Fadrique de Toledo Osorio and Ponce de León, II Marquess of Valdueza, VII Marqués de Villafranca del Bierzo, IV Duke of Fernandina, IV Prince of Montalbán, III Count of Peña Ramiro and Grandee of Spai
Fadrique de Toledo Osorio (1694 engraving)
Philip V of Spain
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Philip V was king of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy, surpassi
Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León
…with Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. During the Spanish War of Succession he was a staunch supporter of Philippe de Anjou, who, after becoming King Philip V of Spain, made him Mayordomo mayor (1701), minister of the Junta de Gobierno (1702), Knight of the French Order of the Holy Spirit (1702) and Knight of the Order…
Portrait by Jean Ranc, c. 1723
Louis of France, le Grand Dauphin, and his wife Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria with their three sons: Louis, le Petit Dauphin, Philippe, Duke of Anjou and Charles, Duke of Berry. Painting by Pierre Mignard, 1687.
Proclamation of Philip V as King of Spain in the Palace of Versailles on 16 November 1700
A young Maria Luisa of Savoy holding a miniature portrait of her husband, Philip V