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| place of death = Rome, Italy
| place of death = Rome, Italy
| spouse = [[Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi|Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]]
| spouse = [[Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi|Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]]
| issue = Sandra Torlonia, Countess di Assaba<br>[[Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi|Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]]<br>Marino Torlonia<br>Olimpia Torlonia, Mrs. Weiller<br>Maureen Torlonia, Mrs. Sowerby
| issue = Sandra Torlonia, Countess di Assaba<br>[[Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi|Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]]<br>Marino Torlonia<br>Olimpia Torlonia, Mrs. Weiller
| full name = {{lang-en|Beatrice Elizabeth Frederica Alphonsine Eugenia Christina Mary Theresa Bienvenida Ladislava}}<br>{{lang-es|Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina María Teresa Bienvenida Ladislàa }}
| full name = {{lang-en|Beatrice Elizabeth Frederica Alphonsine Eugenia Christina Mary Theresa Bienvenida Ladislava}}<br>{{lang-es|Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina }}
| house = [[House of Bourbon]]
| house = [[House of Bourbon]]
| father = [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|Alfonso XIII]]
| father = [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|Alfonso XIII]]
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'''[[Infanta]] Beatriz of Spain, Princess di Civitella-Cesi''' (''Doña Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina María Teresa Bienvenida Ladislàa de Borbón y Battenberg'') (22 June 1909 – 22 November 2002) was a daughter of King [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]] and [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg]], wife of [[Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi|Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]]. She was a paternal aunt of [[King of Spain|King]] [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]].
'''[[Infanta]] Beatriz of Spain, Princess di Civitella-Cesi''' (''Doña Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina María Teresa Bienvenida Ladislàa de Borbón y Battenberg'') (22 June 1909 – 22 November 2002) was a daughter of King [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]] and [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg]], wife of [[Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi|Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]]. She was a paternal aunt of [[King of Spain|King]] [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]].


==Biography==
==Early life==
Born at the royal palace of [[La Granja (palace)|La Granja]], [[San Ildefonso]] near [[Segovia]], Spain on 22 June 1909, Infanta Beatriz was the third child among the six surviving children of [[King Alfonso XIII of Spain]] and [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg]]. She was [[Infant baptism|christened]] Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina María Teresa. She was named Beatriz, after her maternal grandmother Princess Beatriz of the United Kingdom, the youngest daughter of [[Queen Victoria]]; Isabel for her great aunt Infanta Isabel; Federica for Princess Fredrike of Hanhover in whose hose her parents had been engaged, Alfonsa after he father; Eugenia for Empress Eugenie of the French, her mother's godmother.


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The Spanish Royal Family left the country in 1931, in the face of Republican demonstrations, settling in Paris, before moving to [[Fontainebleau]].
===Early life===
[[File:Infanta Beatriz of Spain.jpg|left|140px|thumb|<center>Infanta Beatriz as a small child.]]
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Infanta Beatriz was born at [[La Granja (palace)|La Granja]], [[San Ildefonso]] near [[Segovia]], Spain. The Spanish Royal Family left the country in 1931, in the face of Republican demonstrations, settling in Paris, before moving to [[Fontainebleau]].


She was the 1,094th [[Order of Queen Maria Luisa|Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa]].
She was the 1,094th [[Order of Queen Maria Luisa|Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa]].

Revision as of 01:25, 13 August 2014

Infanta Beatriz of Spain
Infanta of Spain; Princess di Civitella-Cesi
File:Infanta Beatriz.jpg
SpouseAlessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
IssueSandra Torlonia, Countess di Assaba
Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
Marino Torlonia
Olimpia Torlonia, Mrs. Weiller
Names
Template:Lang-en
Template:Lang-es
HouseHouse of Bourbon
FatherAlfonso XIII
MotherVictoria Eugenie of Battenberg
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Royal styles of
Infanta Beatriz of Spain,
Princess di Civitella-Cesi
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleMa'am

Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Princess di Civitella-Cesi (Doña Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina María Teresa Bienvenida Ladislàa de Borbón y Battenberg) (22 June 1909 – 22 November 2002) was a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, wife of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi. She was a paternal aunt of King Juan Carlos I.

Early life

Born at the royal palace of La Granja, San Ildefonso near Segovia, Spain on 22 June 1909, Infanta Beatriz was the third child among the six surviving children of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. She was christened Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina María Teresa. She was named Beatriz, after her maternal grandmother Princess Beatriz of the United Kingdom, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria; Isabel for her great aunt Infanta Isabel; Federica for Princess Fredrike of Hanhover in whose hose her parents had been engaged, Alfonsa after he father; Eugenia for Empress Eugenie of the French, her mother's godmother.

The Spanish Royal Family left the country in 1931, in the face of Republican demonstrations, settling in Paris, before moving to Fontainebleau.

She was the 1,094th Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa.

By 1933 King Alfonso and his daughters (Beatriz and Maria Cristina) had moved to Rome. Their father warned would-be suitors of the inherent dangers of haemophilia,[citation needed] that affected two of the king's sons (Alfonso and Gonzalo). For this reason, Beatriz's 1931 engagement to Prince Álvaro of Borbón-Orleans, the eldest son of Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera, was broken off.

Marriage and issue

Arms of Infanta Beatriz of Spain.

On 14 January 1935, she married a member of Italian nobility, Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi. Torlonia was the son of Don Marino Torlonia, 4th prince di Civitella-Cessi and Mary Elsie Moore, a United States citizen. Although Don Alessandro was a prince, he did not belong to a reigning or formerly reigning dynasty so Beatriz had to marry him morganatically,[1][2][3] renouncing her rights of succession to the throne of Spain.

The couple were married in Rome, with Beatriz wearing a 20 ft train, a coronet of orange blossom holding her veil in place, in the presence of King Alfonso, the King and Queen of Italy and some 52 princes of the blood royal. After the ceremony, the young couple were received by Pope Pius XI. They had four children:

  • Doña Sandra Vittoria Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (b. 14 February 1936), who married Count Clemente Lecquio di Assaba (9 December 1925 – 28 June 1971), had issue
  • Don Marco Torlonia (born 2 July 1937), later 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, who married (1) Donna Orsetta Caracciolo di Castagneto (17 May 1940 – 10 March 1968), one son; (2) Philippa McDonald (born 3 June 1942), one daughter; (3) Blažena Svitáková (born 16 October 1940), one daughter, born before marriage
  • Don Marino Riccardo Francesco Giuseppe Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (born 13 December 1939 – 28 December 1995) died unmarried and without issue
  • Doña Olimpia Emmanuela Enrichetta Maria Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (born 27 December 1943), who married (married 16 June 1965) Paul-Annik Weiller (28 July 1933 – 2 November 1998), and had six children (including Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg)

Later life

Beatriz lived in Rome for the rest of her life, and when her daughter Olimpia married Paul-Annik Weiller, his father secured the Palazzo Torlonia for the family.

Upon meeting the Duchess of Windsor, the Queen forbade Beatriz and her sister to curtsey, so they felt obliged to make a subtle gesture somewhere between a curtsey and a nervous wriggle, in order to pass the gimlet scrutiny of both their mother and the Duke of Windsor.[citation needed]

She died at her home in Palazzo Torlonia, Rome on 22 November 2002 at 93 years 5 months.

Ancestry

Family of Infanta Beatriz of Spain
16. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
8. Francis, Duke of Cádiz
17. Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
4. Alfonso XII of Spain
18. Ferdinand VII of Spain
9. Isabella II of Spain
19. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
2. Alfonso XIII of Spain
20. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
10. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
21. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
5. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
22. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
11. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
23. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
1. Infanta Beatriz of Spain
24. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
12. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
25. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
6. Prince Henry of Battenberg
26. Count John Maurice Hauke
13. Countess Julia Hauke
27. Sophie Lafontaine
3. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
28. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
14. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
29. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
7. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
30. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
15. Victoria of the United Kingdom
31. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Tourtchine, Jean-Fred. Le Royaume d'Espagne. Collection "Les manuscrits du CEDRE, dictionnaire historique et généalogique", Paris: Cercle d’études des dynasties royales européennes (CEDRE), 1996. ISSN 0993-3964. Volume III, p. 166.
  2. ^ Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997, pp.117-118.
  3. ^ Zorilla, Francisco. Genealogia de la Casa de Borbon de Espana. Editora Nacional, Madrid, 1971, pp. 204-205.

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