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Elena de Borbón
Infanta of Spain
Duchess of Lugo
Elena in 2011
Born (1963-12-20) 20 December 1963 (age 60)
Madrid, Spain
Spouse
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(m. 1995; div. 2010)​
IssueFelipe de Marichalar y Borbón
Victoria de Marichalar y Borbón
Names
Spanish: Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia
HouseBourbon
FatherJuan Carlos I of Spain
MotherQueen Sofía of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureElena de Borbón's signature
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
  • The Viscount de la Torre
  • 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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Letterhead of Infanta Elena.

Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia; born 20 December 1963 in Madrid) is the first child and elder daughter of Juan Carlos I of Spain and Queen Sofía of Spain, and third in the line of succession to the Spanish throne. She has a younger sister, Infanta Cristina, and a younger brother, King Felipe VI.

Infanta Elena has participated in many official events, having travelled to Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Argentina, Japan, Peru, and the Philippines representing the Royal Family.

Personal life

In 1987, Infanta Elena met her future husband while she was studying French literature in Paris.[1]

She married Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada, son of the Count and Countess of Ripalda, on 18 March 1995, in Seville Cathedral, Seville, at which time her father conferred on her the title Duchess of Lugo for life.[2]

The couple has two children:

On 13 November 2007, it was announced that the Infanta had separated from her husband.[3] In November 2009, the Spanish media said that Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar would divorce, although a rumour to that effect had been circulating for a year before the announcement was made.[4][5] Their divorce papers were signed on 25 November 2009.[6] The Duchess and Duke of Lugo were divorced in December 2009.[7] On 21 January 2010, the divorce was registered at the Civil Registry of the Spanish Royal Family. It was officially announced on 9 February 2010, that Jaime de Marichalar was no longer permitted to use the ducal title and that he was no longer considered to be an official member of the Spanish Royal Family.[8]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 20 December 1963 – 3 March 1995: Her Royal Highness Infanta Doña Elena of Spain.[9]
  • 3 March 1995 – present: Her Royal Highness Infanta Doña Elena, Duchess of Lugo.

The Infanta's style and title in full: Her Royal Highness Doña Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia, Infanta of Spain, Duchess of Lugo.

Honours

See also: List of honours of the Spanish Royal Family by country

National honours

Foreign honours

Arms

Coat of arms of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
Notes
The Duchess's personalized coat of arms are the shield of the arms of the monarch in right of Spain.
Crest
The crown of Infantes of Spain
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1stgules a castle or, triple-embattled and voided gate and windows, with three towers each triple-turreted, of the field, masoned sable and ajoure azure 2ndargent a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed 3rd or, four pallets gules and 4th gules a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together or, a centre point vert
Argent enté en point, with a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves vert.
Inescutcheon azure bordure gules, three fleurs-de-lys or.
Orders
The Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III ribbon.
Other elements
The whole differenced by a label of three points azure, the central point charged with a Eucharist or.
Banner
The Duchess of Lugo's personal Royal Standard is that of the Spanish Monarch (a crimson square flag) with a swallow-tail and charged with her personalized coat of arms.[38]
Symbolism
As with the Royal Arms of Spain. The first quarter are the arms of Castile, the second of León, the third of Aragon and the fourth of Navarre. Enté en point, the arms of Granada. Inescutcheon, the arms of Bourbon-Anjou.

The Eucharist or has been a charge of the arms of Lugo.[39][40]

Previous versions

From 1995 to 2010 As a married woman the Duchess of Lugo had her arms displayed on an oval shield.

Ancestry

Family of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
16. Alfonso XII of Spain
8. Alfonso XIII of Spain
17. Maria Christina of Austria
4. Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
18. Prince Henry of Battenberg
9. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
19. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
2. Juan Carlos I of Spain
20. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
10. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
21. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
5. Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
22. Philippe, Count of Paris
11. Princess Louise of Orléans
23. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
1. Elena, Duchess of Lugo
24. George I of Greece
12. Constantine I of Greece
25. Olga Constantinovna of Russia
6. Paul of Greece
26. Frederick III, German Emperor
13. Sophia of Prussia
27. Victoria, Princess Royal
3. Sophia of Greece and Denmark
28. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
14. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
29. Princess Thyra of Denmark
7. Frederica of Hanover
30. William II, German Emperor
15. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
31. Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein

See also

References

  1. ^ Barcelona Reporter
  2. ^ Real Decreto 323/1995
  3. ^ ABC.es "Zarzuela announces the separation of the Duchess and Duke of Lugo" (Spanish)
  4. ^ Template:Es icon Elmundo.es "Duchess and Duke of Lugo divorce". (Retrieved 17 November 2009)
  5. ^ Template:Es icon Lola Galán. "Is it a State divorce?" Elpais.com (Retrieved 17 November 2009)
  6. ^ Template:Es icon Elperiodico.com Infanta Elena of Spain and her husband sign divorce papers". (Retrieved 26 November 2009)
  7. ^ Villar, Cote. Guardián de acero para el divorcio real. La otra crónica, no. 55 (6 February 2010). El Mundo
  8. ^ Template:Es icon Elmundo.es "La Infanta Elena ya está divorciada de Marichalar". (accessed 9 February 2010)
  9. ^ Real Decreto 323/1995, de 3 de marzo, por el que se concede, con carácter vitalicio, la facultad de usar el título de Duquesa de Lugo a Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Elena (BOE núm. 54 de 4 de marzo 1995)
  10. ^ http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww266/rex74/Spanish%20Royal%20House%20of%20Bourbon/InfantaElena_Aguamarina.jpg
  11. ^ http://www.moncasidealvear.es/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/infanta-elena-con-traje-goyesco.jpg
  12. ^ http://spf.fotolog.com/photo/47/3/28/jcarlosysofia/1248714620374_f.jpg
  13. ^ http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o458/manuesevilla3/Visitas%20a%20Spain/visitas050copia.jpg
  14. ^ http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/2008052315952/casasreales/espanola/infanta/elena/rey
  15. ^ "La infanta Elena recibe el Lazo de Dama de la Real Maestranza en Zaragoza". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (pdf) (in German). p. 1124. Retrieved November 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  17. ^ Visita de Estado del Presidente de Austria a España
  18. ^ See the 4th photo in this serie
  19. ^ Hemeroteca ABC
  20. ^ Foro Dinastías, State visit of Chile in Spain, 2001, Group photo
  21. ^ Visita de Estado del Presidente de Chile a España
  22. ^ Foro Dinastías, State visit of Stephanopoulos in Spain, 2001, Group Photo
  23. ^ Visita de Estado del Presidente de Grecia a España
  24. ^ "At the Spanish Court" blog, State dinner in the Royal Palace, Queen Sofia, Elena & Cristina (1st State dinner for Cristina).
  25. ^ "La dimensión europea de la política exterior española hacia América latina". Escrito por José Escribano Úbeda-Portugués
  26. ^ Icelandese Presidency Website , Borbón, Elena de ; prinsessa ; Spánn ; 16 September 1985 ; Stórkross (= Elena of Bourbon, Princess, Spain, 16 September 1985, Grand Cross)
  27. ^ Italian Presidency, ELENA S.A.R. l'Infanta di Spagna – Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
  28. ^ Forum Príncipes de Asturias, State visit of Japan in Spain, 1994, Group photo
  29. ^ Hemeroteca ABC
  30. ^ Forum Príncipes de Asturias, State visit in Spain, 1999, Group photo 1 & Group photo 2
  31. ^ Foro Dinastías, State visit of Luxembourg in Spain, 2001, Group Photo
  32. ^ Foro Dinastías State visit of Nepal in Spain, 1983
  33. ^ Viva Máxima Blog, State visit of Beatrix in Spain in 1985, Group Photo
  34. ^ Hemeroteca ABC
  35. ^ Visita de Estado de los Reyes de Noruega a España
  36. ^ Visita de Estado del Presidente de Perú a España
  37. ^ http://royauxsuedois.r.o.pic.centerblog.net/o/8BJLfM9U758.jpg
  38. ^ Template:Es icon Royal Cadency of Spain-Standards. Blog de Heráldica – 1 November 2010. (Retrieved 10 October 2012)
  39. ^ "Cadency of the Spanish Royal House" (in Spanish). José Juan Carrión Rangel, Blog de heráldica. Retrieved 29 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  40. ^ Proyecto Galicia : Serie de Heráldica Genealogía y Nobiliaria. T. V (LVIII). La Coruña: Hércules de Ediciones, 2011. ISBN 978-84-92715-31-2. P. 529.
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
Born: 20 December 1963
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Spanish throne
3rd position 		Succeeded by

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