Infanta Margarita of Spain was born on 6 March 1939 as the third child and second daughter of Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona. She was born blind. Just a few days after her birth, she was baptised in the Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat [read more]
Mencía de Mendoza y Fonseca was born on 30 November 1508 as the daughter of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Cenete and María de Fonseca y Toledo. She was probably born at Jadraque Castle and baptised at the nearby Our Lady of Castrejón. Her early years were spent at the fortress [read more]
Infanta Elena of Spain was born on 20 December 1963 as the eldest child of the future King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. She was born in Madrid and was baptised in the Zarzuela Palace, with her paternal grandmother, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and [read more]
Infanta Cristina of Spain married Iñaki Urdangarin on 4 October 1997. At the time, Cristina was the first member of the Spanish royal family to hold a salaried job; she prepared photographic exhibitions for a savings bank foundation. Her new husband was a professional handball team player. They met at the 1996 Summer Olympics in [read more]
Queen Letizia is one of the most fashionable consorts in the world who once graced tv screens as a journalist. So, who is the reporter turned Queen consort of Spain? Embed from Getty Images Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born on 15 September 1972 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain to Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez and María de [read more]
On 14 May 1962, Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark married the future King Juan Carlos I of Spain in three different ceremonies. The match was a bit controversial from the start as Sofia came from a reigning dynasty, while Juan Carlos’s future as King was still rather uncertain. He was not known as the [read more]
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