the urging of her children, that she returned to legitimate theatre, starring as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in London's West End.

The production starred Connie Fisher and Summer Strallen as Maria, Simon Shepherd, Alexander Hanson and Simon MacCorkindale as Captain Von Trapp and Lesley Garrett and Margaret Preece as the Mother Abbess.

Compassion !, with Lane and John Glover, which examines the relationships of eight gay men ; Master Class ( 1995 ); a character study of legendary opera soprano Maria Callas, which starred Zoe Caldwell and won the Tony for Best Play ; and the least-known of the group, Dedication, or The Stuff of Dreams, with Lane and Marian Seldes.

She has also starred in the musicals directed by Saverio Marconi The Sound of Music ( playing the role of Maria von Trapp ) and Cabaret ( playing the role of Sally Bowles ); both had great success in Italy.

Maria Callas starred as Alceste in an acclaimed production at La Scala in 1954.

Generally known as the " operatic version ", it starred Te Kanawa as Maria, José Carreras as Tony, Tatiana Troyanos as Anita, Kurt Ollman as Riff, and Marilyn Horne as the offstage voice who sings " Somewhere ".

It starred Michael Jayston and Maria Aitken, and it was directed by Alan Strachan.

This production ran at the Geffen Playhouse ( Los Angeles ) from June 2002 to July 21, 2002 with a cast that starred Gregory Jbara ( Vinnie ), John Larroquette ( Oscar ), Joe Regalbuto ( Felix ) and Maria Conchita Alonso ( Ynes ) and was directed by Peter Bonerz.

He has also produced several films, including True Lies ( 1994 ), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger – whose ex-wife is Shriver's sister, Maria Shriver.

The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred Maria Corda as Helen, Lewis Stone as Menelaus, and Ricardo Cortez as Paris.

Directed by Jeremy Sams, the cast starred Michael Ball as Giorgio, Helen Hobson as Clara, and Maria Friedman as Fosca ( Friedman had previously appeared in several Sondheim musicals in the UK ).

She starred as Maria in the 1990 Lincoln Center production of The Sound of Music, which was nominated as Outstanding Musical Revival by the Drama Desk Awards.

Maria Malibran ( a famous mezzo-soprano who often sang soprano parts ) starred in the premiere, but she ignored the censoring revisions ( vil bastarda – " vile bastard " became donna vile ) and the city banned further performances.

She appeared in performances for Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki and starred as Maria ( the lead role ) in West Side Story for Spier Opera Company in Cape Town.

Manganiello starred in the west coast premiere of Terrence McNally's Unusual Acts of Devotion in June 2009, alongside Doris Roberts, Richard Thomas, Harriet Harris and Maria Dizzia.