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Louis (Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
: Luis, August 25, 1707 – August 31, 1724), born Luis Felipe of Spain, was King of Spain and the eldest son of Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain , born Philippe de France, fils de France and Counts and Dukes of Anjou, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1724 and 1724 to 1746, the first of the House of Bourbon dynasty in Spain....
 by his first queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
, Maria Louisa of Savoy. His reign is recorded as one of the shortest in history, as he was the King of Spain for just over seven months.

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Born at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, in Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, he was made the Prince de Asturias
Prince of Asturias

The title Prince of Asturias is given to the heir apparent to the Spain throne, and the earlier kingdom of Castille. The current Prince of Asturias is Felipe, Prince of Asturias, son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia of Spain....
 as the heir to his father's throne.






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Louis (Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
: Luis, August 25, 1707 – August 31, 1724), born Luis Felipe of Spain, was King of Spain and the eldest son of Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain , born Philippe de France, fils de France and Counts and Dukes of Anjou, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1724 and 1724 to 1746, the first of the House of Bourbon dynasty in Spain....
 by his first queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
, Maria Louisa of Savoy. His reign is recorded as one of the shortest in history, as he was the King of Spain for just over seven months.

Life


Born at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, in Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, he was made the Prince de Asturias
Prince of Asturias

The title Prince of Asturias is given to the heir apparent to the Spain throne, and the earlier kingdom of Castille. The current Prince of Asturias is Felipe, Prince of Asturias, son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia of Spain....
 as the heir to his father's throne. In 1714, when Louis was 7, his mother died, leaving Louis and his brothers, Infante Fernando and Infante Felipe Pedro (D.1719. As a result, the recently-created King of Spain, Louis' father then married the young heiress to the Duchy of Parma
Duchy of Parma

The Duchy of Parma was created in 1545 from that part of the Duchy of Milan south of the Po River, as a fief for Pope Paul III's illegitimate son, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, centered on the city of Parma....
, Elisabeth of Parma
Elisabeth of Parma

Elisabeth of Parma , Queen consort of Spain, also known as Isabel de Farnesio or Isabella Farnese, was the only daughter of Odoardo II Farnese....
.

As heir not only to the vast Spanish empire, but also to a new dynasty, it was decided that Louis would take a wife as soon as possible. On 20 January 1722 at Lerma, he met and he married Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans
Louise Elisabeth of Orléans

Louise ?lisabeth d'Orl?ans was Queen Consort of Spain as the wife of King Louis I of Spain. In her adopted country, she was known as Luisa de Orleans....
 (1709–1742), a daughter of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, cousin of Louis' father and then the Regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
 of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. The dowry of this marriage was an enormous 4 million Livres. She did not fit into the religious Spanish Court well and she often refused to speak to her husband. There were no children of the marriage.

Louis ruled for a short period between the time his father Philip V abdicated in his favour (15 January 1724) and his death from smallpox
Smallpox

Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning spotted, or varus, meaning "pimple"....
, just over 7 months later. On his death, his father returned to the throne continuing to reign until his own death in 1746. The only coins minted in Mexico during his reign never reached Spain as the ship containing them was wrecked in the Caribbean. An expedition to recover them is under way. He was buried in the Cripta Real del Monasterio de El Escorial part of the El Escorial
El Escorial

El Escorial is an historical residence of the king of Spain. It is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery, royal palace, museum and school....
 complex built by the previous ruling house of Spain, the Habsburgs.

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Sources

  • Danvila, Alfonso. El reinado relámpago, Luis I y Luisa Isabel de Orleáns, 1707-1724. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1952. Reprinted as Luis I y Luisa Isabel de Orleans: el reinado relámpago. Madrid: Alderabán, 1997.


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