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Historians and biographers attribute Infanta Isabel's paternity to José Ruiz de Arana y Saavedra (1826–1891), a young Spanish aristocratic and military officer. Ruiz de Arana was known to the queen from palace's inner circles; his father, the Count of Sevilla La Nueva, was usher to ambassadors. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Instead, according to article 3.1 of the royal decree that regulates the titles and styles of the members of the Spanish royal family, "their consorts, as long as their remain as such or as widowers, will have the style and honor that the King will graciously grant them according to the provisions of article 62, section f) of the Constitution ...
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.
On 28 June 1898, Isabel II, General Concha, and gunboat Ponce de Leon sortied to assist a Spanish blockade runner, the merchant steamer Antonio Lopez, make it into San Juan's harbor. The three Spanish warships exchanged long-range gunfire with St. Paul, Yosemite, and the cruiser New Orleans, with neither side scoring
Infanta Margarita, 1855, sister Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, 1855–1857, aunt Alfonso, Prince of Asturias: Son 28 November 1857 Born 30 September 1868 Mother deposed: Infanta Isabel, 1857–1866, sister Infante Francisco de Asís Leopoldo, 1866, brother Infanta Isabel, Countess of Girgenti, 1866–1868, sister
She was one of the Infanta Isabel series of ships of her class, six ships built in Spain which were an improved version of the first two ships, Velasco and Gravina, both built in the United Kingdom. [1] The ships of the Infanta Isabel series were slightly faster than and had a different armament from the two ships of the Velasco series.
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia; born 20 December 1963), is the first child and eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía. As the eldest sister of King Felipe VI, Elena is the third in the line of succession to the Spanish throne. She has a younger sister, Infanta ...