Prince of Asturias

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Princess of Asturias
Princesa de Asturias

Incumbent
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
since 19 June 2014
Style His/Her Royal Highness
Doña
Residence The Prince’s Pavilion
at the Zarzuela Palace
Appointer The King of Spain
Term length Life tenure or until accession to the throne
Inaugural holder Henry III of Castile
Formation 1388

Prince or Princess of Asturias (Spanish: Príncipe/Princesa de Asturias), under the Spanish Constitution of 1978, is the historical and official title given to the heir apparent or heir presumptive to the Spanish throne. It was also the title under the earlier Crown of Castile. The current heir presumptive to the Spanish throne is Leonor, Princess of Asturias, daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. Other associated titles originate from some of the other kingdoms that formed Spain: Prince of Viana (for Navarre), Prince of Girona (for Aragon), Duke of Montblanc (for Catalonia), Count of Cervera (for Valencia) and Lord of Balaguer (for Majorca).

Military dictator Francisco Franco appointed Juan Carlos de Borbón as his "successor with the title of king" but gave him the new title of Prince of Spain instead of Prince of Asturias.

Felipe VI, during his tenure as Prince of Asturias, instituted what is now called the Princess of Asturias Awards.

Príncipe de Asturias Peak in Vinson Massif, Antarctica is named after the Prince of Asturias.

History

After the death of King Peter in 1369, the Crown of Castile was drawn yet deeper in a civil war, disputes and long rivalled between English claimant, John, Duke of Lancaster, and two successive Trastámara claimants, Henry II and his son John I. After two decades of conflicts of varying intensity, the parties arrived at compromise through means of marriage: the future Henry III (1379–1406) was married to Catherine of Lancaster in 1388. A part of the pact ("Accord of Bayonne") was to elevate the young couple to a title, Prince and Princess of Asturias, which was modelled after that of Prince of Wales in England. The title was to belong to the official successor of the Castilian throne. Thus the first Prince and Princess of Asturias were Henry of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster.

In the first years the title was not only honorary, as it included the ownership of the territory of Asturias; the Prince ruled the Principality in representation of the King and was able to appoint judges, mayors, etc. This was changed by the Catholic Monarchs, who limited the scope of the title making it merely honorary; this decision was upheld by the members of the House of Habsburg and the House of Bourbon until the present day.

List

Image Name Heir to From Until
Year Cause
Henry
(1379–1406)		John I
(father)		13881390ascended the throne as Henry III
Maria
(1401–1458)		Henry III
(father)		14021405displaced by the birth of brother
John
(1405–1454)		14051406ascended the throne as John II
Catherine
(1422–1424)		John II
(father)		14231424died
Eleanor
(1423–1425)		14241425displaced by the birth of brother
Henry
(1425–1474)		14251454ascended the throne as Henry IV
Joanna
(1462–1530)		Henry IV
(father)		14621464disinherited in favour of half-aunt
Alfonso
(1453–1468)		 Henry IV
(half-brother)		 1465 1468 died
Isabella
(1451–1504)		 1468 1470 disinherited in favour of half-niece
Joanna
(1462–1530)		 Henry IV
(father)		 1470 1474 crown assumed by Isabella I
Isabella
(1470–1498)		Isabella I
(mother)		14761480displaced by the birth of brother
John
(1478–1497)		14801497died
Isabella
(1470–1498)		14981498died
Miguel
(1498–1500)		Isabella I
(grandmother)		14991500died
Joanna
(1479–1555)		Isabella I
(mother)		15021504ascended the throne
Charles
(1500–1558)		Joanna
(mother)		15041516ascended the throne as Charles I
Philip
(1527–1598)		Charles I and Joanna
(father and grandmother)		15281556ascended the throne as Philip II
Carlos
(1545–1568)		Philip II
(father)		15601568died
Ferdinand
(1571–1578)		15731578died
Diego
(1575–1582)		15801582died
Philip
(1578–1621)		15841598ascended the throne as Philip III
Philip of Austria
(1605–1665)		Philip III
(father)		16081621ascended the throne as Philip IV
Balthasar Charles
(1629–1646)		Philip IV
(father)		16321646died
Philip Prosper
(1657–1661)		16581661died
Charles
(1661–1700)		16611665ascended the throne as Charles II
Louis
(1707–1724)		Philip V
(father)		17091724ascended the throne as Louis I
Ferdinand
(1713–1759)		1724 1746ascended the throne as Ferdinand VI
Charles
(1716–1788)		Charles III
(father)		17601788ascended the throne as Charles IV
Ferdinand
(1784–1833)		Charles IV
(father)		17891808ascended the throne as Ferdinand VII
Isabella
(1830–1904)		Ferdinand VII
(father)		1830
(1833)[1]		1833ascended the throne as Isabella II
Isabella
(1851–1931)		Isabella II
(mother)		18511857Displaced by the birth of her brother
Alfonso
(1857–1885)		Isabella II
(mother)		18571868mother's deposition
Emmanuel Philibert
(1869–1931)		Amadeus18711873father's abdication
Isabella
(1851–1931)		Alfonso XII
(brother)		18751880displaced
Mercedes
(1880–1904)		Alfonso XII
(father)
Alfonso XIII
(Brother)		1880
1886		1885
1904		displaced
Alfonso
(1907–1938)		Alfonso XIII
(father)		19071933renounced his succession rights
Juan
(1913–1993)		19331941Recognized as heir apparent to the Spanish throne and held the title in pretense from 21 June 1933, but preferred to use the title Count of Barcelona; renounced his claim to the throne in favor of his son, Juan Carlos on 14 May 1977
Felipe
(1968–)		Juan Carlos I
(father)		19772014 ascended the throne as Felipe VI
Leonor
(2005–)		Felipe VI
(father)		2014Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ Proclaimed Princess of Asturias by a Royal Decree of 13 October 1830 and sworn as the heir to the throne on 20 June 1833

External links

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