Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
Infanta Margarita | |||||
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Duchess of Soria and Hernani | |||||
Born | Rome, Kingdom of Italy | 6 March 1939||||
Spouse |
Carlos Zurita y Delgado (m. 1972) | ||||
Issue | Alfonso Zurita y Borbón María Zurita y Borbón | ||||
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House | Bourbons of Spain | ||||
Father | Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona | ||||
Mother | Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Spanish royal family |
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Extended royal family
Children of the late Duchess of Badajoz:
The Duchess of Soria and Hernani
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Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani, Grandee of Spain (Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón; born 6 March 1939), is the younger sister of King Juan Carlos and aunt of the reigning King Felipe VI of Spain.
Early life
Infanta Margarita was born at Hotel NH Firenze Anglo American in Rome as the younger daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Princess Mercedes of the Two Sicilies. Margarita has been blind since birth.[1]
Marriage
She married the physician Carlos Zurita y Delgado on 12 October 1972 in Estoril at St. Anthony's Church. They have two children:
- Don Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón, Grandee of Spain, born on 9 August 1973 at Virgen de La Palomain Hospital in Madrid.
- María Sofía Emilia Carmen Zurita y de Borbón, Grandee of Spain, born on 16 September 1975 in Madrid. Queen Sofiaof Spain was her godmother. Maria Sofia has a son:
- Don Carlos Alfonso Juan Zurita y de Borbón, born on 28 April 2018 in Madrid.[2]
Activities
In 1989, alongside her husband, they created the Fundación Cultural Duques de Soria (The Duke and Duchess of Soria Cultural Foundation). She's also Honorary President of Madrid's delegation of UNICEF and of the Spanish Heart Foundation.
Succession and Grandeeship
Infanta Margarita renounced her right of succession to the
On 6 January 1979, the Infanta's cousin
Honours
National
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III[5]
- Spain: 1,192nd Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise[6]
Foreign
- Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
- Italy
- Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[7]
- Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Henry[8]
Ancestors
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References
- ^ Doña Margot. La Infanta más marchosa
- ^ "María Zurita da a a luz a su primer hijo prematuramente". Vanitatis (in Spanish). 30 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ISBN 2-9507974-3-1.
- ISBN 2-908003-04-X.
- ^ (in Spanish) Universidad de Valladolid, Nota de Prensa 09-01-30 (accessed on 11 December 2009)
- ^ (in Spanish) Royal Decree 483/2003 The Duchess of Soria and Hernani member of the Spanish Royal Order of Alfonso X. BOE, Spanish Official Journal. (accessed 2 November 2008)
- ^ Membership of the Constantinian Order Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Portugal State visit to Spain