Infante Alonso of Spain
| Infante Alonso of Spain | |
|---|---|
Bartolomé González in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna | |
| Born | 22 September 1611 Madrid |
| Died | 16 September 1612 (aged 11 months 25 days) Madrid |
| Burial | |
| Father | Philip III of Spain |
| Mother | Margaret of Austria |
Alonso of Spain (22 September 1611 – 16 September 1612) was an infante of Spain, who died in childhood.[1]
Life
He was born in the Monastery of El Escorial, from the marriage of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria.[2][3][4][5]
He was the last of the couple’s eight children and the fourth male. His mother died as a consequence of his birth a few days later. This circumstance earned him the nickname of El Caro (the Dear), for which he was known in his short life as Don Alonso el Caro.
He was baptized in his birthplace where he was born, on the 8th October of that same year on the feast of
The choice of the name Alonso, or Alfonso, was related to the memory of the ancient kings of Castile.[5]
He died before he was one year old and was taken to the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.[3][9][10] His tomb is located in the sixth chamber of the Panteón of Infantes, commonly known as the nursery mausoleum, under the inscription:[11]
ALPHONSVS, PHILIPPI III FILIVS
As happened one year before with the death of his wife Margaret,[5] Philip accepted his son’s death with resignation.
Notes
- ^ In Spanish royal baptisms, the honour of bringing the newborn to the baptismal font was second in importance only to the one of being godparent.
References
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- ^ a b c Gonzalez de Avila, Gil; Salazar de Mendoza, Pedro (1771). Historia de la vida y hechos del inclito monarca, amado y santo D. Felipe Tercero. Obra posthuma (etc.): 3 (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Madrid: Ibarra. p. 158.
- ^ Cabrera de Córdoba, Luis (1857). Relaciones de las cosas sucedidas en la corte de España, desde 1599 hasta 1614 (in Spanish). Madrid: Imprenta de J. Martín Alegria. p. 452.
- ^ Flórez, Enrique (1770). MEMORIAS DE LAS REYNAS CATHOLICAS,: STORIA GENEALOGICA DE LA CASA REAL DE CASTILLA, Y DE LEON, TODOS LOS INFANTES: TRAGES DE LAS REYNAS en Estampas: y nuevo aspecto de la Historia de España. TOMO II (in Spanish). Madrid: En la oficina de la viuda de Marin. p. 929.
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