Philippe V King Spain 1683-1746

Philippe V King Spain was appointed Duke Anjou.

On 7th March 1680 [his father] Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy [aged 18] and [his mother] Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis "Sun King" XIV King France [aged 41] and [his grandmother] Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France [aged 41]. They were third cousins.

On 19th December 1683 Philippe V King Spain was born to Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy [aged 22] and Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 23] at Palace of Versailles, Versailles. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.57%.

On 20th April 1690 [his mother] Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 29] died.

In 1700 Philippe V King Spain [aged 16] was appointed V King Spain.

On 3rd November 1701 Philippe V King Spain [aged 17] and Maria Luisa Savoy [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [aged 35] and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 32]. He the son of Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy [aged 40] and Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.

John Evelyn's Diary. 1st January 1704. The King of Spain [aged 20] landing at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], came to Windsor, Berkshire [Map], where he was magnificently entertained by the Queen [aged 38], and behaved himself so nobly, that everybody was taken with his graceful deportment. After two days, having presented the great ladies, and others, with valuable jewels, he went back to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], and immediately embarked for Spain.

On 25th August 1707 [his son] Louis I King Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 23] and [his wife] Maria Luisa Savoy [aged 18]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.82%. He married 20th January 1722 his half first cousin once removed Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain, daughter of Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans and Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans.

On 2nd July 1709 [his son] Philip Bourbon was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 25] and [his wife] Maria Luisa Savoy [aged 20]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.82%. He died aged less than one years old.

On 18th July 1709 [his son] Philip Bourbon died.

In 1710 [his brother] Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême [aged 23] was created 1st Duke Berry, 1st Duke Alençon, 1st Duke Angoulême, 1st Count Ponthieu.

On 6th July 1710 [his brother] Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Marie Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Duchess Berry [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. She the daughter of Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans [aged 35] and [his aunt] Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans [aged 33]. He the son of [his father] Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy [aged 48] and [his mother] Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were half first cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 7th June 1712 [his son] Philip Bourbon was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 28] and [his wife] Maria Luisa Savoy [aged 23]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.82%. He died aged seven in 1719.

On 23rd September 1713 [his son] Ferdinand VI King Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 29] and [his wife] Maria Luisa Savoy [aged 25] at the Royal Alcázar of Madrid. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.82%. He married Barbara Queen Consort Spain.

On 14th February 1714 [his wife] Maria Luisa Savoy [aged 25] died at Madrid [Map].

On 5th May 1714 [his brother] Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême [aged 27] died.

On 24th December 1714 Philippe V King Spain [aged 31] and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 22] were married. He the son of Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy and Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy.

On 20th January 1716 [his son] Charles III King Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 32] and [his wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 23]. He married 1738 his fourth cousin Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain, daughter of Augustus III King Poland and Maria Josepha of Austria, and had issue.

On 31st March 1718 [his daughter] Infante Mariana Victoria of Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 34] and [his wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 25]. She married Joseph I King Portugal.

On 29th December 1719 [his son] Philip Bourbon [aged 7] died.

On 15th March 1720 [his son] Infante Philip of Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 36] and [his wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 27]. He married 25th October 1739 his first cousin once removed Louise Elisabeth of France and had issue.

On 20th January 1722 Louis I King Spain [aged 14] and Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans [aged 47] and Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans [aged 44]. He the son of Philippe V King Spain [aged 38] and Maria Luisa Savoy. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

1723. Jean Ranc [aged 48]. Portrait of Philippe V King Spain [aged 39].

1723. Jean Ranc [aged 48]. Portrait of Philippe V King Spain [aged 39].

On 15th January 1724 Philippe V King Spain [aged 40] abdicated. His son Louis [aged 16] succeeded I King Spain. Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 14] by marriage Queen Consort Spain. Louis reigned for seven months before he died after which Phillipe was re-instated as King.

On 31st August 1724 [his son] Louis I King Spain [aged 17] died of smallpox. He was buried at the El Escorial Palace. Philippe V King Spain [aged 40] returned to the Spanish throne.

On 11th June 1726 [his daughter] Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 42] and [his wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 33]. She married 23rd February 1745 her first cousin once removed Dauphin Louis Bourbon and had issue.

On 25th July 1727 [his son] Infante Louis of Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 43] and [his wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 34].

On 17th November 1729 [his daughter] Infanta Maria Antonia Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain [aged 45] and [his wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 37]. She married 31st May 1750 her third cousin Victor Amadeus III King Sardinia, son of Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia and Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia, and had issue.

In 1738 Charles III King Spain [aged 21] and Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain [aged 13] were married. He the son of Philippe V King Spain [aged 54] and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 45]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 25th October 1739 Infante Philip of Spain [aged 19] and Louise Elisabeth of France [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Louis XV King France [aged 29] and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France [aged 36]. He the son of Philippe V King Spain [aged 55] and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 47]. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.

On 23rd February 1745 [his son-in-law] Dauphin Louis Bourbon [aged 15] and Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain [aged 18] were married at the Palace of Versailles. She the daughter of Philippe V King Spain [aged 61] and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 52]. He the son of Louis XV King France [aged 35] and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France [aged 41]. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.

On 9th July 1746 Philippe V King Spain [aged 62] died at the El Escorial Palace. His son Ferdinand [aged 32] succeeded VI King Spain. Barbara Queen Consort Spain [aged 34] by marriage Queen Consort Spain.

On 11th July 1766 [his former wife] Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain [aged 73] died.

On 29th September 1833 [his great grandson] Ferdinand VII King Spain [aged 48] died. His daughter Isabella [aged 2] succeeded Queen Spain. Her succession was disputed by her uncle Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain [aged 45] since her father Ferdinand VII King Spain had modified the laws of the Salic Spanish Succession, known as the Pragmatic Sanction, shortly before her birth. Traditionally the Spanish succession has allowed females to inherit. When Philippe V King Spain inherited the throne he introduced the French Salic Law barring females.