Wedding of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, 1935

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The Wedding of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, the third son and heir of the exiled King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain and Princess Louise of Orléans, at the Basilica of Santa María de Los Ángeles in Rome on this day in 1935, followed by an Audience with the Pope at the Vatican. This was the third Spanish Royal Wedding in Rome in 1935, after the Wedding of Infanta Beatriz of Spain and the Prince of Civitella-Cesi and the Wedding of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia. The couple had four children, including the future King Juan Carlos, and eventually returned to Spain in 1976, a year after the Monarchy was restored with their son. The Count passed away in 1993 and the Countess in 2000.

In the evening, there was a Banquet held in honour of Infante Juan and the new Infanta María de las Mercedes (wearing Queen Maria Christina’s Cartier Loop Tiara) at the Grand Hotel in Rome, which was also attended by Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, Prince Christopher and Princess Françoise of Greece, and Prince José Eugenio, Prince Luis and Prince Fernando of Bavaria, among a host of Royal and Noble Guests, though Queen Victoria Eugenie was not present.

Infanta María de las Mercedes’ corbeille de mariage was also displayed for the public and included Queen Maria Christina’s Cartier Loop Tiara, her Pearl Brooch and her Ruby Clip Brooch, which were given to the bride by members of their family.

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