Early Life
Maria Micaela Desmaisieres y Lopez de Dicastillo was born on 1 January 1809 in Madrid during the Spanish war of independence. Her father was a high-ranking officer in the Spanish army and her mother was a lady-in-waiting to the Spanish Queen, Maria Luisa de Parma.
Maria Micaela's life unfolded in the circles of the Spanish and French nobility. Through her family and social connections she had very cordial relationships with the Monarchs in Spain, France, and Belgium, and spent most of her young life accompanying her brother, the Spanish Ambassador Diego, to the Royal Palaces. Dances, parties, social gatherings and horse riding were the order of the day for her.
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