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Legitimist pretenders to the French throne

  • Louis XVIIILouis Stanislas Xavier entered the world on the 17th of November 1755 inside the Palace of Versailles. He was a younger son of Louis Ferdinand, Dauphin of…
  • Louis XVILouis-Auguste de France entered the world on the 23rd of August 1754 within the Palace of Versailles. He was the second surviving son of Louis, Dauphin of…
  • 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…