The House of Bourbon-Anjou, generally known as the House of Bourbon (), is the reigning house of the Kingdom of Spain. It is the Spanish branch of the French-Navarrese House of Bourbon. The house was founded on 16 November 1700, when Felipe (Philippe), Duke of Anjou, great-nephew of Carlos II, formally accepted the Crown. It created various cadet branches that held the throne of Parma, Naples and Sicily and the current Spanish royal family is descended from this dynasty.
This royal family has reigned in Spain from 1700 to the present, with interruptions during the French invasion (1808–1813), Sexenio Democrático (1868–1874), Second Republic (1931–1939) and dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939–1975). There have been eleven Spanish monarchs of the House of Bourbon-Anjou; the first was Felipe V and the current one, Felipe VI.
List of monarchs
Portrait Name Reign Birth Death Consort ClaimFelipe V 16 November 170014 January 1724()19 December 1683Versailles9 July 1746Madrid() Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy Elisabeth FarneseGreat-nephew of Carlos II 6 September 17249 July 1746()Father of Luis I Luis I 14 January 172431 August 1724() 25 August 1707Madrid 31 August 1724Madrid() Louise Élisabeth d'OrléansSon of Felipe V and Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy Fernando VI 9 July 174610 August 1759 () 23 September 1713Madrid 10 August 1759Villaviciosa de Odón() Barbara of PortugalSon of Felipe V and Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy Carlos III 10 August 175914 December 1788() 20 January 1716Madrid 14 December 1788Madrid() Maria Amalia of SaxonySon of Felipe V and Elisabeth Farnese Carlos IV 14 December 178819 March 1808() 11 November 1748Portici 19 January 1819Naples() Maria Luisa of ParmaSon of Carlos III and Maria Amalia of SaxonyFernando VII 19 March 18086 May 1808()14 October 1784San Lorenzo de El Escorial29 September 1833Madrid() Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily Maria Isabel of Braganza Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony Maria Christina of the Two SiciliesSon of Carlos IV and Maria Luisa of Parma11 August 1808 / 11 December 181329 September 1833() / () Isabel II 29 September 183330 September 1868() 10 October 1830Madrid 9 April 1904Paris() Francisco de Asís de BorbónDaughter of Fernando VII and Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Alfonso XII 29 December 187425 November 1885() 28 November 1857Madrid 25 November 1885Paris() Mercedes of Orléans Maria Christina of AustriaSon of Isabel II and Francisco de Asís de Borbón Alfonso XIII 17 May 188614 April 1931() 17 May 1886Madrid 28 February 1941Rome() Victoria Eugenie of BattenbergSon of Alfonso XII and Maria Christina of Austria Juan Carlos I 22 November 197519 June 2014() 5 January 1938RomeLiving() Sofía of Greece and DenmarkGrandson of Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg Felipe VI 19 June 2014present() 30 January 1968MadridLiving() Letizia Ortiz RocasolanoSon of Juan Carlos I and Sofía of Greece and Denmark NOTE: Juan (III) de Borbón (Pretender 1941-1977)
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