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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.
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.
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).
The then-Prince and Princess of Asturias went on to welcome two daughters. Their eldest daughter – Leonor, Princess of Asturias – was born on 31 October 2005, while their youngest – Infanta ...
Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born on 15 September 1972 at Miñor Sanatorium in Oviedo, Asturias, [3] the eldest daughter of Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez, a journalist, and his first wife, María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez, a chief registered nurse and hospital union representative with a bachelor's degree in art history. [4]
The Spanish royal family was then reunited in Paris to celebrate New Year's Eve. [23] On 14 January 1875 Alfonso XII arrived in Spain. The following month, Infanta Isabel was called by the government to come back to Spain as the first lady at court and heiress presumptive to the throne. [24]
Isabella was born in the Royal Palace of Madrid in 1830, the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, and of his fourth wife and niece, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. She was entrusted to the royal governess María del Carmen Machín y Ortiz de Zárate .