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Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias (8 July 1545 – 24 July 1568), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Philip II of Spain. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. Carlos was known to be mentally unstable and was imprisoned by his father in early 1568, dying after half a year of solitary confinement.
Balthasar Charles (Spanish: Baltasar Carlos de Austria; 17 October 1629 – 9 October 1646), Prince of Asturias, Prince of Girona, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera, and Lord of Balaguer, Prince of Viana was heir apparent to all the kingdoms, states and dominions of the Spanish monarchy from his birth until his death.
Archduke Karl Pius of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1909–1953), leader of breakaway Carlist movement between 1943 and 1953 and a disputed pretender as Carlos VIII Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930–2010), former Carlist Prince of Asturias and pretender to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VIII
Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain: None 22 July 1969 Appointed heir to the throne 22 November 1975 Head of State died, became king Infante Felipe, son Juan Carlos I: Felipe, Prince of Asturias: Son 22 November 1975 Father became king 19 June 2014 Father abdicated, became king Infanta Elena, 1975–2005, sister Infanta Leonor, 2005–2014, daughter ...
The Prince of Asturias, as crown prince, is the first in the Line of succession to the Spanish throne, receives the treatment of Royal Highness by Royal Decree 1368/1987 [41] and holds the titles inherent to that position, recognized in the article 57.1 of the Constitution, [2] and which symbolize the Spanish dynastic union. [10]
In 1969, Juan Carlos was officially designated heir-apparent and was given the new title of Prince of Spain (not the traditional Prince of Asturias). [21] As a condition of being named heir-apparent, he was required to swear loyalty to Franco's Movimiento Nacional , which he did with little outward hesitation. [ 24 ]
Charles II [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) [b] was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without an heir, leading to the War of the Spanish Succession over his successor.
Carlos Francisco de Paula Infante of Spain 5 September 1783 – 11 November 1784 Twins, born and died at the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. [38] Their birth was an important event for the people of Spain and provided security for the succession, a security which was truncated with the early deaths of Carlos and Felipe.