On This Day: Spanish Royal Family

[Toledo]

On this day, April 15, 1969, Queen Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg, Queen Consort of Spain, died in Lausanne.

Queen Victoria Eugenia is the reason why we restore the monarchy upon the demonic Franco's demise. She told him, directly and with no fear, he had to go on record while he was alive that her grandson, Juan Carlos, was going to succeed him to prevent a succession chaos. And Franco listened to her advice.

This happened during the baptism of our current king Felipe in 1968 when Franco was still dancing around candidates to succeed him as far as the 1950s that included Juan Carlos, his rival the Duke of Cadiz - married to Franco's granddaughter, a Carlist pretender. Even Otto Von Hapsburg was considered at some point to restore the old dynasty, since like the Bourbons, the Hapsburgs are direct descendants of the Spanish Trastamaras.

But Queen Victoria took care of all candidates in one frank conversation with Franco in 1968.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, April 22, 1451 ~ Birth of Queen Isabella I of Castile and Leon at Madrigal de las Altas Torres in Avila, Spain

 

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On this day, May 31, 1906 ~ The Wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg at San Jeronimo el Real in Madrid, Spain

 

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On this day, June 2, 1913 ~ Birth of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia, Spain

On this day, June 24, 1860 ~ Birth of Maria de las Mercedes of Orleans, Queen of Spain, first wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain at the Palacio Real in Madrid, Spain

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, July 28, 1844 ~ Demise of Joseph Bonaparte, former King of Spain and King of Naples in Florence

 

[Blog Real]

On this day, August 12, 1566 ~ Birth if Isabel Clara Eugenia, Spanish Infanta and Sovereign of the Netherlands.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, August 25, 1707 ~ Birth of King Luis I of Spain at Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, Spain

 

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On this day, September 17, 1688 ~ Birth of Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of King Philip V of Spain, at the Royal Palace of Turin in Turin, Duchy of Savoy

On this day, September 21, 1558 ~ Demise of King Charles I of Spain at Yute Monastery in Extremadura, Spain

On this day, September 23, 1713 ~ Birth of King Ferdinand VI of Spain at the Real Alcazar de Madrid in Madrid, Spain

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, October 10, 1830 ~ Birth of Queen Isabella II of Spain at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain

On this day, October 13, 1162 ~ Birth of Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, at Domfront Castle in the Duchy of Normandy

 

[Blog Real]

On this day, 555 years ago, Isabel I of Castile and King Fernando II of Aragon were married at the Vivero Palace in Valladolid. The marriage united the crowns of Castile and Aragon.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 6, 1479 ~ Birth of Juana I, Queen of Castile and Leon and Queen of Aragon in Toledo, Kingdom of Castile