Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain

Infante Antonio Pascual
Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain. Vicente López y Portaña. (Museum of Prado).
Born	(1755-12-31)31 December 1755 Acquaviva Palace, Caserta, Naples
Died	El Escorial, Spain
Burial	El Escorial, Spain
Spouse	Infanta María Amalia of Spain
Full name Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno Aniello Raimundo Silvestre
House	House of Bourbon
Father	Charles III of Spain
Mother	Maria Amalia of Saxony

Infante Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno Aniello Raimundo Silvestre of Spain (31 December 1755 – 20 April 1817) was a son of King Charles III of Spain and younger brother of King Charles IV of Spain and King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.

Biography

Infante Antonio Pascual, painted by Goya.

Born in Acquaviva Palace in Caserta, where the royal family lived before the Royal Palace of Caserta was built, he was the son of Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony. A humanist devoted to arts, he bore a striking resemblance to his elder brother Charles IV. At the death of his uncle Ferdinand VI of Spain, who he never met, his parents, brothers Charles and Gabriel, and sisters Maria Luisa and Maria Josefa departed for Spain where his father ruled as Charles III.

Aged 40, he married on August 25, 1795, María Amalia of Spain, 16-year-old daughter of his brother Charles IV. She died 3 years later without leaving any children.

He supported his nephew Prince Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, and profoundly disliked Manuel Godoy.

He headed the Junta Suprema de Gobierno, in the absence of his brother and nephew, when they tried to humor Napoleon in Bayonne.

During the Peninsular War he lived with the rest of the Royal Family under house arrest at the Château de Valençay. After the war he served in several high functions. He was a fervent supporter of absolutism, organizing support for the restoration of the absolute monarchy.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 31 December 1755 – 10 August 1759 His Royal Highness Prince Antonio Pascual of Naples and Sicily, Infante of Spain.
• 10 August 1759 – 20 April 1817 His Royal Highness the Infante Don Antonio Pascual.

Heraldry

Heraldry of Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain
Coat of Arms of Infante Antonio of Spain.

Ancestry

Family of Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain

16. Louis XIV of France               8. Louis, Grand Dauphin                       17. Maria Theresa of Austria               4. Philip V of Spain                             18. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria               9. Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria                       19. Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy               2. Charles III of Spain                                   20. Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma               10. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma                       21. Isabella of Modena               5. Elisabeth Farnese                             22. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine               11. Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate                       23. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt               1. Antonio Pascual of Spain                                         24. John George III, Elector of Saxony               12. Augustus II the Strong                       25. Anne Sophie of Denmark               6. Augustus III of Poland                             26. Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth               13. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth                       27. Sophie Luise of Württemberg               3. Maria Amalia of Saxony                                   28. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor               14. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor                       29. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate               7. Maria Josepha of Austria                             30. John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               15. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick                       31. Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate