On This Day: Spanish Royal Family


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November 22, 1975 Enthronement of Juan Carlos I of Spain.

In 1969 General Franco officially named him his successor. He was given the title Prince of Spain (not Prince of Asturias) at this time.


November 20 1975 General Franco died. And two days later JC was enthroned.

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2017/11/22/king-juan-carlos-enthronement-1975/






November 22 2002 death of Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Juan Carlos' Aunt.

She was the third child and eldest daughter of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her daughter Beatrice) and Alfonso XIII. She was four years older then Infant Juan, Juan Carlos' father.

She was married to Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi in 1935.

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2020/0...-spain-and-the-prince-of-civitella-cesi-1935/


The couple had four children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Their daughter Olimpia was the mother of Princess Sibylla of Luxembourg (wife of GD Henri's younger brother Guillaume). Her husband died in 1986.

When she died at 93 she was the last surviving child of her parents, as well as the last surviving grandchild of Alfonso XII.


Along with outliving her husband, she outlived her son Marino who died from HIV related. She has 3 surviving children, 9 grandchildren and 19 great great-grandchildren. Sadly she out lived 2 grandchildren by Olimpia, and a great-grandson died in 2020.
 
On this day, November 22, 1602 ~ Birth of Elisabeth of France, Queen of Spain and Portugal, wife of King Philip IV of Spain
 
On this day, November 26, 1504 ~ Demise of Queen Isabella I of Castile, wife of King Ferdinand of Aragon
 
Isabella I of Castille is buried at the Capilla Real de Granada or Royal Chapel of Granada.
The chapel was constructed between 1505 and 1517 and the funerary monument were finished in 1517.Prior to the completion of the chapel the coffins of Isabella and Ferdinand were buried at the San Francisco Monastery in Granada.
 
On this day, November 28, 1857 ~ Birth of King Alfonso XII of Spain at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain
 
Just like today, December 1st, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1764: Charles III inaugurates the Royal Palace of Madrid.
1874: The future King Alfonso XII signs the Sandhurst Manifesto, written by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.
 
Blog Real said:
Just like today, December 1st, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1764: Charles III inaugurates the Royal Palace of Madrid.
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The previous residence the Real Alcázar de Madrid had burnt down in December 1734 following a fire on December 24th that last 4 days.

Real Alcázar de Madrid in 1704
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On this day, December 4, 1711 ~ Birth of Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain, wife of King Ferdinand VI of Spain
 
On a day like today, December 9, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1751: María Luisa de Parma, Queen Consort of Spain, wife of Carlos IV, is born.
1759: Carlos III arrives in Madrid from Naples to take over the throne of Spain.
 
Just like today, December 12, in the Spanish Monarchy:

914: In León, Ordoño II is acclaimed sovereign by the main tycoons, bishops, abbots and counts of León, gathered in general assembly, anointed by 12 bishops and crowned.
1804: Spain declares war on England for the treaties of San Ildefonso and Aranjuez with France.
1911: María Cristina de Borbón y Battemberg, Infanta de España, was born.
 
Just like today, December 18th, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1118: Alfonso I the Battler reconquers Zaragoza.
 
Just like today December 19th, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1308: Through the Treaty of Alcalá de Henares, Fernando IV of Castile and Jaimr II of Aragon bring forward positions against the common enemy, the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
1683: Felipe V, King of Spain, was born.
 
Just like today December 21, 601 Recaredo, Visigothic King, dies.
 
December 23, 1910 birth of Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Barcelona.


Maria was born in Madrid. Her father Prince Carlos of Bourbon two Sicilies was an Infante of Spain. Her mother Princess Louise of Orleans was a daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris. Her maternal aunts included Queen Amelie of Portugal (mother of Manuel II). At birth she was granted the rank and precedence of an Infanta though her title was Princess of Boubon Two-Sicilies. Her parents had four children, a son and three daughters. She was their third child and second daughter. Her mother was her father's second wife. Her father originally had been married to Mercedes, Princess of Asturius, a daughter of Alfonso XII. Maria had an older half sister and brother (there was a second half brother but he died in infancy before Maria was born).

When the Spanish republic forced them into exile they moved to Cannes and later Paris. She would study art at the Louvre.


In January 1935 she attended the wedding of Princess Beatriz of Spain, the daughter of Alfonso XIII (Alfonso was the younger brother of Maria's father's first wife). It was at the wedding (the bride was her second cousin) she got to know again Beatriz's brother, Juan, Count of Barcelona. Juan was the 5th of 6 living children of Alfonso and Victoria Eugenie. But by 1933 his two living older brothers had renounced their right to the throne (one for marriage, and the other due to being deaf). A third older brother had been stillborn. Juan was expected to succeed his father to the throne.

The couple were married October 12 of that year in Rome. And she became the Countess of Barcelona.

https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/n...51dzSg&referrer=https://royalwatcherblog.com/



Her husband was constantly at odds with Franco. Franco eventually would name her son Juan Carlos as successor instead of her husband. He refused to allow the family re-entry into Spain. When in 1949 her father became terminally ill she was denied the right to come home to Spain to visit him. It is said she never forgave Franco for never saying goodbye to her father.

The family lived comfortably in Portugal. She represented the Spanish royal family at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1098362432219766784

In 1976 her and her husband returned to live in Spain. She had helped negotiate peace between her husband and their son after Franco had named Juan Carlos his heir. In 1977 her husband officially renounced his rights to the throne and was allowed to keep his Count of Barcelona title.

Her husband died in 1993.

Maria was in ill health for the last 20 years of life. She did attend events when able like the weddings of her granddaughters and baptisms. She died of a heart attack in the canary islands on January 2, 2000. She was buried in El Escorial with the same rites of a Spanish queen.



Her and her husband had four children:

-Pilar: Duchess of Badajoz. She was married to Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, 2nd Viscount of La Torre, with whom she had five children. She died in January this year and her husband died in 1991.

-Juan Carlos: succeeded the throne as Juan Carlos I. Married Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark and had three children including the current King Felipe. He abdicated the throne in favor of his son in 2014.

-Margarita: Duchess of Soria (this is a title for life) but she also holds the Duchy of Hermani which she inherited from the first duke who was her cousin. She married Carlos Emilio Juan Zurita y Delgado with whom she had 2 children.

-Alfonso: sadly he died in an accidental shooting accident involving his older brother at the age of 14.
 
Countessmeout said:
At birth she was granted the rank and precedence of an Infanta though her title was Princess of Boubon Two-Sicilies.
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No, her title was Princess of the House of Bourbon. Her and her siblings' acts of birth bore the title HRH Prince(ss) of the House of Bourbon:

Acta de nacimiento y presentación de S. A. R. la Princesa de la Casa de Borbón que ha dado á luz la Serenísima Señora Infanta Doña Luisa Francisca de Orleans.
https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1910/358/A00689-00691.pdf

Here is an article regarding their titles:
Infantes de España

The additional "-Two Sicilies" was adopted by her half-brother Infante Alfonso after proclaiming himself the head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies. His sister and half-sisters did not follow his example.


Countessmeout said:
The couple were married October 12 of that year in Rome. And she became the Countess of Barcelona.
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Juan was only "Prince of Asturias" at the time of his wedding. Although his brothers has renounced their rights, his father remained the pretender to the throne until his deathbed abdication in 1941.
 
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On this day, December 24, 1634 ~ Birth of Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain, second wife of King Philip of Spain
 
Mariana was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and Maria Anna of Spain who was a daughter of Philip III of Spain.

Maria Anna had acted a Regent for her husband during the Thirty Years' War and later her daughter Mariana acted as Spanish queen Regent.
 
On this day, December 26, 1818 ~ Demise of Marie Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain, wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain
 
December 26, 1771 birth of Julia Clary, Queen of Spain from 1808-1813

Not sure this is the right thread for her. But seemed to belong here more then France and we don't have an Italian one.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27702150/julie-bonaparte#view-photo=76687301

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Clary#/media/File:Julie_Clary.jpg

Marie Julie Clary was born in Marseilles France. She was the daughter of Francois Clary by his second wife Francoise Somis. Her parents had nine children of whom Julie was seventh born. She had four older half siblings from her father's first marriage. Her youngest sibling was Desiree who was a former fiance of Napoleon, and later Queen consort of Sweden. Her father was a wealthy silk merchant of Irish descent.

August 1, 1794 she was married to Joseph Bonaparte. Joseph was the older brother of Napoleon. The bride was 23, and the groom was 26.

In 1804 her husband was raised to the rank of Imperial Prince when his brother crowned himself emperor. Julie carried the train of the empress at the coronation, with her sister in laws. Julie preferred to stay away from court though and preferred a quiet life with her family at Chateau Mortefontaine.


Her husband was crowned King of Naples in 1806. Julie lived apart from her husband already and chosen to remain at her chateau. She didn't join her husband in Naples until 1808. But she was treated as a queen at the imperial court when she was there.

In 1808 her husband became King of Spain and she was the first Spanish queen who was not of royal birth. Though she was queen of Spain, she chose never to even visit the country. She had returned to her chateau in France after leaving Naples.

But she did serve her husband at the French court. She was considered the Spanish ambassador to her brother in law's court. She also kept her husband informed with what was going on in France when he was away. The Spanish referred to her as their absent queen.


In 1813 Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Vitoria. Julie had been giving refugee during the war both to her sister Desiree who was Crown Princess of Sweden, and to her sister in law Catherine. In return when the allies took France in 1814, Desiree repaid the favor giving her shelter at her home in Paris. She went to Switzerland eventually but when Napoleon returned she was among those who welcomed him to court.


After Napoleon was defeated for good her husband chose to buy an estate and move to New Jersey. Again she chose not to accompany her husband, instead taking her daughters and moving to Frankfurt. Her sister had wished to bring her to Sweden but her brother in law thought it a a bad idea.


In 1821 after a time in Brussels she settled in Florence at Palazzo Serristori. She did not associate with any French exiles while she was there. She remained close to her sister until Desiree became Queen and moved to Sweden.


Her husband joined her in Florence in 1840 where he died in 1844. She would die eight months later April 7, 1845 at 73. She was buried next to her husband at the Basilica di Santa Croce (her daughter Charlotte would eventually be as well). Joseph would be moved to France in 1862 by Napoleon III to rest next to Napoleon, but Julie remains in Italy.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27702150/julie-bonaparte#view-photo=181748494

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27702150/julie-bonaparte#view-photo=181748542


Her and Joseph had three daughters:

-Julie: died in infancy

-Zénaïde: she was married to her cousin Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (son of her Uncle Lucien). They had 12 children, 8 of whom reached adulthood.

-Charlotte: she married Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, a son of her Uncle Louis Bonaparte (king of Holland) and older brother of Napoleon III. Charlotte was an artist. She died at the age of 36 with no children though she reportedly died in childbirth.
 
Possibly the only Spanish queen consort to have Irish heritage?
 
Just like today, November 27, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1065: Fernando I dies, Lioness King.
1350: Juan I, Aragonese King, was born.
1978: King Juan Carlos I sanctions the First Democratic Constitution of Spain.
 
Just like today, December 28, in the Spanish Monarchy:

484: On the Visigothic throne, Alarico II succeeds Eurico.
1104: Pedro I, King of Aragon and Navarre, Dies
1287: Alfonso III of Aragon grants the Aragonese nobility the privileges of the Union of Aragon.
1288: In Castile, Alfonso III of Aragon establishes an alliance commitment with the aspirant to the throne Alfonso de la Cerda.
1719: Felipe Pedro of Spain, Infante of Spain, son of Felipe V dies
1833: Queen Regent Maria Cristina marries morganatic and secret marriage to Fernando Muñoz, guard of corps.
1874: In Sagunto, Arsenio Martínez Campos proclaims Alfonso XII.
 
On this day, January 2, 1819 ~ Demise of Maria Louisa of Parma, Queen of Spain, wife of King Charles IV of Spain
 
Such a day as Today, January 2nd, in the Spanish Monarchy:

1492: The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada surrenders to the army of the Catholic Monarchs, ending the Reconquest of Spain.
1762: England declares war on Spain, fearful of the Family Pact between the French and Spanish Bourbons.
1819: María Luisa de Parma, Queen Consort of Spain, wife of Carlos IV, dies.
1861: Fernando de Borbón y Braganza dies.
1871: King Amadeo of Savoy solemnly swears the Constitution.
1918: A fire in the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia) destroys numerous works of art.
2000: María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Orleans, Countess of Barcelona and mother of King Juan Carlos I (b.1910), dies.
 
As today, January 10, in the Spanish Monarchy:
1601: The Court of Felipe III moves from Madrid to Valladolid, according to an official order of the previous day.
1995: King Juan Carlos I and former President of the United States Jimmy Carter win the UNESCO Peace Prize.
 
On Such a Day as Today, January 14, 1507, Catherine of Austria and Trastamara, Infanta of Castile and Aragon, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Portugal, daughter of Juana I of Castile, was born.
 
24th of January 1336 : Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon


Alfonso IV who was king of Aragon & Count of Barcelona and Urgell from 1227 until his death .The king is buried at the Cathedral of Lleida alongside his second queen ,Eleanor of Castile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_IV_of_Aragon

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On this day, February 6, 1929 ~ Demise of Maria Christina of Austria, Queen of Spain, second wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain
 
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