Alonso of Spain (22 September 1611 – 16 September 1612) was an infante of Spain, who died in childhood.

Life

He was born in the Monastery of El Escorial, from the marriage of

Philip III of Spain Philip III ( es, Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621. A member of the House of Habsburg, Phi ...

and Margaret of Austria. He was the last of the eight children of the couple and fourth male. As a consequence of his birth, his mother died few days later. This circumstance earned him the nickname of ''El Caro'' (the Dear), for which he was known in his short life as ''Don Alonso el Caro''. He was baptized in his birthplace where he was born, on the 8th October of that same year on the feast of

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. The baptism was not public and festive, due to the recent death of his mother. His godparents at baptism were his older siblings

Anne Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

and

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

, the sacrament being administered by the

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. He was carried to the baptismal font by his cousin Philip Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont.In Spanish royal baptisms, this honour of bringing the newborn to the baptismal font was the following in importance to the one of being godparent. The choice of the name ''Alonso'', or ''Alfonso'', was related to the memory of the ancient kings of Castile. He died before he was one year old and was taken to the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. His tomb is located in the sixth chamber of the '' Panteón of Infantes'', commonly known as the nursery mausoleum, under the inscription:

ALPHONSVS, PHILIPPI III FILIVS

His father Philip III accepted the death of the infant, with resignation, as happened one year before with the death of his own wife

Margaret Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...

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