3697 x 5059 px | 31,3 x 42,8 cm | 12,3 x 16,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1896
Lieu:
Madrid, Spain
Informations supplémentaires:
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Illustration from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Info from wiki: The Spanish Match[1] was a proposed marriage between Prince Charles, the son of King James I of Great Britain, and Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, the daughter of Philip III of Spain. When negotiations began to drag, Prince Charles, now 22, and Buckngham decided to seize the initiative and travel to Spain incognito, to win the Infanta directly.[27] Travelling under the names Thomas and John Smith, they arrived in Madrid on 7 March 1623 (OS) to the astonishment of Philip IV, and of the English Ambassador, John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, who had been given no warning of the Prince's intentions. Charles and Buckingham were ignorant of the key facts, that Maria Anna was strongly averse to marrying a non-Catholic, and that the Spanish, who had been protracting the marriage negotiations to keep British troops out of the war, would never agree to such a match unless James and Charles pledged to repeal the anti-Catholic Penal Laws.[28] Though a secret treaty was signed, the Prince and Duke returned to England in October without the Infanta. There was open delight shown by sections of the British people.
