Three royal weddings for Spain

July 6, 1928

The AP reports today on the news of "three royal marriages, two of them uniting the Spanish ruling family with foreign sovereign houses." The engagements are expected to be announced soon.

Infanta Isabel Alfonso, daughter of the Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies and the late Infanta Mercedes, sister of King Alfonso XIII, will marry Count Zamoyski, described as a member of the family "pretender to the throne of Poland."

King Alfonso XIII's two daughters, Infanta Beatriz and Infanta Maria Cristina, are also about to announce their engagements. It is reported that one will marry "a foreign Prince," and the other "to a titled member of one of the most aristocratic families of Spain." The identities of the two alleged bridegrooms are not known.

The New York Times notes that Infante Alfonso de Bourbon, older brother of Infanta Isabel Alfonsa, has been conspicuously absent from all the season's activities," as he was devoted to his cousin, Infanta Beatriz. It is "believed that for reasons of State the Prince's attentions have been discouraged since it is understood that the Princess is expected to marry into foreign nobility."

The Dowager Queen Maria Cristina has made recent visits to Austria and Switzerland, and these visits are believed to be connected with possible marriage.