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Spanish infantes

  • 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 I, Holy Roman EmperorFerdinand entered the world on the 10th of March 1503 in Alcalá de Henares, a city in Castile. He was the second son of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of…
  • Ferdinand I of the Two SiciliesFerdinand was born in Naples on the 12th of January 1751. He grew up amidst monuments erected by his father, including the Palaces of Portici, Caserta and…
  • 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.
  • 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…