On This Day: Spanish Royal Family

[An Ard Ri]

Possibly the only Spanish queen consort to have Irish heritage?

[Blog Real]

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.

[Blog Real]

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.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 2, 1819 ~ Demise of Maria Louisa of Parma, Queen of Spain, wife of King Charles IV of Spain

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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.

[An Ard Ri]

The Dowager Countess of Barcelona was residing at the Royal Residence of La Mareta on Lanzarote where they Spanish RF had gathered to spend Christmas that year.

Here is a photo of I think the extended Spanish RF at Christmas 2000

https://www.shutterstock.com/editori...291299-315244g

[Blog Real]

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.

[Blog Real]

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.

[An Ard Ri]

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

[CyrilVladisla]

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

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 12, 1689 ~ Demise of Marie Louise of Orleans, wife of King Charles II of Spain

[An Ard Ri]

Marie Louise d'Orléans was a granddaughter of both Louis XIII of France and Charles I of England.The queen's death was unexpected and left her husband heartbroken.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 14, 1714 ~ Demise of Maria Luisa of Savoy, first wife of King Philip V of Spain

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On this day 24 February 1500 in Ghent, the future King Carlos I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire was born.

[An Ard Ri]

Charles was born at the now largely destroyed Prinsenhof in Ghent and was styled Archduke of Austria,Duke of Luxembourg.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

Marie Louise d'Orléans was a granddaughter of both Louis XIII of France and Charles I of England.The queen's death was unexpected and left her husband heartbroken.

She was the first wife of Carlos II, the last Habsburg king of Spain. Carlos II's inability to have children led eventually to the accession of the Bourbon dynasty to the Spanish throne, which was contested in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).


Although already past its peak, Spain at that time was still a major European power and the seat of what was then probably the world's largest empire.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 28, 1941 ~ Demise of King Alfonso XIII of Spain

[An Ard Ri]

8th of March 1126 : Death of Urraca ,Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia

The Queen died at Saldaña de Burgos and is buried at the Basílica de San Isidoro de León in León.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Le%C3%B3n

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, March 10, 1452 ~ Birth of King Ferdinand II of Aragon at Sada Palace

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, March 10, 1452 ~ Birth of King Ferdinand II of Aragon at Sada Palace

Surprisingly his mother Juana Enriquez de Córdoba was the daughter of a Spanish Count who's father was an illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile.