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Infanta Sofía of Spain (Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz; born 29 April 2007) is a member of the Spanish royal family.She is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia [1] and, as such, is second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne behind her sister, Leonor, Princess of Asturias.
The royal family lives at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, although their official residence is the Royal Palace of Madrid. The membership of the royal family is defined by royal decree and consists of: the King of Spain, the monarch's spouse, the monarch's parents, his children, and the heir to the Spanish throne. [1]
Elena as a child in 1975. Infanta Elena was born on 20 December 1963 at Our Lady of Loreto Hospital, now known as ORPEA Madrid Loreto, in Madrid.She is the first member to be born in hospital from King Juan Carlos I's family and she is eldest child of King Juan Carlos I, the former Spanish monarch, and his wife, Queen Sofía (born Princess of Greece and Denmark).
As the daughter of the heir apparent, she was an infanta and the second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne. [3] Her birth was announced by the royal family to the press via SMS. [4] Shortly after her birth, Leonor's umbilical cord stem cells were sent to a blood bank in Tucson, Arizona.
So, the name on baby Sofía's official state documentation will be different than her baptismal name, but the Duke and Duchess of Huéscar have yet to reveal how they will shorten their daughter's ...
Instead, according to article 3.1 of the royal decree that regulates the titles and styles of the members of the Spanish royal family, "their consorts, as long as their remain as such or as widowers, will have the style and honor that the King will graciously grant them according to the provisions of article 62, section f) of the Constitution ...
First, in November, she attended, with the rest of the Royal Family, the funeral of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria in El Escorial. [90] Second, in December, she attended the funeral of Spanish police officers killed in the 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul. [91] 2016 was a low-key year for the Royal Family.
Following the deaths of Isabella (1504) and Ferdinand (1516), their daughter Joanna inherited the Spanish kingdoms. However, she was kept prisoner at Tordesillas due to an alleged mental disorder. As Joanna's son, Charles I (the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V), did not want to be merely a regent, he proclaimed himself king of Castile and ...