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Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, Spain certainly is one of the most important VIP hotels in the city. It is located on the Calle San Fernando, next to the University of Seville in the Santa Cruz area. Alfonso XIII hotel in Seville, Spain own picture taken in 2018 Some Royal History On 28 April 1929 Hotel Alfonso XIII was officially inaugurated with a celebration attended by King Alfonso XIII and his wife Queen Victoria Eugenia . This Spanish queen was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria were the grandparents of King Juan Carlos of Spain. King Alfonso XIII of Spain Source picture: Wikipedia The reason of the celebration was the wedding of Infanta Isabel with Count Juan Zamoyski. Infanta Isabel Alfonso was the daughter of Prince Carlos of Two Sicilies and Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. Mercedes was a daughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain and thus a sister of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Some buildi

On 7 June 1502, a royal birth took place at the Alcáçova Palace in Lisbon, Portugal. Then the future King John III of Portugal (João III in Portuguese) was born. King John III of Portugal - own picture taken in 2017 at the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém, Lisbon. Family John III was the eldest son of Koing Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon. He was a member of the noble House of Aviz. Youth John III was educated by notable scholars of the time including the astrologer Tomás de Torres, Diogo de Ortiz, Bishop of Viseu and Luis Teixeira Lobo, one of the first Portuguese Renaissance humanists. King João III of Portugal: Source picture Wikipedia Love and marriage At the age of 16, John III was chosen to marry his first cousin the 20-year- old Eleanor of Austria, the eldest daughter of Philip the Handsome of Austria-Burgundy and Queen Joanna of Castile. However this plan didn't work. Instead Eleanor married John's widowed father