Spanish Royal Dates

January
01 – Died: King Charles II of Navarre (1384)
02 – Died: The Countess of Barcelona, mother of HM King Juan Carlos (2000)
Amadeo of Savoy becomes King Amadeus I of Spain (1871)
The Reconquest of Spain is completed when Boabdil, king of Granada (the last Muslim territory on the Iberian Peninsula) surrenders to an army of Spanish Christians under the rule of Isabella and Ferdinand (1492)
05 – Born: HM King Juan Carlos I (1938)
07 – Born: Jeanne d’Albret, Queen of Navarre (1528)
13 – Born: King Henry II of Castile (1334, died 1379)
14 – Philip V voluntarily abdicates and is succeeded by his son Louis I (1724)
15 – Born: Uñaki Urdangarín Liebaert, husband of the Infanta Cristina (1968)
16 – Charles I abdicates and is succeeded by his son King Felipe II, whose wife – Queen Mary I of England – now becomes Queen Consort of Spain (1556)
20 – Death of King Charles IV (1819)
Born: King Charles III (1716, died 1788)
Died: King John II of Aragon, succeeded by King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479)
Born: Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of King John I of Castile (1358, died 1382)
24 – Died: King Alfonso IV of Aragon (1366, born 1299)
28 – Death of King Alfonso XIII in exile (1941)
Died: Isabella of Aragon (1271, born 1247)
30 – Born: HRH the Prince of Asturias, Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso y de la Santísima Trinidad y de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia (Prince Felipe), son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (1968)

February
02 – Born: King James I of Aragon (1208, died 1276)
11 – Amadeo I abdicates and the First Spanish Republic is proclaimed (1873)
24 – Born: King Charles V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor (1500, died 1558)

March
04 – The Infante Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique is given the title Duke of Segovia (1935)
06 – Portugal and Castile agree to the Treaty of Alcaçovas, which transfers ownership of the Canary Islands to Castile (1460)
Born: King John (Juan) II of Castile (1405, died 1454)
08 – Died: Queen Urraca of Castile (1126, born 1082)
10 – Born: King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452, died 1516)
18 – Married: the Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz (1995)
The Spanish Cortes Generales (General Courts), which had taken refuge in Cádiz during the Peninsular War, sign the Spanish Constitution (1812)
19 – A popular uprising induces Charles IV to abdicate and the throne is passed to his son, Ferdinand VII (1808)
20 – Death of Jaime, Duke of Segovia, second son of Alfonso XIII (1975)
22 – Charles IV retracts his abdication, although Ferdinand VII is still considered king (1808)
27 – Died: King Alfonso XI of Castile (1350, born 1212)
30 – Isabella and Ferdinand sign a decree stating that all Jews will be expelled from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism (1492)
31 – Death of Philip III, who is succeeded by his son Felipe IV (1621)

April
01 –

Anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War and the start of General Francisco Franco’s reign as dictator (1939)
Death of Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona (1993)
02 – Born: Elizabeth of Valois, Queen of Philip II of Spain (1545, died 1568)
03 – Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is agreed to by Philip II of Spain, Elizabeth I of England, and Henry II of France (1559)
04 – Died: King Alfonso X of Castile (1284, born 1221)
07 – Born: Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada, husband of the Infanta Elena (1963)
08 – Born: King Philip IV of Spain (1605, died 1665)
10 – Death of the exiled Isabella II (1904)
11 – Treaty of Utrecht signed by Spain and Great Britain, ending the War of the Spanish Succession (1713)
Died: Queen Joanna (Juana) of Castile (1555, born 1479)
14 – Anniversary of the exile of King Alfonso XIII and the start of the Second Republic (1931)
Born: Philip III (1578)
15 –

Death of Queen “Ena”, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1969)
22 – Born: Queen Isabella of Castile and Leon (1451, died 1504)
25 – Died: King Sancho IV of Castile (1295)
29 – Born: Princess Sofía, daughter of Crown Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz (2007)
30 –

Born: Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón, son of the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarín (2002)
Died: King Ferdinand III of Castile (1252)

May
04 – Ferdinand VII repudiates the Constitution of 1812 despite the promise he made upon his restoration to uphold it (1814)
06 – Ferdinand VII is forced by Napoleon to abdicate and Charles IV again becomes king, immediately abdicating a second time to hand over the kingdom to Napoleon (1808)
10 – Born: the Infante Alfonso Pío Cristino Eduardo, first son of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena (1907)
14 –

Married: Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón (King Juan Carlos I) to HRH Princess Sofia of Greece (Queen Sofia), daughter of King Paul I and Queen Frederika of Greece (1962)
17 –

Born: Alfonso XIII (1886), posthumous son of Alfonso XII, he was proclaimed king of Spain on his birth with his mother, Queen Maria Christina, acting as regent
21 – Born: Philip II (1527)
22 –

Married: Crown Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz (2004)
27 – Died: King Ordoño I of Asturias (866)
29 – Died: King Henry II of Castile (1379, born 1334)
31 –

Married: Alfonso XIII to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Queen Ena), daughter of HSH Prince Henry of Battenberg and HRH Princess Beatrice of Great Britain and Ireland (1906)
Died: King Martin I of Aragon (1410, born 1356)

June
05 – Born: Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón, first daughter and fourth child of the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarín (2005)
06 – Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, is proclaimed king of Spain as José I. (1808)
07 – Spain and Portugal agree to the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divides the discoveries of the New World between the two countries (1494)
13 – Born: HRH the Infanta Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (1965)
19 – Abdication of King Juan Carlos I; accession of King Felipe VI (2014)
20 –

Born: HRH Juan Carlos Teresa Silvestre Alfonso de Borbón, Count of Barcelona), son of Alfonso XIII and father of King Juan Carlos I (1913)
21 – Married: the Infante Alfonso Pío Cristino Eduardo, Prince of Asturias, and Edelmira Sampedro y Robato (1933)
The Infante Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique renounces his rights to the throne (1933)
23 – Died: Ferdinand II of Aragon (1516)
25 – Queen Isabella II (in exile) abdicates in favor of her son, the future Alfonso XII (1870)
27 – Died: King Alfonso V of Aragon (1458, born 1396)
28 – King Charles I of Spain is elected Holy Roman Emperor (1519)
29 – Born: King John (Juan) II of Aragon (1397, died 1479)

July
01 – Died: King Alfonso VI of Castile (1109, born 1040)
09 – Died: Philip V, who is succeeded by his son Fernando VI (1746)
17 –

Born: Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón, son of the Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz (1998)
19 – Last Visigothic King, Rodrigo (Roderic), is defeated and killed by Muslim forces at the Battle of Guadalete (711)
22 – Franco designates Prince Juan Carlos as his successor, completely skipping over Juan Carlos’ father, Juan de Borbón (1969)
25 – Married: Prince Philip of Spain and Queen Mary I of England (1554)

August
03 – Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to the Americas, sponsored by Isabella and Ferdinand, begins. Also, the Jews who have not converted are officially expelled from Spain (1492)
07 – Alfonso II “The Chaste” becomes ruler of both Aragon and Catalonia, uniting the two kingdoms and creating a new powerbase in Iberia (1161)
10 – Died: Ferdinand VI, who is succeeded by his son Carlos (Charles) III (1759)
Born: King James II of Aragon (1267)
13 – Born: Queen Eleanor of Aragon, wife of King John I of Castile (1382)
Born: King Alfonso XI of Castile (1311)
21 – Died:King Alfonso VII of Castile (1157)
24 – Born: King John I of Castile (1358)
30 – Born: King Peter I of Castile (1334)
Died: King Sancho III of Castile (1158)
31 – Death of Louis I (1724)

September
06 – Died: Alfonso, Count of Covadonga, eldest son of Alfonso XIII (1938)
Philip V is restored as king following the death of his son, Louis I (1724)
07 – Died: King Ferdinand IV of Castile (1312)
08 – Died: King Charles III of Navarre (1425)
09 –

Born: Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón, daughter of the Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz (2000)
12 – King Peter II of Aragon dies at the Battle of Muret (1213)
13 – Born: King Ferdinand VI (1713)
Death of Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal, who is succeeded by his son Philip III of Spain and II of Portugal (1598)
15 – Born: HRH the Princess of Asturias, Letizia Ortiz (1972)
17 – Death of Philip IV of Spain, who is succeeded by his son Carlos II (1665)
21 – Death of Charles I (1558)
25 – Death of Philip I of Castile (1506)
29 –

Born: Juan Valentin de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón, son of the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin (1999)
Died: Ferdinand VII, who is succeeded by Isabella II under the regency of her mother, Queen Maria Christina (1833)
30 – Isabella II is overthrown during the Revolution of 1868 and goes into exile in France (1868)

October
01 –

Anniversary of the election of General Francisco Franco as Jefe del Estado (Head of State) in 1936
03 – Death of Elizabeth of Valois, wife of King Philip II (1568)
04 – Married: the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin (1997)
Born: King Henry III of Castile (1379)
05 – Died: King Alfonso VIII of Castile (1214)
Died: Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (2015)
10 –

Born: Isabella (Isabel) II (1830)
Married: Isabella II to Prince Francisco de Asís María Fernando de Borbón (1846)
12 – Married: Juan de Borbón and María de las Mercedes Borbón y Orleans (1935)
17 – Death of Henry IV “The Impotent” of Castile (1474)
Married: Fernando de Aragón (Ferdinand of Aragon) and Isabel de Castilla (Isabella of Castile) (1460)
25 – Born: Queen Elizabeth Farnese, wife of King Philip V (1692)
31 – Born: The Infanta Leonor, daughter of Crown Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz (2005)

November
01 – Death of Charles II, the last Habsburg monarch of Spain (1700)
02 –

Born: HM Queen Sofia (1938)
Died: King James II of Aragon (1327)
06 – Born: King Charles II, son of King Philip IV and Queen Mariana of Austria (1661)
Born: Queen Joanna of Castile, mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1479)
11 – Died: King Peter III of Aragon (1285)
Born: King Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155)
Died: Teresa of Leon, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (1130)
16 – Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and second son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy is elected as king of Spain by the Cortes (1870)
The Duke of Anjou succeeds to the throne of Spain as Philip V, the first Borbón (Bourbon) king of Spain (1700)
17 – Death of Queen Mary I of England, wife of King Philip II of Spain (1558)
20 – Death of General Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator from 1939 to his death (1975)
22 – Anniversary of the accession of King Juan Carlos I (1975)
23 – Born: King Alfonso X of Castile (1221)
25 –

Death of Alfonso XII (1885)
26 – Death of Isabella I of Castile (1504)
Died: Queen Blanche of Castile, wife of King Louis VIII of France (1252)
28 – orn: Alfonso XII (1857)
Died: Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England (1290)
29 –

Married: Alfonso XII to Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1879)

December
04 –

Born: General Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator from 1939 to his death in 1975 (1892)
Died: Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre (1270)
06 –

Born: Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los antos Urdangarín y de Borbón, son of the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarín (2000)
Anniversary of the approval by referendum of the Spanish Constitution of 1978
Born: King Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285)
11 – Married: Ferdinand VII and Princess Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1829)
Monarchy restored with Ferdinand VII again as king (1813)
14 – Death of Charles III, succeeded by Carlos (Charles) IV (1788)
16 – Born: Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of King Henry VIII of England (1485)
19 – Born: King Philip V of Spain (1683)
20 –

Born: HRH the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (1963)
21 – Died: Queen Marguerite of Navarre, wife of King Henry II of Navarre (1549)
29 – Start of the collapse of the First Republic (1874) and the restoration of Alfonso XII, which would occur in 1875