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Burials in the Pantheon of Kings at El Escorial

  • Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorThe year 1500 marked the arrival of Charles in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city within the Habsburg Netherlands. A poet at the court reported that…
  • Ferdinand VIIFerdinand was born on the 14th of October 1784 in the palace of El Escorial near Madrid. He became the eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain and Maria…
  • Philip II of SpainOn the 21st of May 1527, a baby boy was born inside the Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid. This child would become Philip II of Spain.
  • Charles IV of SpainCharles IV of Spain was born on the 11th of November 1748 in Naples. He entered the world as the second son of Charles III and Maria Amalia of Saxony.
  • Alfonso XIIIThe Royal Palace of Madrid held a newborn on the 17th of May 1886. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, the prime minister, received the infant king naked and placed upon…