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It was the spring of 2004, and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was on the arm of the dashing Prince Felipe of Asturias, a member of the 750-year-old Bourbon dynasty and heir to the throne of Spain. By ...
Felipe VI (Spanish: [feˈlipe ˈseksto]; [b] Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain since 19 June 2014. 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 ...
Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain (May 22, 2004) ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images Held at the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, the event marked Spain’s first royal wedding in nearly a century.
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.
Queen Letizia and King Felipe are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a pair of very special glamour shots, lensed by famed (and longtime royals) photographer Annie Leibovitz. On November 26 ...
Felipe and Letizia during the proclamation of the new sovereign before the Spanish parliament. On 19 June 2014, Letizia became Queen of Spain with her husband's accession as Felipe VI; as such, she holds the style of Majesty. [57] She is the first Spanish-born queen consort since Mercedes of Orléans, the first wife of Alfonso XII, in 1878. [58]
The following is the family tree of the Spanish monarchs starting from Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon till the present day. The former kingdoms of Aragon (see family tree), Castile (see family tree) and Navarre (see family tree) were independent kingdoms that unified in 1469 as personal union, with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs, to become the Kingdom of Spain (de ...
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 ...