Tuesday, April 20, 2010

A son for Don Jaime of Spain

April 20, 1936

Doña Emanuela, who is the daughter-in-law of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, gave birth to a son today in Rome. The infant, the second grandchild of the former Spanish king, will be named Alfonso, reports the AP.
His father is Don Jaime, the second son of King Alfonso and Queen Ena. In 1933, Jaime, who is a deaf-mute, renounced his rights - and the rights of his descendants to the Spanish throne. Last year, he married Emanuela de Dampierre, whose greandmother is the former Josephine Curtis of Boston. The marriage is non-dynastic.
King Alfonso was informed of the birth in Vienna, where he had gone to attend a royal wedding. He is now en route to Rome.

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