Ancestry of Felipe VI of Spain

Felipe VI (Philip VI) is the present King of Spain. He was born in Madrid on 30 January 1968, the son of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain.

Ahnentafel

This table sets out the ancestry of Felipe VI for five generations, numbered according to the ahnentafel genealogical numbering system.

1. Felipe VI of Spain^[1]

Parents

2. Juan Carlos I of Spain
3. Princess Sofía of Greece and Denmark^[1]

Grandparents

4. Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona (father of #2)
5. Princess María de las Mercedes of the Two Sicilies (mother of #2)
6. Paul of Greece (father of #3)
7. Princess Frederika of Hanover (mother of #3)^[1]

Great-Grandparents

8. Alfonso XIII of Spain (father of #4)
9. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (mother of #4)
10. Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies (father of #5)
11. Princess Louise of Orléans (mother of #5)
12. Constantine I of Greece (father of 6)
13. Princess Sophia of Prussia (mother of 6)
14. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (father of 7)
15. Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia (mother of 7)^[2]

Great-Great-Grandparents

16. Alfonso XII of Spain (father of #8)
17. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (mother of #8)
18. Prince Henry of Battenberg (father of 9)
19. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (mother of 9)
20. Prince Alfonso of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta (father of 10)
21. Princess Antonietta of the Two Sicilies (mother of 10)
22. Prince Philippe of Orléans, Count of Paris (father of 11)
23. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (mother of 11)
24. George I of Greece (father of 12)
25. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova of Russia (mother of 12)
26. Frederick III, German Emperor (father of 13)
27. Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (mother of 13)
28. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (father of 14)
29. Princess Thyra of Denmark, (mother of 14)
30. Wilhelm II, German Emperor (father of 15)
31. Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (mother of 15)

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

32. Infante Francis of Spain, Duke of Cádiz (father of #16)
33. Isabella II of Spain (mother of #16)
34. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (father of 17)
35. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, (mother of 17)
36. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (father of 18)
37. Countess Julia Hauke (mother of 18)
38. Prince Albert (father of 19)
39. Queen Victoria (mother of 19)
40. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (father of 20)
41. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (mother of 20)
42. Prince Francis of the Two Siclies, Count of Trapani (father of 21)
43. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (mother of 21)
44. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (father of 22)
45. Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (mother of 22)
46. Prince Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Monspensier (father of 23)
47. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain (mother of 23)
48. Christian IX of Denmark (father of 24)
49. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (mother of 24)
50. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (father of 25)
51. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (mother of 25)
52. Wilhelm I, German Emperor (father of 26)
53. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (mother of 26)
54=38. Prince Albert (father of 27)
55=39. Queen Victoria (mother of 27)
56. George V of Hanover (father of 28)
57. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (mother of 28)
58=48. Christian IX of Denmark (father of 29)
59=49. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (mother of 29)
60=26. Frederick III, German Emperor (father of 30)
61=27. Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (mother of 30)
62. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (father of 31)
63. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (mother of 31)^[2]

Ancestry chart

Patrilineal descent

Felipe's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

Patrilineal descent is the traditional principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that if Felipe were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be Robert, as all his male-line ancestors have been of that house.

Felipe is a member of the Spanish House of Bourbon, a sub-branch of the House of Bourbon, itself originally a branch of the House of France, and thus of the House of Capet and of the Robertians and possibly a branch of the Merovingians, but this link may not be reliable. The line can be traced back more than 1,600 years and is one of the oldest in Europe.

House of Robert

1. Charibert de Haspengau (c. 555–636)
2. Chrodobertus I de Haspengau (c. 600–630)
3. Lambert I de Haspengau (c. 620–650)
4. Chrodobertus II, Count of Haspengau (fl. 650)
5. Lambert II, Count of Haspengau (c. 682–741)
6. Robert I of Worms and Rheingau, 697 - 764
7. Thuringbert of Worms and Rheingau
8. Robert II of Worms and Rheingau, 770–807
9. Robert III of Worms and Rheingau, 808–834
10. Robert IV the Strong, 820–866
11. Robert I of France, 866–923
12. Hugh the Great, Count of Paris, 895–956
13. Hugh Capet, 941–996
14. Robert II of France, 972–1031
15. Henry I of France, 1008–1060
16. Philip I of France, 1053–1108
17. Louis VI of France, 1081–1137
18. Louis VII of France, 1120–1180
19. Philip II of France, 1165–1223
20. Louis VIII of France, 1187–1226
21. Louis IX of France, 1215–1270
22. Prince Robert of France, Count of Clermont, 1256–1317
23. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1279–1342
24. James I, Count of La Marche, 1319–1362
25. John I, Count of La Marche, 1344–1393
26. Louis, Count of Vendôme, 1376–1446
27. Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, 1428–1478
28. François, Count of Vendôme, 1470–1495
29. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, 1489–1537
30. Antoine of Navarre, 1518–1562
31. Henry IV of France, 1553–1610
32. Louis XIII of France, 1601–1643
33. Louis XIV of France, 1638–1715
34. Louis, Dauphin of France, 1661–1711
35. Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
36. Charles III of Spain, 1716–1788
37. Charles IV of Spain, 1748–1819
38. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain, 1794–1865
39. Infante Francis of Spain, Duke of Cádiz, 1822–1902
40. Alfonso XII of Spain, 1857–1885
41. Alfonso XIII of Spain, 1886–1941
42. Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona, 1913–1993
43. Juan Carlos I of Spain, born 1938
44. Felipe VI of Spain, born 1968

Matrilineal descent

1. Étiennette de Bourgogne (ca. 1040 – after 1088)
2. Gisela of Burgundy, Marchioness of Montferrat (1075–1135)
3. Adelaide of Maurienne (1092–1154)
4. Constance of France, Countess of Toulouse (1124–1176)
5. Adelaide of Béziers (†1199)
6. Garsenda of Forcalquier
7. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, ca 1180 – ca 1242
8. Garsenda de Provenza
9. Constanza de Bearne
10. Teresa Díaz II de Haro (born before 1254)
11. Juana Núñez de Lara, (1286–1351)
12. Blanca de La Cerda y Lara (ca 1317–1347)
13. Juana Manuel, 1339–1381 Queen consort of King Henry II of Castile
14. Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre (after 1363–1416) Queen consort of King Charles III of Navarre
15. Blanche I of Navarre (1387–1441) Queen regnant of Navarre and Queen consort of King Martin I of Sicily
16. Eleanor of Navarre (1426–1479) Queen regnant of Navarre
17. Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, 1455–1494
18. Anne of Foix-Candale (1484–1506) Queen consort of King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
19. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547) Queen consort of King Ferdinand I of the Romans, Bohemia and Hungary
20. Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531–1581)
21. Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550–1608)
22. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, 1586–1659 Electress consort of Elector John George I of Saxony
23. Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (1610–1684)
24. Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp (1631–1719)
25. Princess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1663–1749)
26. Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern (1699–1750)
27. Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg (1727–1796)
28. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757–1831)
29. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861)
30. Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807–1872)
31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900)
32. Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858–1921) Empress consort of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
33. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892–1980)
34. Frederica of Hanover (1917–1981) Queen consort of King Paul of Greece
35. Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938) Queen consort of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
36. Felipe VI of Spain (born 1968)

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