Juan, Conde de Montizon (May 15, 1822 - November 21, 1887) was the younger son of Infante Carlos of Spain. He was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain, and later the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Infante Carlos of Spain Don Carlos María Isidro Benito de Borbón, Infante of Spain (1788-1855) was the second surviving son of King Charles IV of Spain and of his wife, Maria Louisa of Parma. ... Carlism was a conservative political movement in Spain, purporting to establish an alternative branch of the Bourbons in the Spanish throne. ... Legitimists are those Royalists in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic Law. ...

Juan Carlos Maria Isidro, Infante of Spain, was born at the Palacio Real de Aranjuez in 1822. His parents were the Infante Carlos, brother of King Ferdinand VII, and his first wife, the Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal. He was raised in an atmosphere imbued with traditional values of loyalty to the monarchy and the Church. The Palacio Real de Aranjuez is a residence of the King of Spain, one of the Spanish royal sites. ... Ferdinand VII (October 14, 1784 - September 29, 1833) was King of Spain from 1813 to 1833. ...

In March 1833 Juan moved with his family to Portugal. The following September Juan's father claimed the throne of Spain as King Carlos V. In June 1834 Juan moved with his family to England where they lived at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton, and later at Alverstoke rectory, Hampshire. He remained in England throughout the First Carlist War, playing no part in it on account of his youth. Background Main article: Carlism In the beginning of the 18th century, King Philip V of Spain promulgated the Salic Law, thus declaring illegal the inheritance of the Spanish crown by women. ...

On February 6, 1847, Juan married the Archduchess Beatrix of Austria-Este, daughter of Duke Francis IV of Modena and Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy. The couple had two sons: February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Francis IV Este (Italian: Francesco IV dEste) (1779 - 1846) was Duke of Modena, Reggio, Mirandola (from 1815), Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara (from 1829), royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Cavaliere dellordine del Toson Doro. ... Location within Italy Modena is a city and a province on the south side of the Po valley, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ... Maria Beatrice Vittoria Giuseppina di Savoia was born at Turin in northern Italy, December 6, 1792. ...

• Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848-1909).
• Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849-1936).

Juan and Beatrix lived first in Modena, but had to leave during the revolution of 1848. After a brief time in Austria, they settled in London where their younger son was born. In spite of the conservativism and religious piety of his own family and particularly that of his wife, Juan developed liberal tendencies. He separated from his wife who returned to Modena where she raised her two sons. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Italian states in 1848 As with Germany, there was no Italy at the time of the Revolutions of 1848, but a hodge-podge of states. ...

Juan played no part in the 1860 Carlist rising led by his brother Carlos Luis, Conde de Montemolin. On April 21 Carlos Luis was captured by the troops of Isabella II and forced to renounce his claims to the Spanish throne. On June 2 Juan published a declaration affirming his accession as Juan III, King of Spain; henceforward he used the title conde de Montizón (in commemoration of a commandery of the Order of Santiago which belonged to his father). Juan's accession declaration used phrases such as "the light and progress of the age"; these phrases caused great offence to many Carlists most of whom refused to support him. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Isabella II (October 10, 1830–1904), Isabel II in Spanish, was queen of Spain. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 17th century interpretation of saint James as the Moor-killer from the Peruvian school of Cuzco. ...

Once he had left Spain, Carlos Luis renounced his abdication. On June 15 he declared that it was invalid since he had been forced to sign against his will. Juan refused to accept his brother's declaration. Until the death of Carlos Luis the following January there were two Carlist claimants. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ...

During the early 1860s the popularity of the government of Isabella II continued to decline. Juan's liberal views, however, ensured that he was not a viable candidate for the Carlists. In 1866, Juan's elder son Carlos (now aged eighteen) asked his father to abdicate his rights, but he did nothing. Two years later, however, on October 3, 1868 Juan signed a decree of abdication at Paris. He became an active supporter of his son Carlos' attempts to regain the Spanish throne in the Third Carlist War. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

After his abdication Juan lived mostly in England in the town of Hove near Brighton. He used the name Mr. Montagu. He lived with an Englishwoman with whom he had two daughters. This article is about the English town of Hove. ... Brighton in East Sussex is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ...

On August 24, 1883 Juan's distant cousin Henri, comte de Chambord died. Henri had been the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France. Henri's widow and a minority of his supporters held that Juan as senior male descendant of Louis XIV was his successor. They proclaimed him as Jean III, King of France and Navarre. He issued a declaration saying, "Having become Head of the House of Bourbon by the death of my brother-in-law and cousin the comte de Chambord, I declare that I do not in any way renounce the rights to the throne of France which I have held since my birth". But other than this declaration he made no active claim to the French throne. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Henri, comte de Chambord Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné, comte de Chambord (September 29, 1820 - August 24, 1883) was the grandson of King Charles X of France. ... Legitimists are those Royalists in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic Law. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ...

Juan died at his home (25 Seafield Road) in Hove in 1887. His funeral mass was held November 24 in Sacred Heart Church in Hove in the presence of his two sons. Then his body was taken to Trieste where it is buried in the chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo in the Basilica di San Giusto. 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Location within Italy Trieste ( Latin Tergeste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ...

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Juan's photograph of the hippopotamus at the London Zoo, 1852

Carlism was a conservative political movement in Spain, purporting to establish an alternative branch of the Bourbons in the Spanish throne. ... Henri, comte de Chambord Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné, comte de Chambord (September 29, 1820 - August 24, 1883) was the grandson of King Charles X of France. ... Legitimists are those Royalists in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic Law. ...