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The royal family is headed by King Felipe VI and currently consists of the King; Queen Letizia; their children, Leonor, Princess of Asturias, and Infanta Sofía; and Felipe's parents, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía. The royal family lives at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, although their official residence is the Royal Palace of Madrid.
In 1872 and 1873, Infanta Isabel traveled frequently to Munich to be with her aunt, the Infanta Amalia of Spain, ... Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros, 2003.
Francisca Aguirre Benito (27 October 1930 – 13 April 2019) [ 1] was a Spanish poet and author. Her first poetry collection, Ithaca, published in 1972, won her the Leopoldo Panero Poetry Award. [ 2] In 2011, she won the National Poetry Award for her poetry piece Historia de una anatomía. [ 3] Aguirre also won the National Prize for Spanish ...
Maria Christina of Austria. María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904) was the eldest child of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria. She was Princess of Asturias, the heiress presumptive to the Crown of Spain, for ...
The Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, literally the "Monastery of the Royal Discalced", resides in the former palace of Emperor Charles V and Empress Isabel of Portugal. Their daughter, Joanna of Austria, founded this convent of nuns of the Poor Clare order in 1559 [1] and was eventually buried here. Throughout the remainder of the 16th ...
On 28 September 1877, Infantas Pilar, Paz and Eulalia moved to Madrid living at the Royal Palace of Madrid with their eldest siblings. In November, Isabella left Spain for Paris. Pilar never saw her mother again. In the fall 1877, a new life began for Infanta Pilar at the Royal Palace of Madrid where she had been born sixteen years earlier.
Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, [1] now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She was Princess of Wales while married to Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of ...
Royal Monastery of La Encarnación. The Real Monasterio de la Encarnación (Royal Monastery of the Incarnation) is a convent of the order of Recollet Augustines located in Madrid, Spain. The institution mainly interned women from noble families, and was founded by the Queen Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III, and thus was well endowed with ...