Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid

Blog Real · Jul 4, 2020

List of burials
Below is a list of the kings and queens of Spain and their spouses who are buried in the crypt:

Carlos I, King of Spain, Emperor of the Holy Empire (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – Yuste Monastery, 21 September 1558)
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Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen of Spain, Empress of the Holy Empire (4/10/1503 - 1/5/1539) – (Wife of King Carlos I)
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Felipe II, King of Spain (21/5/1527 - 13/9/1598)
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Anne of Austria, Queen of Spain (2/11/1549 - 26/10/1580) – (Fourth wife of King Felipe II)
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Felipe III, King of Spain (14/4/1578 - 31/1/1621)
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Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (25/12/1584 - 3/10/1611) – (Wife of King Felipe III)
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Felipe IV, King of Spain (8/4/1605 - 17/9/1665)
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Elizabeth of France, Queen of Spain (22/1/1602 - 6/10/1644) – (First Wife of King Felipe IV). She is buried in the Royal Pantheon even though she was not a mother of king.
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...Cripta-Ubicacion_de_las_urnas (3).jpg?size=xl

Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain (24/12/1635 - 16/5/1696) – (Second Wife of Felipe IV)
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Carlos II, King of Spain (6/11/1661 - 1/11/1700)
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Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy, Queen of Spain (1688 - 1714) – (First Wife of King Felipe V)
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Luis I, King of Spain (25/8/1707 - 31/8/1724)
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Carlos III, King of Spain (20/1/1716 - 14/12/1788)
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Maria Amalia of Saxony, Queen of Spain (24/11/1724 - 27/9/1760) – (Wife of King Carlos III)
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Carlos IV, King of Spain (12/11/1748 - 19/1/1819)
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...onarquias/2020/EscorialBorbo1 (2).jpg?size=xl

María Luisa de Parma, Queen of Spain (9/12/1751 - 2/1/1819) – (Wife of King Carlos IV)
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...rquias/2020/F15938871683200_1 (3).jpg?size=xl

Fernando VII, King of Spain (14/10/1784 - 29/9/1833)
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Maria Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Queen of Spain (27/4/1806 - 22/8/1878) – (Fourth wife of King Fernando VII)
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...rquias/2020/F15938871683200_2 (1).jpg?size=xl

Elizabeth II, Queen of Spain (10/10/1830 - 9/4/1904)
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Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, king consort of Spain (13/5/1822 - 16/4/1902) – (Husband of Queen Elizabeth II)
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...rquias/2020/F15938871683200_1 (1).jpg?size=xl

Alfonso XII, King of Spain (28/11/1857 - 25/11/1885)
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...uias/2020/4163977732_9bcf8b58f3_z.jpg?size=xl

María Cristina de Habsburg-Lorraine, Queen of Spain (21/7/1858 - 6/2/1929) – (Second wife of King Alfonso XII)
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...rquias/2020/F15938871683200_2 (3).jpg?size=xl

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (17/5/1886 - 28/2/1941)
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Victoria Eugenia de Battenberg, queen of Spain (24/10/1887 - 15/4/1969) – (Wife of King Alfonso XIII). She is buried in the Royal Pantheon even though she was strictly not a mother of king.
https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...lmonarquias/2020/feretro--644x362.jpg?size=xl

Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona (20/6/1913 - 1/4/1993) – (Father of King Juan Carlos I). He did not reign effectively, although he did retain dynastic rights during General Franco's dictatorship, until his own resignation in 1977.
Maria de las Mercedes de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Countess of Barcelona (23/12/1910 - 2/1/2000) – (Mother of King Juan Carlos I)
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Blog Real · Dec 19, 2021

Duc_et_Pair · Dec 19, 2021

The copper or guild plates with the names of Don Juan and Doña María de las Mercedes seem not (yet) ingraved.

The names of centuries old deceased Kings and Queens are better to read than these two newest additions to the pantheon.

Probably the artisan to ingrave these plates will do it at a later time.

lula · Dec 19, 2021

Duc_et_Pair said:
The copper or guild plates with the names of Don Juan and Doña María de las Mercedes seem not (yet) ingraved.

The names of centuries old deceased Kings and Queens are better to read than these two newest additions to the pantheon.

Probably the artisan to ingrave these plates will do it at a later time.

It is probably because to introduce the bodies in the sepulcher they must spend at least 25 years in an adjoining room "el pudridero" (rotting room). Victoria Eugenia was transferred in 2011, and the Count of Bracelona has not yet been transferred.

Stefan · Dec 19, 2021

lula said:
It is probably because to introduce the bodies in the sepulcher they must spend at least 25 years in an adjoining room "el pudridero" (rotting room). Victoria Eugenia was transferred in 2011, and the Count of Bracelona has not yet been transferred.

But why are the names then already on the plates. I had thought that this would only be done at the moment they are transferred.

Blog Real · Mar 26, 2022

Blog Real · Sep 24, 2022

Entrance to the Pantheon of the Kings, in El Escorial:
https://fotos.web.sapo.io/i/Bc4174352/22363448_sU7A0.jpeg

Documentary about El Escorial:

El Pudridero Real

Only the Augustinian friars enter the "Pudridero Real". Covered with lime, the mortal remains of the Royal Family remain there for approximately 25 years. On the same stairs that lead to the Royal Pantheon, at the first landing on the right, a passage closed by a wooden door leads to this small room. The walls are stone, the granite floor and the vaulted ceiling; 16 square meters make up the room in total.

Only members of the Augustinian community (which has guarded the Monastery of El Escorial since 1885) can access this room. The Royal Family gives them the remains of their deceased in a ceremony that has been repeated for centuries.

Once the coffin is closed again and a certificate of delivery is drawn up, the Augustinians take over the key to the coffin and the body goes to the royal rotting place. Little is known about this ranch, as well as the adjoining rotting place for infants. Both remain closed to the 700,000 visitors who come to the Escorial every year. In the "Pudridero Real", the kings of Spain and the mothers of kings remain between 20 and 30 years. It is the time estimated necessary for the biological process of its natural reduction to complete.

More information: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripta_Real_del_Monasterio_de_El_Escorial#El_pudridero

https://www.abc.es/madrid/20151009/abci-misterioso-pudridero-escorial-guarda-201510082038.html

Photo: https://c7.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/Ge7178dcd/22409524_Fhi2i.jpeg

Somebody · Dec 22, 2022

Very interesting information indeed. So, after those 20-30 years the remains are placed in a smaller sarcophagus in the Pantheon (I recall noticing that they were indeed rather small when we visited the Pantheon de los Royes). Currently, the bodies of Juan Carlos' parents are waiting their turn to be moved into the Pantheon. I wonder whether they wait until both bodies have been reduced in size sufficiently to fit in their respective sarcophagi, so both can be brought to their final resting place at the same time. It's been almost 30 years for Don Juan's remains and almost 23 years for Doña Maria de las Mercedes' remains.

Next time, you might want to explicitly indicate that you translated the information from Wikipedia to avoid copyright issues.

Blog Real · Jul 6, 2024

King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on a visit to the Pantheon of the Kings of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

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Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid

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