Religion and politics undoubtedly got in the way to prevent more such alliances. The house of Bourbon came to the Spanish throne with the accession of King Felipe V: I understand that several cadet branches of the said house broke off from his lineage -- e.g. the duchy of Parma and the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It seems that over the centuries, the Spanish Bourbons largely intermarried with their fellow Bourbon cousins from these dynasties. Of course, they also intermarried with the Habsburgs and Braganzas. Later on, the Wittelsbachs entered the picture, when in 1856 Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (youngest son of King Ludwig I) established the so-called "Spanish" branch of the German royal house.
1
Message Thread
« Back to index