Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Queen Isabella II of Spain

I was amazed when I read about her Titulary on Wikipedia:

The underage Isabella was known by the centuries-old feudal, symbolic, long title that included both extant and extinct titles and claims:

Doña Isabel II por la Gracia de Dios, Reina de Castilla, de León, de Aragón, de las Dos Sicilias, de Jerusalén, de Navarra, de Granada, de Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia, de Mallorca, de Sevilla, de Cerdeña, de Córdoba, de Córcega, de Murcia, de Menorca, de Jaén, de los Algarbes, de Algeciras, de Gibraltar, de las Islas Canarias, de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales, Islas y Tierra firme del mar Océano; Archiduquesa de Austria; Duquesa de Borgoña, de Brabante y de Milan; Condesa de Aspurg, Flandes, Tirol y Barcelona; Señora de Vizcaya y de Molina &c. &c.

(English: The Lady Isabel II, by the Grace of God, Queen of Castille, of León, of Aragon, of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarre, ofGranada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Majorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, of Córdoba, of Corsica, of Murcia, of Minorca, of Jaén, ofAlgarve, Algeciras, of Gibraltar, of the Canary Islands, of the Eastern and Western Indies, Islands and Lands of the Ocean sea;Archduchess of Austria; Duchess of Burgundy, of Brabant and of Milan; Countess of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol and Barcelona; Lady ofBiscay and of Molina, etc. etc.)

In 1837, Spanish legislation produced a constitutional monarchy, and a new format of the title was used for Isabella:

Por la gracia de Dios y la Constitución de la Monarquía española, Reina de las Españas (By the grace of God and the Constitution of the Spanish monarchy, Queen of the Spains).

Queen Isabella II of Spain

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