The descendants of Philip V of Spain, Bourbon monarch of the Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Naples, and Kingdom of Sicily are numerous. He had two wives; by his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy he had two children. After the death of his first wife, Philip married Elisabeth of Parma and they had children. Philip's descendants have formed a major part of history around the globe; several becoming monarchs of Spain, Portugal and Sardinia.
His descendants also founded several cadet branches; the House of Bourbon-Parma in the Duchy of Parma and the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[1] This article deals with the children of Philip V and in turn their senior descendants.
Philip was born at the Palace of Versailles[2] in France. His older brother, Louis de France, Duke of Burgundy, was in line to the throne right after their father, Le Grand Dauphin, thus leaving him and his younger brother, Charles de France, Duke of Berry little expectation to ever rule over France.
In the year 1700, the King of Spain, Charles II, died. Charles' will named the 16-year-old Philip, the grandson of Charles' sister Maria Theresa of Spain, as his successor.[3] Upon any possible refusal the Crown of Spain would be offered next to Philip's younger brother Charles, Duke of Berry, or, next, to Archduke Charles of Austria.[3]
By genealogical right alone, the Spanish throne should have passed to Louis, Grand Dauphin, son of King Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain, sister of Charles II and daughter of Philip IV of Spain. However, the Grand Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France; the union of France and Spain would greatly upset the balance of power in Europe. Thus, Charles had settled on Philip, the second son of the Grand Dauphin (whose prospect of inheriting France was slim).
However, the Austrian branch claimed that Philip's grandmother had renounced the Spanish throne for her descendants as part of her marriage contract. This was countered by the French branch's claim that it was on the basis of a dowry that had never been paid.[4]
After a long council meeting where the Dauphin spoke up in favor of his son's rights, it was agreed that Philip would ascend the throne but would forever renounce his claim to the throne of France for himself and his descendants.[5] This, however, contradicted a fundamental principle of the French succession - the right of a legitimate male prince to succeed cannot be alienated. This conflict would manifest in the War of Spanish Succession. In the Treaty of Utrecht that ended the war, Philip finally agreed to renounce for himself and his descendants, his rights to the French throne only after the introduction of semi-Salic law in Spain.
However, the other powers of Europe contested the idea, eventually leading to the War of Spanish Succession (1701–1714). Although Philip was allowed to remain on the Spanish throne, Spain was forced to cede Menorca and Gibraltar to Great Britain; the Spanish Netherlands, Naples, Milan, and Sardinia to the Austrian Habsburgs; and Sicily and parts of the Milanese to Savoy.[6]
These losses greatly diminished the Spanish Empire in Europe, which had already been in decline. Throughout his reign, Philip sought to reverse the decline of Spanish power as Great Britain increasingly began to dominate at sea.
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| Louis I of Spain 1707 - 1724 | 25 August 1707 Madrid son of Philip V of Spain and Maria Luisa of Savoy | Louise Elisabeth of Orléans 20 January 1722 No children | 31 August 1724 Madrid aged 17 | |||||
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| Ferdinand VI of Spain 1713 - 1759 | 23 September 1713 Madrid son of Philip V of Spain and Maria Luisa of Savoy | Barbara of Portugal 20 January 1729 No children | 10 August 1759 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid aged 45 | |||||
See also: House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
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| Marianna Victoria of Spain 1718 - 1781 | 31 March 1718 Madrid daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese | Joseph I of Portugal 19 January 1729 8 children | 15 January 1781 Lisbon aged 62 | |||||
| Maria I of Portugal 1781 - 1816 | 17 December 1734 Lisbon daughter of Marianna Victoria of Spain and Joseph I of Portugal | Peter III of Portugal 6 June 1760 7 children | 20 March 1816 Rio de Janeiro aged 81 | |||||
| John VI of Portugal 1816 - 1826 | 13 May 1767 Lisbon son of Maria I of Portugal and Peter III of Portugal | Charlotte of Spain 8 May 1785 9 children | 10 March 1826 Lisbon aged 58 | |||||
| Pedro IV of Portugal 1826 - 1834 | 12 October 1798 Lisbon son of John VI of Portugal and Charlotte of Spain | Maria Leopoldina of Austria 1817 7 children Amélie of Leuchtenberg 1829 1 child | 24 September 1834 Lisbon aged 35 | |||||
| Maria II of Portugal 1834 - 1853 | 4 April 1819 Rio de Janeiro daughter of Pedro IV of Portugal and Maria Leopoldina of Austria | August of Beauharnais 1834 No children Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and Gotha 1836 11 child | 14 November 1853 Lisbon aged 34 | |||||
| Pedro V of Portugal 1853 - 1861 | 16 September 1837 Lisbon son of Maria II of Portugal and Ferdinand II of Portugal | Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1858 No children 11 November 1861 Lisbon aged 24 | ||||||
| Luis I of Portugal 1861 - 1889 | 31 October 1838 Lisbon son of Maria II of Portugal and Ferdinand II of Portugal | Maria Pia of Savoy 1860 2 children 19 October 1889 Lisbon aged 50 | ||||||
| Carlos I of Portugal 1889 - 1908 | 28 September 1863 Lisbon son of Luis I of Portugal and Maria Pia of Savoy | Amélie of Orléans 1886 3 children 1 February 1908 Lisbon aged 44 | ||||||
| Manuel II of Portugal 1908 - 1910 | 15 November 1889 Lisbon son of Carlos I of Portugal and Amélie of Orléans | Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern 1913 No children 2 July 1932 England aged 42 | ||||||
| Pedro II of Brazil 1834 - 1891 | 2 December 1825 Rio de Janeiro son of Pedro I of Brazil and Maria Leopoldina of Austria | Teresa of the Two Sicilies 17 September 1842 4 children | 5 December 1891 Paris aged 66 | |||||
| Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil 1891 - 1921 | 29 July 1846 Rio de Janeiro daughter of Pedro II of Brazil and Teresa of the Two Sicilies | Prince Gaston, Count of Eu 15 October 1864 3 children | 14 November 1921 Eu, Seine-Maritime aged 75 | |||||
| Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza 1921 - 1940 | 15 October 1875 Petrópolis son of Prince Gaston, Count of Eu and Isabel of Brazil | Elisabeth Dobrzensky 14 November 1908 5 children | 29 January 1940 aged 64 | |||||
| Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza 1940 - 2007 | 19 February 1913 Eu, Seine-Maritime son of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza and Elisabeth Dobrzensky | Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies 18 December 1944 Seville 6 children | 27 December 2007 Villamanrique de la Condesa aged 94 | |||||
| Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza 2007 - present | 31 October 1945 Rio de Janeiro son of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza and Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies | Rony Kuhn de Souza 2 September 1975 1 child Patricia Alexandra Brascomb 16 July 1981 1 child | ||||||
See also: House of Bourbon-Parma, Duchy of Parma and Kingdom of Etruria.
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| Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain 1726 - 1746 | 11 June 1726 Madrid daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth of Parma | Louis, Dauphin of France 23 February 1745 1 child | 22 July 1746 Versalles aged 20 | |||||
| Marie-Thérèse de France 1746 - 1748 | never married | 27 April 1748 aged 2 | ||||||
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| Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón 1727 - 1785 | 25 July 1727 Seville son of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth of Parma | María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, Español y Drummond 4 children | 7 August 1785 Vila de Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila aged 56 | |||||
| Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón 1785 - 1823 | 22 May 1777 Cadalso de los Vidrios son of Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón and María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, Español y Drummond | never married | 19 March 1823 Madrid aged 45 | |||||
| María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón 1823 - 1828 | 6 March 1779 Velada, Spain daughter of Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón and María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, Español y Drummond | Don Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, 1st Duke of Sueca 1 child | 23 November 1828 Paris, France aged 49 | |||||
| Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca 1828 - 1886 | 7 October 1800 Madrid, Spain daughter of María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón and Don Manuel de Godoy, 1st Duke of Sueca | Camillo Ruspoli 2 children | 13 May 1886 Paris, France aged 85 | |||||
| Adolfo Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Alcudia 1886 - 1914 | 28 December 1822 Bordeaux, France son of Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca and Camillo Ruspoli | Doña Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y Téllez-Girón 5 children | 4 February 1914 Paris, France aged 91 | |||||
| Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca 1914 - 1936 | 1 March 1858 Madrid, Spain son of Adolfo Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Alcudia and Doña Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo | Doña María del Carmen Caro y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Gomurcio 3 children Doña Josefa Pardo y Manuel de Villena no children | 10 November 1936 Madrid, Spain aged 78 | |||||
| Camilo Ruspoli, 4th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca 1936 - 1975 | 5 June 1904 Madrid, Spain son of Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca and Doña María del Carmen Caro y Caro | Doña María de Belén Morenés y Arteaga, 18th Countess of Bañares 3 children | 20 November 1975 Madrid, Spain aged 71 | |||||
| Carlos Ruspoli, 5th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca 1975 - 2016 | 5 August 1932 San Sebastián, Spain son of Camilo Ruspoli, 4th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca and Doña María de Belén Morenés y Arteaga, 18th Countess of Bañares | Doña María del Rosario Herbosch y Huidobro, Lodie y Cavanilles no children | 25 October 2016 Madrid, Spain aged 84 | |||||
| Luis Carlos Ruspoli, 6th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca 2018 - | 4 April 1963 Madrid, Spain son of Luis Ruspoli, 7th Marquis of Boadilla del Monte and Doña María del Carmen Sanchíz y Núñez-Robres, 13th Marquise of La Casta | Doña María Alvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Rumeu, Silva y Cruzat 4 children |
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| Maria Antonietta of Spain 1729 - 1785 | 17 November 1729 Seville daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth of Parma | Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia 12 children | 19 September 1785 Moncalieri aged 56 | |||||
| Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia 1785 - 1802 | 24 May 1751 Turin son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Bourbon | Marie Clotilde of France 1775 No children | 6 October 1819 Rome aged 68 | |||||
| Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia 1802 - 1821 | 24 July 1759 Turin son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Teresa of Austria-Este 21 April 1789 7 children | 10 January 1824 Moncalieri aged 65 | ||||||
| Maria Beatrice of Savoy 1821 - 1840 | 6 December 1792 daughter of Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Maria Teresa of Austria-Este | Francis IV, Duke of Modena 20 June 1812 4 children | 15 September 1840 aged 48 | |||||
| Francis V, Duke of Modena 1840 - 1875 | 1 June 1819 Modena son of Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Francis IV, Duke of Modena | Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria 30 March 1842 1 child | 20 November 1875 Vienna aged 56 | |||||
| Maria Theresia of Austria-Este 1875 - 1919 | 2 July 1849 Brno daughter of Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Elisabeth of Austria | Ludwig III of Bavaria 13 children | 7 November 1918 Chiemgau aged 69 | |||||
| Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria 1919 - 1955 | 18 May 1869 Munich son of Maria Theresia of Austria-Este and Ludwig III of Bavaria | Maria Gabrielle in Bavaria 10 July 1900 Munich 4 children Princess Antonia of Luxembourg 7 April 1921 Lenggries 6 children | 2 August 1955 Schloß Leutstetten aged 86 | |||||
| Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria 1955 - 1996 | 3 May 1905 Munich son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and Maria Gabrielle in Bavaria | Countess Maria Draskovich von Trakostjan 1930 4 children Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich von Buzin 1971 No children | 8 July 1996 Castle Berg aged 91 | |||||
| Franz, Duke of Bavaria 1996 - present | 14 July 1933 Munich son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and Countess Maria Draskovich von Traskotjan | not married | ||||||