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Felipe was born at 12:45 on 30 January 1968, at Our Lady of Loreto Hospital at Madrid, being the third child and only son of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark.[9] [10] [11] He was baptized on 8 February 1968 at the Palace of Zarzuela by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Madrid, Casimiro Morcillo, with water from the Jordan River.
Born on Jan. 30, 1968, he is younger than his two sisters, but he became king due to Spain's male-preference primogeniture, meaning male heirs take preference over female children of the monarch.
Juan Carlos is the son of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome, Italy, during his family's exile.
The Baptism of Philip II in Valladolid, Castile.Historical ceiling preserved in Palacio de Pimentel (Valladolid). A member of the House of Habsburg, Philip was the son of Emperor Charles V, who was also king of Castile and Aragon, and Isabella of Portugal.He was born in the Castilian capital of Valladolid on 21 May 1527 at Palacio de Pimentel, [6] which was owned by Don Bernardino Pimentel ...
While Spain's fractious political landscape makes a referendum on the monarchy unlikely in the near future, commentators say the potential return of Juan Carlos is bad news for his son.
H is Majesty King Felipe VI of Bourbon and Greece is the third child of Their Majesties the King Juan Carlos and the Queen Sofía. He was born in Madrid, on 30 January 1968, at Nuestra Señora de Loreto clinic. In the sacrament of Baptism, he was given the names of Felipe, Juan, Pablo, and Alfonso de Todos los Santos, in memory, respectively, of the first Bourbon King to reign in Spain; of his ...
King Felipe salutes the crowds who greeted him on the tenth anniversary of his reign (Casa de S.M. el Rey) Ten years ago, the Spanish Monarchy was suffering from a lack of trust and enthusiasm ...
Felipe VI, king of Spain from 2014. Felipe VI (born January 30, 1968, Madrid, Spain) is the king of Spain from 2014.. Felipe was born in the latter years of the Francisco Franco regime, as the dictator’s health was declining and the government was taking halting steps in the direction of greater political and economic liberalization. On November 22, 1975, two days after Franco’s death ...
Philip II was born on May 21, 1527, in Valladolid, Spain.Philip was the son of Charles V—the reigning Holy Roman emperor—and Isabella of Portugal.Philip was prepared to succeed Charles almost from birth. As a child, Philip sometimes received secret memoranda from his father reminding him of the responsibility he bore as his father’s successor and warning him to be wary of advisers.
When the clock struck midnight on June 19, 2014, King Juan Carlos I of Spain’s nearly 40‑year reign came to an end. Two weeks after abdicating the Spanish throne amidst sagging approval ...