100 Years Ago Today (28 November 1921) Queen Victoria Eugenia hands over the banner to the Spanish Cavalry Academy in Valladolid.
100 Years Ago Today (28 November 1921) Queen Victoria Eugenia hands over the banner to the Spanish Cavalry Academy in Valladolid.
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Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII from their marriage on 31 May 1906 until 14 April 1931, when the Spanish Second Republic was proclaimed. A Hessian princess by birth, she was a member of the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Unlike other members of the Battenberg family, who were accorded the lower rank of Serene Highness, Victoria Eugenie was born with the rank of Highness due to a Royal Warrant issued in 1886 by Queen Victoria. She died in 1969 at age 81.
All credit for colorization goes to Manuel Valladolid.
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Front “Campo Grande” park.. The best park in Valladolid
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia_de_Caballer%C3%ADa_de_Valladolid
Honor y Gloria a la Caballería Española.