Victoria Eugenie "Ena" von Battenburg 1
- Born: 24 Oct 1887, Balmoral Castle, Scotland
- Marriage: Alfonso XIII of Spain de Bourbon on 31 May 1906 in Church of San Jeronimo, Madrid, Spain
- Died: 15 Apr 1969, Lausanne, Switzerland aged 81
Noted events in her life were:
• She was a Queen of Spain.
Victoria married Alfonso XIII of Spain de Bourbon, son of Alfonso XII of Spain de Bourbon and Maria Christina of Austria, on 31 May 1906 in Church of San Jeronimo, Madrid, Spain. (Alfonso XIII of Spain de Bourbon was born on 17 May 1886 in Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain and died on 28 Feb 1941 in Grand Hotel, Rome, Italy.)
Marriage Notes:
The royal couple had seven children: Alfonso Pio Cristino Eduardo (1907-1938, a hemophiliac, he renounced his rights to the throne in 1936 to marry a commoner and became Count of Covadonga); Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique (1908-1975, a deaf-mute as the result of a childhood operation, he renounced his rights to the throne in 1933 and became Duke of Segovia, and later Duke of Madrid, and who, as a legitimist pretender to the French throne from 1941 to 1975, was known as the Duke of Anjou); Beatrice Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugenia (1909-2002); a stillborn son (1910); Maria Christina Teresa Alejandra (1911-1996); Juan Carlos Teresa Silvestre Alfonso (1913-93, named heir to the throne and Count of Barcelona), and Gonzalo Manuel Maria Bernardo (1914-34, a hemophiliac). 2
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