Infante don luis de borbon

infante don luis palacepalace in boadilla del monte, spain

Once again Philip V reigned, with great effort and much reluctance. When his first wife died, the king married Isabel de Farnesio, who perfectly fulfilled her mission of giving children to the crown. The new son of the kings was baptized with the name of Luis -in memory of his deceased brother- Antonio Jaime.

In 1746 King Philip V died and the second son of his first wife, Ferdinand VI, succeeded him on the throne. The Infante and his sisters were sent with their mother to the palace of La Granja, in a forced retirement, since she had never shown the slightest affection for her stepchildren and now Ferdinand, already king, took the opportunity to get rid of her by removing her from the court. Infante Luis had had a relationship with his stepbrother, if not close, at least cordial, and frequently visited him at the court in Madrid or at the Royal Site where the new royal family, Ferdinand VI and his wife Barbara de Braganza, were staying.

The Infante Don Luis in 1754 made one of the great decisions of his life. He did not feel any vocation for the religious life, he had not even been ordained a priest and great doubts began to torment his conscience, but in the end his honesty outweighed his ambition and he decided to resign from his posts. He communicates it to the king, who answers him with understanding and to the Pope, who accepts his resignation and grants him an annual life pension on the rents of the Archbishopric of Toledo. The Infante’s life continued as before, divided between La Granja and visits to his brother.

rey borbón de nápoles

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Luis Antonio Jaime de España (25 de julio de 1727 – 7 de agosto de 1785), infante de España, cardenal diácono de la iglesia titular de Santa María de la Scala de Roma, arzobispo de Toledo y primado de España, XIII conde de Chinchón, Grande de España de primera clase, conocido como el cardenal infante, fue hijo de Felipe V, rey de España y de su segunda esposa, Isabel Farnesio.

Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio nació como hijo menor de Felipe V, rey de España, y de su segunda esposa, Isabel Farnesio. Con apenas ocho años de edad, Luis fue creado 699º Caballero de la Orden del Toisón de Oro en 1735 y ordenado Arzobispo de Toledo y Primado de España el 9 de septiembre de 1735, y posteriormente nombrado Cardenal-Sacerdote del Título de la iglesia de Santa María della Scala (pro hac vice) en Roma el 19 de diciembre. El 18 de diciembre de 1754 abandonó la vida eclesiástica por falta de vocación, renunció a sus títulos y dignidades eclesiásticas y asumió el título de XIII Conde de Chinchón concedido por su hermano el Infante Felipe.

countess of chinchón

The death in 1766 of Isabel de Farnesio, mother of Don Luis, complicated the situation. The prince inherited an important patrimony from her, which coincided with a relaxation of his intimate life. He maintained relations with several women of the common people, as well as with a titled lady (before marriage), with whom he had a daughter. With commoner women it is known the birth of at least two illegitimate children[1] and, in addition, he contracted a venereal disease, possibly syphilis. From 1774, the painter Luis Paret began to work in the service of Don Luis and it was rumored that he began to mediate as a pimp in his amorous escapades. The king took action in the matter after an investigation led by his confessor, Joaquín de Eleta:[2] he removed the prince from the court, and banished the painter to Puerto Rico. But he had to assume that Don Luis had to channel his life by forming a family, provided that this did not generate dynastic complications.

He married María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas (1758-1820), daughter of Luis de Vallabriga, butler of Carlos III, in the chapel of the palace of the Dukes of Fernandina in Olías del Rey (Toledo) on June 27, 1776, and María Josefa de Rozas y Melfort, III Countess of Castelblanco, daughter of José de Rozas y Meléndez de la Cueva, I Duke of San Andrés, II Count of Castelblanco, captain general and president of the Royal Audience of Guatemala.

casa de borbón

Esta obra fue pintada para el Infante Don Luis. Procede de Boadilla del Monte (Madrid) y perteneció a los descendientes del retratado, el Conde y la Condesa de Chinchón, y posteriormente fue heredada por los Duques de Sueca.

El Infante Don Luis de Borbón (1727-1785) nació en el Palacio del Buen Retiro de Madrid. Era el menor de los hijos de Felipe V y su segunda esposa, Isabel de Farnesio. Recibió una esmerada crianza y educación, heredando de su madre el gusto por las artes y rodeándose posteriormente de personajes ilustres. A los ocho años fue promovido al rango de cardenal y arzobispo de Toledo y Sevilla, pero renunció a ellos tras la muerte de su madre, afirmando que carecía de vocación. En 1776 contrajo matrimonio morganático con María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas, de Zaragoza, y de este matrimonio nacieron María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, futura condesa de Chinchón, Luis María, que luego sería cardenal-arzobispo de Toledo, María Luisa y Antonio María, que murió a temprana edad.