A portrait of Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg

Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena), (24 October 1887-15 April 1969), later Queen Victoria Eugenia was the Queen consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. She was born into the British Royal Family and was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The current King of Spain, King Juan Carlos is her grandson. Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg Portrait taken from http://www. ... Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg Portrait taken from http://www. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death. ... The Spanish monarchy, referred to as the Crown of Spain (Corona de España) in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, is the office of the King or Queen of Spain. ... King Juan Carlos I His Majesty King Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón), styled HM The King (born January 5, 1938), is the reigning King of Spain. ...

Early Life

Princess Victoria Eugenie was born on October 24, 1887 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. Her father was Prince Henry of Battenberg, the fourth child and second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and Julia von Hauke. Her mother was Princess Henry of Battenberg (neè The Princess Beatrice), the fifth daughter and the youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle, painted by Queen Victoria in 1854 during its construction Balmoral Castle is currently a large mansion situated deep within the Scottish Highlands. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Prince Henry of Battenberg (Henry Maurice) (5 October 1858-20 January 1896) was a descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, and later became a member of the British Royal Family through his marriage to Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. ... Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (15 July 1823 - 1888). ... Julia von Hauke (November 12, 1825 (O.S.) = November 24, 1825 (N.S.) - September 19, 1895) was wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt (1823-1888), mother of Alexander of Bulgaria, and ancestor of the house of Mountbatten and the British royal House of Windsor. ... The Princess Beatrice, (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore), (14 April 1857 - 26 October 1944), was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth daughter and the youngest child of Queen Victoria. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

As her father was the product of a morganatic marriage, Prince Henry of Battenberg took his style of Prince of Battenberg from his mother, Julia von Hauke who was created Princess of Battenberg in her own right. As such Victoria Eugenie was styled as Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Eugenie Battenberg from birth. In the United Kingdom she was styled Her Highness Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg under a Royal Warrant passed by Queen Victoria in 1886. To her family she was known as Ena. She was named for her two grandmothers and for her godmother, Empress Eugénie, the Spanish-born widow of the former Emperor of the French Napoleon III. Like her younger brother, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, who was also born at Balmoral, the last of their given names was chosen because of their birth in Scotland. A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank (unebenbürtig in German), which prevents the passage of the husbands titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. ... In the United Kingdom, a Royal Warrant of Appointment is a grant made by senior members of the British Royal Family to companies or tradespeople who supply goods and services to individuals in the family. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Maria Eugenia Ignacia Augustina Palafox de Guzmán Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, 9th Countess de Teba, popularly known as Eugénie de Montijo (May 5, 1826 – July 11, 1920) was Empress Consort of France (1853-1871), the wife of Napoléon III. The last Empress of France was born in Granada... Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

Princess Victoria Eugenie grew up in Queen Victoria's court as the Queen had only allowed her daughter Beatrice to marry if she still continued to stay by her side and be her companion and personal secretary. The Princess therefore spent her childhood at Windsor Castle, Balmoral, and Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Prince Henry, however, died in 1896 after contracting fever in Africa. After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Battenbergs moved to London and took up residence in Kensington Palace. An early 18th century view of Windsor Castle by Kip and Knyff. ... Osborne House and its grounds are now open to the public Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. // History The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island, south of Southampton off the southern English coast. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Battenberg is the surname and title given to the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Countess Julia von Hauke. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The south facade of the main block of Kensington Palace, seen through Jean Tijous wrought iron gates. ...

Engagement

In 1905, Princess Victoria attended a dinner party hosted by her uncle, Edward VII in honour of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. The Spanish king took a fancy to Victoria Eugenie, and began a courtship, however there was some opposition to a potential marriage. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ...

Queen Maria Christina, Alfonso's mother, did not approve due to the obscure origins of the Battenberg line and Victoria's lowly HSH title. Also it was pointed out that Victoria was a potential carrier of haemophilia, the affliction carried out through Queen Victoria's female descendants. Victoria's brothers, Prince Leopold of Battenberg, and Prince Maurice of Battenberg were known to be sufferers. Maria Christina of Austria, Queen of Spain Maria Christina, Princess Imperia and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Maria Christina Désirée Henriette Felicitas Rainiera von Habsburg-Lothringen, 21 July 1858–6 February 1929) was the second Queen consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain and... Serene Highness (acronym HSH) – His Serene Highness or Her Serene Highness. ... Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the bodys ability to control bleeding. ...

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The news raised concern among many Spaniards because the prospective bride was a Protestant and not sufficiently royal. Princess Victoria Eugénie had been baptised into the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, having been born at Balmoral, but was also in communion with the Church of England. And while she was a female-line granddaughter of Queen Victoria, on her father's side she was a morganatic scion of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse. Her background hardly seemed worthy in the eyes of many Spaniards to follow in the footsteps of the Bourbons and the Habsburgs who had provided the majority of Spanish queens since the sixteenth century. The Church of Scotland (C of S, also known informally as The Kirk; until the 17th century officially the Kirk of Scotland) is the Christian national church of Scotland. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank (unebenbürtig in German), which prevents the passage of the husbands titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. ... The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ...

The princess removed the first obstacle when she agreed to undergo instruction to be received into the Roman Catholic Church. She was rebaptised by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham at San Sebastián in Madrid two days before her wedding, taking the additional names María Cristina. Her uncle, King Edward VII, removed the second obstacle to the marriage when he issued Letters Patent on 3 April 1906, granting her the style and attribute of Her Royal Highness. Codex Manesse, fol. ... The Roman Catholic Church (also known as the Catholic Church) is that Christian Church which is led by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that it is the one holy catholic and apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ. ... Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal document which is an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as a corporation. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... HRH is an acronym for His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ...

Queen of Spain

Styles of Queen Victoria Eugenia as consort
Reference style	Her Majesty
Spoken style	Your Majesty
Alternative style	Ma'am

Accompanied by her widowed mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and her cousins, the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), Princess Victoria Eugénie married King Alfonso at St. Geronimo (Jerome) in Madrid on 31 May 1906. Spanish coat of arms; featuring the arms of Castile, León, Navarre, Aragon and Granada; with the fleur_de_lys of the Bourbons; surrounded by the Pillars of Hercules; crowned. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the office itself. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... Mary of Teck Princess Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) (26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953), later Queen Mary, was the Queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom. ... , by Albrecht Dürer Saint Jerome (ca. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

After the wedding ceremony, the royal procession was heading back to the Royal Palace when an assassination attempt was made on the King and the new Queen (now called "Queen Victoria Eugenia" or less formally "Queen Ena"): Anarchist Mateu Morral threw a bomb from a balcony at the royal carriage. Queen Ena's life was saved because, at the exact moment the bomb exploded, she turned her head in order to see St. Mary's Church, which Alfonso was showing her. She escaped with her dress spotted with the blood of a guard who was riding beside the carriage. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Mateu Morral (Mateo in Spanish; 1880, Sabadell—June 2, 1906, Torrejón de Ardoz - part of Madrid) was a Catalan Anarchist, remembered for his assassination attempt on the lives of Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Victoria Eugenia (on May 31, 1906, the day the two were married). ...

After the inauspicious start to her reign as Queen of Spain, Ena became isolated from the Spanish people and was unpopular in her new land. Her married life improved when she gave birth to a son, Prince Alfonso, and heir to the Kingdom of Spain. However, while the baby prince was being circumcised, the doctors noted that he did not stop bleeding — meaning he was haemophiliac. Ena passed haemophilia onto her eldest and youngest sons. The King never forgave Ena and never came to terms with what had happened. In all, King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia had seven children, five sons and two daughters: Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. ... Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the bodys ability to control bleeding. ...

• HRH Infante Don Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg, Prince of the Asturias, later Count of Covadonga (10 May 1907-6 September 1938), renounced all rights to the Spanish throne for himself and his descendants (because of his intended unequal marriage), 11 June 1933; m. 1st 1933 (div. 1937) Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro y Robato (5 March 1906-23 May 1994); m. 2nd 1937 (div. 1938) Marta Ester Rocafort y Altazarra (18 September 1913-4 February 1993). He died in a car crash in 1938.

• HRH Infante Don Jaime de Borbón y Battenberg, Duke of Segovia, later Duke of Anjou, Madrid, and Segovia (23 June 1908- 20 March 1975), renounced all rights to the Spanish throne (because of his physical infirmities), 21 June 1933; m. 1st Rome 1935 (div. 1947 and 1949) Emanuela de Dampierre (8 November 1913-); m. 2nd 1949 Charlotte Tiedemann (2 January 1919-3 July 1979). At the age of four he suffered from double mastoiditis and the resulting operation left him deaf; his speech never developed properly.

• HRH Infanta Doña Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg (22 June 1909-22 November 2002); m. 1935 Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi (7 December 1911-12 May 1986).

• HRH Infante Fernando de Borbón y Battenberg, stillborn (1910).

• HRH Infanta Doña María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg (12 December 1911-23 December 1996); m. 1940 Count Enrico Marone (15 March 1895-23 October 1968), and had issue.

• HRH Infante Don Juan, Count of Barcelona (20 June 1913-1 April 1993), recognized as heir apparent to the Spanish throne and held the title Prince of Asturias from 21 June 1933, but preferred to use the title Count of Barcelona; renounced his claim to the throne in favor of his son, Juan Carlos on 14 May 1977; m. 1935 HRH Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (23 December 1910-2 January 2000), and had issue.

• HRH Infante Don Gonzalo de Borbón y Battenberg (24 October 1914-13 August 1934) also a haemophiliac. He died in a car accident in Austria.

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Exile

The Spanish royal family went into exile on 14 April 1931 after municipal elections brought Republicans to power in most of the major cities, leading to the proclamation of the second Spanish Republic. The King had hoped that his voluntary exile might avert a civil war between the Republicans and the Nationalists. The royal family went to live in France and later Italy. Queen Victoria Eugenia and her husband later separated, and she lived partly in Britain and partly in Switzerland. In 1939, after World War II started, the queen was asked to leave the United Kingdom, as she was no longer a member of the British Royal Family. She purchased a chateau, the Vielle Fontaine, outside of Lausanne, Switzerland. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History Flag of the... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ... Location within Switzerland Lausanne (, ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ...

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She returned briefly to Spain in February 1968, to stand as godmother at the baptism of her great-grandson, Infante Don Felipe, the son of Infante Don Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón Dos-Sicilias (later King Juan Carlos I of Spain) and Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark (later Queen Sofia). 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias (Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia; born January 30, 1968), is the third child of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Queen Sofía Her Majesty Queen Sofía (Sofía de Grecia y Hannover), styled HM The Queen, is the queen of Spain, wife of King Juan Carlos of Spain. ...

Death

Queen Victoria Eugenia died in Lausanne on 15 April 1969, exactly 38 years after she had left Spain for exile. She was interred in the church of Sacré Coeur in Lausanne. On 25 April 1985, the Spanish Royal Household returned her remains to Spain. Her remains were reinterred in the Royal Vault in the Escorial, outside Madrid, next to the remains of her husband, Alfonso XIII, and her sons, Infante Don Alfonso, Infante Don Jaime, and Infante Don Gonzalo. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... The facade of the chapel, in the baroque style of Jesuit churches, is integrated with the palatial facade El Escorial is an immense palace, monastery, museum, and library complex located at San Lorenzo de El Escorial (also San Lorenzo del Escorial), a town 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid in the...

Her grandson Juan Carlos is the present King of Spain.

Titles from birth to death

• Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (24 October 1887–3 April 1906)
• Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (3 April–31 May 1906)
• Her Majesty The Queen of Spain (31 May 1906–15 January 1941)
• Her Majesty Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain (15 January 1941–15 April 1969)

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References

"Queen Victoria Eugénie, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria (Obituary)," The Times, 16 April 1969, p. 12, column E. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

"Franco at Bourbon Prince's Baptism," The Times, 9 February 1968, p. 4, column 4. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (New York: Atlantic International, 1987).