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Felipe VI (Spanish: [feˈlipe ˈseksto]; [c] Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain.In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces, holding the military rank of captain general, [3] [4] and also plays the role of the supreme representation of Spain ...
Posthumous son born to the late king 17 October 1904 Died Infanta María Teresa, 1882–1901, sister Infante Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, 1901–1904, son Infante Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Nephew 17 October 1904 Mother died 10 May 1907 Son born to king Infante Fernando, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, 1904–1905, brother
Constitutional king of Spain. Between the death of Alfonso XII and the birth of Alfonso XIII, there was a period of seven months where the pregnant Queen Maria Christina served as Head of State with the title of Regent for her daughter Maria de las Mercedes , who was declared to be "Queen in Name" until the gender of her baby sibling was known.
Alfonso XIII's claim descended (due to his two eldest sons' renunciations) to his third son, Juan of Bourbon, Count of Barcelona, who was passed over in favour of his eldest son, whose title is King of Spain. The Count of Barcelona formally renounced his claims in favour of his son in 1977, two years after Franco's death and Juan Carlos's ...
Infanta Sofía is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. She was born on 29 April 2007. [10] King Juan Carlos I is the former king of Spain, reigning from 1975 to 2014. He was born on 5 January 1938 as the eldest son and second child of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Princess María de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona.
Only in the reign of his son Philip II of Spain from 1556 did "King of Spain" become the usual way to refer to the monarch, in Spain and the rest of Europe. Philip's reign marked the peak of the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659), a period of great colonial expansion and trade.
son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg: Emmanuelle de Dampierre 4 March 1935 Rome 2 children: 20 March 1975 St. Gallen aged 66 Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz: 20 April 1936 Rome son of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia and Emmanuelle de Dampierre: María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco 8 March 1972 Royal Palace of ...
Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images. Queen Letizia, aka Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, is the wife of King Felipe VI of Spain. After marrying her husband (formerly Prince Felipe of Asturias) in May 2004, she ...