Juan Carlos as "King of France"

[Toledo]

First: the Wiki-answer Juan Carlos, King of Jerusalem

Then another site has a bio on king Juan Carlos and when you scroll down you see the long lists of titles he has, many just historical curiosities by today's reality. One of them is King of Jerusalem and the island of Sardinia as well as Archduke of Austria

[ysbel]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

Correct.

Felipe el Hermoso (Philip of Habsburg, 'the Handsome') indeed was the first Habsburg King of Spain, since his marriage to Juana de Aragón y de Castilla. Since then the Habsburg Kings of Spain were Archduke of Austria too.

But since 1700, when Felipe V (Philippe de Bourbon, Duc d'Anjou - son of Louis XIV and Marie Thérèse de France) became King of Spain, the reigning House is Bourbon and no longer Habsburg.

With this the title Archduke (Archduchess) of Austria ended in Spain.

OK that makes sense Henri.

But I think Maria Teresa the queen of Louis XIV was primarily an Infanta of Spain being the daughter of Felipe IV (that family interests me because of the beautiful painting Las Meninas that Velasquez painted of Maria Teresa's younger sister) although of course I see she could have claimed the title of Archduchess of Austria.

[edit-now I see that the French tended to call her Marie Terese d'Autriche like you said but I wonder why it wasn't Maria-Terese d'Espagne]

[ysbel]

Originally Posted by Kelly

I thought Queen Marie Therese of France and King Louis XIV only had one surviving child which was Louis de France Dauphin (1661-1711) who married Marianne Victoire of Bavaria. They in returned were the parents of Louis, Duc de Bourgogne and Philippe, duc D'Anjou. What about the agreement between the Sun King and Philip IV of Spain that Maria Therese would renounce her rights to the throne? Thus all her descendents could not claim to it.

I think when Maria Teresa married Louis XIV her brother was still alive and healthy so maybe the Hapsburgs and the Bourbons though the idea that Maria Teresa's and Louis' children inheriting the throne was remote.