Princes and Princesses of Asturias

[Blog Real]

Topic on the Princes of Asturias (those who were kings and those who were not).

Princess or Prince of Asturias (Spanish: Princesa/Príncipe de Asturias) is the main substantive title used by the heir apparent or heir presumptive to the throne of Spain. According to the Spanish Constitution of 1978:

Article 57 [...] 2. The heir apparent or presumptive, from birth or event that makes him such, will have the dignity of Prince of Asturias and other titles traditionally linked to the successor of the Crown of Spain.

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

https://monarquiaespanhola.blogs.sapo.pt/titulos-reales-principe-de-asturias-17840

List of the princes of Asturias:

Trastamara House (1388-1504)

1. Enrique de Trastámara (1388-1390), accesses the throne as Enrique III
2. María de Trastámara (1402-1405), displaced by the birth of the following
3. Juan de Trastámara (1405-1406), accesses the throne as Juan II
4. Catalina of Trastamara (1422-1424)
5. Leonor de Trastámara (1424-1425), displaced by the birth of the following
6. Enrique de Trastámara (1425-1454), accesses the throne as Enrique IV
7. Juana de Trastámara (1462-1464), disinherited in favor of the following
8. Alfonso de Trastámara (1464-1465 / 1468)
9. Isabel de Trastámara (1468-1470 / 1474), disinherited in favor of the next / self-proclaimed queen
10. Juana de Trastámara (1470-1475 / 1479), self-proclaimed queen / loses the War against Isabel
11. Isabel de Trastámara (1476-1480), displaced by the birth of the following
12. Juan de Trastámara (1480-1497)
13. Isabel de Trastámara (1498-1498)
14. Miguel de la Paz de Avís (1499-1500)
15. Juana de Trastámara (1502-1504), accesses the throne as Juana I

Austrian House (1506-1665)

1. Carlos de Austria (1506-1516), accesses the throne as Carlos I
2. Felipe of Austria (1528-1556), accesses the throne as Felipe II
3. Carlos of Austria (1560-1568)
4. Fernando of Austria (1573-1578)
5. Diego of Austria (1580-1582)
6. Felipe of Austria (1584-1598), accesses the throne as Felipe III
7. Felipe of Austria (1608-1621), accesses the throne as Felipe IV
8. Baltasar Carlos de Austria (1632-1646), deceased
9. Felipe, Prince of Austria (1658-1661)
10. Carlos de Austria (1661-1665), accesses the throne as Carlos II

Bourbon House (1709- Present):

1. Luis de Borbón (1709-1724), accesses the throne as Luis I
2. Fernando de Borbón (1724-1746), accesses the throne as Fernando VI
3. Carlos de Borbón (1760-1788), accesses the throne as Carlos IV
4. Fernando de Borbón (1789-1808), accesses the throne as Fernando VII
5. Isabel de Borbón (1830-1833), accesses the throne as Isabel II
6. María Isabel de Borbón (1851-1857), displaced by the birth of the following
7. Alfonso de Borbón (1857-1870), accesses the throne as Alfonso XII in 1875
8. Manuel Filiberto de Saboya (1871-1873), abdication of his father, Amadeo I
9. Isabel de Borbón (1875-1880), displaced by the birth of the following
10. Maria de las Mercedes de Borbón (1881-1904)
11. Alfonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilias (1904-1907), displaced by the birth of the following
12. Alfonso de Borbón (1907-1931 / 1933), deposition of the monarch / dynastic resignation
13. Juan de Borbón (1933-1941), accesses the Headquarters of the Royal Household
14. Juan Carlos de Borbón (1941-1975), accesses the throne as Juan Carlos I
15. Felipe de Borbón (1975-2014), current King Felipe VI
16. Leonor de Borbón (2014- present), current princess of Asturias

Royal Wedding of the Prince of Asturias Carlos de Borbón with Infanta Maria Luisa de Parma.
https://www.hola.com/bodaprincipe/2004/04/05/pesasturias-carlos1/

Wedding of Prince Luis (Luis I) with the princess of Montpensier Luisa Isabel.
https://www.hola.com/bodaprincipe/2004/04/05/pesasturias-luis1/

 

[Tatiana Maria]

It is wrong to say that Felipe became Prince of Asturias in 1977. He became a Prince in 1975, which one can observe from old reports. In another thread you posted a magazine cover from 1976 where he is styled Prince.

https://www.theroyalforums.com/foru...a-on-magazine-covers-2748-55.html#post2295826

The writer of the Wikipedia article clearly confused the year of his inauguration as Prince of Asturias with the year he succeeded to the title.

If he had remained an Infante until his inauguration, as Wikipedia is claiming, it would have been a major breach with Spanish tradition. There is an unbroken tradition that the eldest sons of the Spanish kings are known as Prince, regardless of whether or not they have been inaugurated as Princes of Asturias, of Gerona, and so forth.

https://boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1880/236/A00599-00600.pdf

 

[Blog Real]

Thanks for the call. I already fixed the post.

 

[Blog Real]

An article on the story of the title of Prince of Asturias.
https://www.abc.es/informacion/boda/biografia_principe/07.asp

The arms of the Prince of Asturias.
https://www.abc.es/informacion/boda/biografia_principe/07e.asp

 

[Mbruno]

An article on the story of the title of Prince of Asturias.
https://www.abc.es/informacion/boda/biografia_principe/07.asp

The arms of the Prince of Asturias.
https://www.abc.es/informacion/boda/biografia_principe/07e.asp

If I understand it correctly,

• Prince of Asturias was originally the titlle held by the heir to the Crown of Castile.
• Prince of Girona was originally the title held by the heir to the Crown of Aragon.
• Prince of Viana was the title of the heir of the Kingdom of Navarre.

As far as I understand it too, there is not a clear point in history (like the Acts of Union in England, Scotland and Ireland for example) when the aformentioned Crowns merged to form a unitary Spanish Crown, but most historians place it in the beginning of the Bourbon monarchy between 1707 and 1716.

In any case, it is logical that the heir to the Spanish Crown, being the successor to all of the jurisdictions above, should hold all three titles.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Prince or Princess of Asturias is also Duke/Duchess of Montblanc, Count/Countess of Cervera, and Lord/Lady of Balaguer.

 

[Blog Real]

Juan, Prince of Asturias and Girona (30 June 1478 – 4 October 1497), was the only son of King Fernando II of Aragon and Queen Isabel I of Castile, and heir-apparent to both their thrones for nearly his entire life.

John's death was followed closely by that of his sister Isabel in 1498. The Spanish kingdoms passed to his younger sister Juana "la loca", her husband Philip the Handsome, and their Habsburg descendants.

Tomb of Prince Juan at Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás in Ávila
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/SepulcroPrincipeJuan.jpg

Isabel, Princess of Asturias (2 October 1470 – 23 August 1498) was the eldest daughter and heir presumptive of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabel I of Castile. She was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Manuel I from 30 September 1497 until her death the following year.

In the same year as her second marriage, Isabel became Princess of Asturias and heir presumptive of the Crown of Castile following the sudden death of her only brother, Juan, Prince of Asturias, in September 1497, and the stillbirth of his daughter. Philip of Austria, the husband of Isabella's younger sister Juana, claimed the crown, although Isabel had precedence as the eldest daughter.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Juan had married the Archduchess Margaret of Austria in April 1497 and Juan died in October .Margaret was pregnant at the time but sadly she gave birt to a stillborn daughter on 2 April 1498.

 

[Blog Real]

The Heir to the Crown, in accordance with the provisions of art. 57.2. of the Constitution, holds the dignity of Prince or Princess of Asturias, together with the titles of Prince or Princess of Girona and Prince or Princess of Viana, corresponding to the firstborn of the Kingdom of Castile, the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre, whose union formed the Spanish Monarchy in the sixteenth century. He also holds the titles of Duke or Duchess of Montblanc, Count or Countess of Cervera and Lord or Lady of Balaguer.

Prince of Girona:
The Prince or Princess of Girona is one of the titles of the heir of the Crown of Spain. The title was historically accorded to the heir apparent or heir presumptive to the Crown of Aragon.

Prince of Girona - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

List of Dukes, Dolphins and Princes of Girona:
House of Aragon (1351 – 1410):
John: 1351 – 1387, Duke of Girona
Jaime: 1387 – 1388, Dauphin of Girona
Pedro: 1394 – 1410, Duke of Girona

House of Trastámara (1412 – 1516):
Alfonso: 1412 – 1416
Charles: 1458 – 1461
Ferdinand: 1461 – 1479
John: 1481 – 1497
Joan: 1503 – 1516

House of Austria (1527 – 1665):
Philip: 1527 – 1556
Charles: 1556 – 1568
Ferdinand: 1571 – 1578
Diego: 1578 – 1582
Philip: 1582 – 1598
Philip: 1605 – 1621
Baltasar Carlos: 1629 – 1646
Philip Prosperous: 1657 – 1661
Charles: 1661 – 1665

Interregnum (1665 – 1961)

House of Bourbon (1961 – Present):
Juan Carlos: 1961 – 1975
Felipe: 1977 – 2014
Leonor: 2014 – Present

Prince of Viana:
Prince of Viana is the title held by the heir to the Kingdom of Navarre. It was instituted by Charles III the Noble for his grandson Charles (since then called "de Viana"), born of the marriage between his daughter Blanca and Juan, Prince of Aragon. The title was also used by Gaston of Foix, son and heir of Eleanor of Navarre and Gaston IV of Foix.
After the conquest of the Kingdom of Navarre by Castile in 1512, this title was transmitted to that crown and later to the Spanish monarchs, together with the Prince of Asturias and Gerona, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera and Lord of Balaguer.
When Ferdinand the Catholic was proclaimed King of Aragon and Navarre, the title of Prince of Viana was linked to the heir to the Crown of Aragon first, Castile later and finally Spain.

Prince of Viana - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org