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Leonor
Princess of Asturias
On 19 June, 2014, at a ceremony which celebrated Felipe VI's succession to the throne
Born (2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 18)
Madrid, Spain
Names
Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz
HouseHouse of Bourbon
FatherFelipe VI of Spain
MotherLetizia of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Spanish royal family
Coat of arms of the King of Spain

King Juan Carlos I
Queen Sofía

Extended royal family

Children of the late Duchess of Badajoz:

  • Doña Simoneta
  • Don Bruno
  • Don Luis

The Duchess of Soria and Hernani
The Duke of Soria and Hernani

  • Don Alfonso
  • Doña María

The Dowager Duchess of Calabria

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Leonor, Princess of Asturias (Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz;[1] born 31 October 2005) is the elder daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain. Leonor is first in the line of succession to the throne. According to the 1978 Constitution, she became heiress presumptive upon her father's accession on 19 June 2014. Her younger sister, Infanta Sofía, follows her in the line of succession; due to current Spanish succession laws, should Felipe and Letizia have a male child, he would become heir apparent and supersede Leonor's and Sofia's place in the line of succession.

Birth

Leonor was born at 1:46 am in the Ruber International Clinic in Madrid by means of a caesarean section necessitated by non-progression of labour. Her birth was announced by the Royal Family to the press via SMS. Leonor left the Ruber Clinic with her parents on 7 November 2005. She was baptised in the Zarzuela Palace by the Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Rouco Varela, on 14 January 2006. Like her father in 1968, Leonor was christened with water from the Jordan River, a royal custom. She was also given the additional names of de Todos los Santos (of All the Saints), a Bourbon tradition. Her godparents were her paternal grandparents, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía.

Education and public role

Leonor began her education at the daycare for the children of the Spanish Royal Guard. She began her first year of real schooling on 15 September 2008 at the Santa María de los Rosales School in Aravaca, just outside Madrid.[2] Her father is an alumnus of the school and her younger sister Sofia is also enrolled there.

In May 2014, Princess Leonor made her first official visit to the San Javier airforce base in Murcia.[2]

On 18 June 2014, King Juan Carlos signed the bill of abdication, which went into effect at midnight, 19 June 2014. At this time, Leonor's father became the King of Spain as Felipe VI, and Leonor herself became the heiress presumptive and the new Princess of Asturias.[3]

Spain's monarchy operates under a system of male-preference cognatic primogeniture,[4] meaning that Leonor, as the elder of Felipe's two daughters, is first in line to inherit the throne. Under the current law, however, if her parents have a son, Leonor would be displaced in the line of succession and forfeit her title of Princess of Asturias to a younger brother.[2]

There have been discussions[5][6][7] about changing the succession law to absolute primogeniture, allowing for the inheritance of the eldest child, regardless of gender; however, the birth of Leonor, followed by that of her younger sister Sofía, stalled these plans. Despite a recent change from male-preference to absolute primogeniture for Spanish titles of nobility,[8] as of 2024 no legislation has been passed affecting inheritance to the throne.

If Leonor ascends the throne, she will be Spain's first queen regnant since Isabella II.

Titles, styles and arms

Main article: List of titles and honours of Leonor, Princess of Asturias
  • 31 October 2005 – 18 June 2014: Her Royal Highness Infanta Leonor of Spain
  • 19 June 2014 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Asturias
    • in former Crown of Aragon territories: 19 June 2014 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Girona
    • in former Kingdom of Navarre territories: 19 June 2014 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Viana

Arms

Coat of arms of Leonor, Princess of Asturias
Notes
The coat of arms of Leonor, Princess of Asturias was adopted in 2014. It is based on the design of the coat of arms of a Prince of Asturias
Crest
The crown of the Prince(ss) of Asturias.
Escutcheon
The arms is divided into four quarters, blazoned as follows:

1st, Gules a castle three-towered Or, masoned Sable ajoure Azure, for Castile,2nd, Argent a lion rampant Purpure crowned Or, armed Gules and crowned Or, for León, 3rd, Or four pallets Gules, for Aragon, 4th, Gules a cross, saltire and orle of chains all linked Or, an emerald Proper, for Navarre, Enté en point, Argent a pomegranate Proper seeded Gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves Vert, for Granada, Inescutcheon, Azure with three fleurs-de-lys Or, bordured Gules, for Bourbon.

Previous versions
From 2005 to 2014
  • (The coat of arms used as princess was the whole differenced with a label of three points Azure (used as difference of the Spanish heir-apparent) and the crown of a Spanish Infanta.

Ancestry

Family of Leonor, Princess of Asturias
16. Alfonso XIII of Spain
8. Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
17. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
4. Juan Carlos I of Spain
18. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
9. Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
19. Princess Louise of Orléans
2. Felipe VI of Spain
20. Constantine I of Greece
10. Paul of Greece
21. Princess Sophia of Prussia
5. Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark
22. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
11. Princess Frederica of Hanover
23. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
1. Infanta Leonor of Spain
24. José Ortiz Pool
12. José Luis Ortiz Velasco
25. Carmen Velasco Gutiérrez
6. Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez
26. Jesús Álvarez ...
13. María del Carmen Álvarez del Valle
27. Plácida del Valle Arribas
3. Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
28. Miguel Rocasolano Cebrián
14. Francisco Julio Rocasolano Camacho
29. María Camacho Rodríguez
7. María Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez
30. Enrique Rodríguez ...
15. Enriqueta Rodríguez Figueredo
31. María Paloma Figueredo ...

See also

References

  1. ^ Royal family official website – Third paragraph fourth line.
  2. ^ a b c "Leonor becomes a crown princess". El Pais.
  3. ^ "Spanish constution" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Una esperada confirmación". El Mundo.
  5. ^ "LOS 'PROBLEMAS' SI EL PRIMOGÉNITO ES PRIMOGÉNITA: Pendientes de la Constitución hasta saber si será niño o niña". El Mundo.
  6. ^ "Royal Pregnancy a Conundrum for Spain". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ "Royal baby in waiting sparks row over throne". The Telegraph.
  8. ^ "Spanish nobles rebel over inheritance law". The Guardian.
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Leonor, Princess of Asturias
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 31 October 2005
Lines of succession
First in line Line of succession to the Spanish throne
1st position 		Succeeded by
Spanish royalty
Preceded by Princess of Asturias, Princess of Viana
Princess of Girona, Duchess of Montblanc,
Countess of Cervera, Lady of Balaguer
2014–present 		Incumbent

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