Despite it all, Ena and Alfonso had 7 legitimate royal children…

  • Alfonso in 1907
  • Jaime in 1908
  • Beatriz in 1909
  • Fernando in 1910 (who was stillborn)
  • Maria Cristina in 1911
  • Juan in 1913
  • Gonzalo in 1914

(Photo: Victoria Eugenie and Alfonso with their Spanish royal children.  Note by this time in the 1920’s, that only 1 of the 7 died, and that not in the first year, but at birth, attesting to improved health conditions at the time.  Their ancestors would have lost 2 or 3 AFTER a live birth within the first year from 10 or 11 pregnancies typically).