King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia

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carolathhabsburg:

Queen Isabel II of Spain´s daughters : Infantas Eulalia, Maria del Pilar, Isabel and Maria de la Paz. Late 1870s.

A ten years old Prince arrives to Madrid for the first time.

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The Count of Barcelona sailing

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misshonoriaglossop:

Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain and Empress Eugénie of France, 1920

The Empress was born the daughter of a Spanish Grandee (her sister married the then Duke of Alba) and was one of Ena’s godmothers. Her godchild would later marry Spain’s King Alfonso and become the godmother of the current Duchess of Alba, Eugénie’s sister’s great-granddaughter.

Today (May 17) in 1886:

• Alfonso XIII is born King of Spain in Madrid. 

Photo: The two sides of a 20 pesetas coin from 1889 featuring the child King’s profile with the inscription “Alfonso XIII by the Grace of God, Constitutional King of Spain”

King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia

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The Count and Countess of Barcelona

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thefirstwaltz:

Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. 

Queen Sofía’s maternal grandmother and original owner of the Prussian tiara. 

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