INFANTE (Spanish and Portuguese form ...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V14,
Page 516
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:INFANTE (See also:Spanish and Portuguese See also:form of See also:Lat. infans, See also:young See also:child)
, a See also:title of the sons of the See also:sovereign of See also:Spain and See also:Portugal, the corresponding infanta being given to the daughters
.
The title is not See also:borne by the eldest son of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Spain, who is See also:prince of See also:Asturias, Il principe de Asturias
.
Until the severance of See also:Brazil from the Portuguese See also:monarchy, the eldest son was prince of Brazil
.
While a son or daughter of the sovereign of Spain is by right See also:infante or infanta of Spain, the title, alone, is granted to other members of the See also:blood royal by the sovereign
.
End of Article: INFANTE (Spanish and Portuguese form of Lat. infans, young child)
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