Descendants of Alfonso XIII
The descendants of Alfonso XIII, Bourbon monarch of the Kingdom of Spain, are numerous. With his wife, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, he had a total of six legitimate children, with an additional child Ferdinand having been stillborn. Outside of his marriage, Alfonso was known to have had some issue, but they are not in the line of succession for any throne. The modern day king and royal family of Spain is descended from Alfonso, as is the legitimist claimant to France.[1]
Legitimate issue by Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
[edit]Alfonso, Prince of Asturias
[edit]| Descendant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso, Prince of Asturias |  |
10 May 1907 Madrid son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
Edelmira Sampedro y Robato 21 June 1933 no children Marta Esther Rocafort-Altuzarra 3 July 1937 no children |
6 September 1938 Miami aged 31 |
Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia
[edit]| Descendant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia |  |
23 June 1908 Segovia son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
Emmanuelle de Dampierre 4 March 1935 Rome 2 children |
20 March 1975 St. Gallen aged 66 |
| Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz |  |
20 April 1936 Rome son of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia and Emmanuelle de Dampierre |
María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco 8 March 1972 Royal Palace of El Pardo 2 children |
30 January 1989 Beaver Creek aged 53 |
| Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou | _(cropped).jpg) |
25 April 1974 Madrid son of Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz and María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco |
María Margarita Vargas Santaella 5 November 2004 Caracas 4 children |
Infanta Beatriz of Spain
[edit]| Descendant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infanta Beatriz of Spain |  |
22 June 1909 Segovia daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi 14 January 1935 4 children |
22 November 2002 Rome aged 93 |
| Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi | 2 July 1937 Rome son of Infanta Beatriz of Spain and Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi |
Orsetta Caracciolo di Castagneto 6 September 1960 1 child Philippa McDonald 9 November 1968 1 child Blažena Svitáková 11 November 1985 1 child |
5 December 2014[2] aged 77 | |
| Giovanni Torlonia, 7th Prince of Civitella-Cesi | 18 April 1962 son of Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and Donna Orsetta Caracciolo |
Carla DeStefanis 9 June 2001 2 children |
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain
[edit]| Descendant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain |  |
12 December 1911 Madrid daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
Enrico Eugenio Marone-Cinzano, 1st Count Marone 10 June 1940 4 children |
23 December 1996 Madrid aged 85 |
| Vittoria Marone Cinzano | 5 March 1940 Turin daughter of Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain and Enrico Marone Cinzano |
José Carlos Álvarez de Toledo y Gross, Count of Villapaterna 4 children |
Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
[edit]| Descendant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona |  |
20 June 1913 Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 12 October 1935 4 children |
1 April 1993 Pamplona aged 79 |
| Juan Carlos I of Spain |  |
5 January 1938 Rome son of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Sofia of Greece and Denmark 14 May 1962 3 children |
|
| Felipe VI of Spain |  |
30 January 1968 Madrid son of Juan Carlos I of Spain and Queen Sofía of Spain |
Letizia, Princess of Asturias 22 May 2004 2 children |
Infante Gonzalo of Spain
[edit]| Descendant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infante Gonzalo of Spain |  |
24 October 1914 Madrid son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg |
never married | 13 August 1934 Pörtschach am Wörthersee aged 19 |
Illegitimate issue
[edit]Alfonso also had six known illegitimate children:
by French aristocrat Mélanie de Gaufridy de Dortan (1876–1937), married to Joseph-Marie-Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin, he had:
- Roger Marie Vincent Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (12 September 1905 – 20 July 1980), who was recognized by Philippe de Vilmorin[3][4]
by Pauline of Saint Glen, he had:
- Charles Maxime Victor of Saint Glen (3 July 1914 – 20 May 1934)
by Béatrice Noon, he had:
- Juana Alfonsa Milán y Quiñones de León (19 April 1916 – 16 May 2005)
by Spanish actress María del Carmen Ruiz y Moragas (1898 – 20 May 1936), he had:
- Ana María Teresa Ruiz y Moragas (9 October 1925 – 6 September 1965)
- Leandro Alfonso Luis Ruiz y Moragas (26 April 1929 – 18 June 2016),[5] officially recognized by Spanish Courts on 21 May 2003 as Leandro Alfonso Luis de Borbón y Ruiz Moragas (or simply Leandro de Borbón)
by Marie Sousa, he had:
- Alonso of Borbon Sousa (28 December 1930 – 30 April 1934)
References
[edit]- ^ "Alfonso XIII, rey de España". GeneAll.net. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
- ^ Death of Marco Torlonia
- ^ (in French) XII. Roger de Vilmorin, sur Dynastie capétienne, consulté le 09/09/2013
- ^ (in French) Jean-Fred Tourtchine (préf. Juan Balansó), Les manuscrits du C.E.D.R.E. – dictionnaire historique et généalogique, numéro 6 : Le royaume d'Espagne, vol. 3, Cercle d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européennes, Paris, 1996, 213 p. ISSN 0993-3964
- ^ "Muere Leandro de Borbón, hijo de Alfonso XIII, a los 87 años". El País (in Spanish). 18 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.