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Neither Infanta Isabel nor Gaetan were enthusiastic about the project. [8] Gaetan was tall and good-hearted, but penniless and plagued by ill health. He was known for his lack of intellect. Infanta Isabel was short, blond, with clear blue eyes and a small up-turned nose. She was dutiful, conservative and headstrong.
In early January 1903, Infanta Isabel was sent to Morocco, to protect Spanish citizens and interests during the unrest there. [7] Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911, and by 1921 her armament had become one 66 mm (2.6 in) and ten 57 mm (2.2 in) guns and her complement had risen to 194. She was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of ...
Isabel Fernanda was born an infanta of Spain as a daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula and Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies.Once King Ferdinand VII of Spain died in 1833, his wife, Queen Maria Christina, the younger sister of Isabel’s mother Luisa, married discreetly to Agustín Fernando Muñoz y Sánchez—the reason behind the discreet behaviour of the marriage was due to the ...
Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation: [izɐˈbɛl mɐˈɾiɐ]; Queluz, 4 July 1801 – Benfica, then Belém, 22 April 1876) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) and fourth daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Spain. [1] She acted as regent for her brother Pedro IV and for her niece Maria II ...
SS Infanta Isabel de Borbon was a steam ocean liner and mail ship launched in 1912 in Scotland and operated by the Compañía Transatlántica Española (CTE). She and her sister ship Reina Victoria-Eugenia represented a significant modernisation of CTE's fleet of ageing and obsolescent ships.
Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain, [1] (Isabel Alfonsa María Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaida Rafaela de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón; 16 October 1904 – 18 July 1985) [2] was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth. [3]
The Velasco class consisted of two slightly different subclasses. The first two ships, Velasco and Gravina, built by the Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. at Leamouth, London in the United Kingdom, had fewer but heavier guns and were slightly faster than the next six, which were built at various yards in Spain.
List of individuals with title of Infanta of Spain (Infanta de España) ... Isabel María Teresa de Austria y Borbón: Felipe IV: 1627: 1627: Died in infancy