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Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Borbón, Isabel de (1603-1644, reina consorte de España)Other forms

Dates of existence/Biographical dates:

1603-11-22 - 1644-10-06

History:

Elisabeth (1603-1644), Queen of Spain (1621-1644), was the wife of the Spanish monarch Philip IV of Spain and daughter of King Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. A few months after her birth, she got engaged with the prince of Piedmont, who died. Thus, she focused on her marriage to the Spanish prince. They got married before Philip's accession to the throne (he was Prince of Asturias) on 25 November 1615. The wedding by proxy took place on October 18, 1615, when the princess was not quite thirteen years old, and the marriage was not consummated until November 25, 1620 in the Palace of El Pardo. During her marriage she had six daughters and one son, but only Maria Theresa and Balthasar Charles survived. Maria Theresa married the French sovereign Louis XIV, thus strengthening the bond between the Spanish and French crowns. Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, died in 1646 when he was seventeen. She always opposed the great power of the Count-Duke of Olivares, advising her husband to limit his powers. Both Margaret of Austria and Elisabeth de Borbón are figures analyzed with the purpose of proving that the Queen's House became a resistance space to the favorite. In the absence of Philip IV, she became a lieutenant at the Court during the crisis of 1640. In her testament she left part of her property to the foundation of a hospice for poor soldiers and a school dedicated to the training of pilots for the Spanish Royal Navy.

Internal Structure-Genealogy:

Hija de Enrique IV de Francia y de María de Médicis.

Madre de María Teresa, reina de Francia y del príncipe Baltasar Carlos.

RUBIO ARAGONÉS, M.J. Reinas de España: las Austrias. Siglos XV-XVIII, de Isabel la Católica a Mariana de Neoburgo.-Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros, 2010.

Historia de España. La España de Felipe IV. El gobierno de la monarquía, la crisis de 1640 y el fracaso de la hegemonía europea. Tomo XXV/ Francisco Tomás y Valiente, Álvaro Castillo Pintado, Elliot, J.H. et al.3ª ed.-Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1982.

OLIVÁN SANTALIESTRA, L. Isabel de Borbón, "Paloma Medianera de la Paz": políticas y culturas de pacificación de una reina consorte en el siglo XVII.

Related Authorities

Family relationships :

Felipe IV (1605-1665, rey de España) - Marriage (He/She is married to; Primera esposa de Felipe IV.)

Enrique IV (1553-1610, rey de Francia) - Descendant (He/She is the son/daughter of)

Medici, María de (1575-1642, Reina consorte de Francia) - Descendant (He/She is the son/daughter of)

Austria, Baltasar Carlos de (1629-1646, príncipe de Asturias) - Progenitor (She is the mother of)

Marie-Thérèse, Queen, consort of Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1683 - Progenitor (She is the mother of)

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Convento de San Felipe Neri de Madrid (España) ( He/She/It is the sponsor of; El 8 de febrero se tomó posesión de la casa, pero al miércoles siguiente y a causa de las quejas del abad de San Martín por fundar dentro de su parroquia sin consentimiento, fue despojado de ella por orden de Diego de Castejón y Fonseca ((1580-1655) Presidente del Consejo de Castilla). Intervino ofreciendo su protección Isabel de Borbón (1602-1644) y encomendó el caso a Juan de Chumacero (1580-1660), que por entonces fue nombrado presidente, el cual resolvió a favor de los clérigos regulares menores. El 23 de febrero de 1644 (1648 según Teresa Jiménez Priego) se expedía una Real Cédula para que se erigiese el convento bajo el amparo de la ya nombrada Isabel de Borbón )