Infanta Leonor of Spain
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The Infanta Leonor of Spain (Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz[3], in English: Eleanor of All the Saints of Bourbon Ortiz; born 31 October 2005 in Madrid, Spain) is the first child of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Princess Letizia, and thus second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne after her father. As the daughter of the heir to the throne, she is styled and titled Her Royal Highness, Infanta of Spain. She has a younger sister, the Infanta Sofía.
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[edit] Birth
Infanta 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. Infanta Leonor weighed 3.5 kg and was 47 cm long. 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.
Her birth has sparked discussion of a revision of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 to abolish the precedence of male heirs over their older sisters. In this case, she could become heir apparent when her father is king. Otherwise, she would be heiress presumptive until and unless her parents should have a son. Should she become Queen, she will be the first queen named "Leonor" of united Spain, and as there was no queen-regnant in Castile with the name "Leonor," she would be titled "Leonor I, Reina de España." This is of course assuming that 1) under the current Spanish constitution that she has no younger brother; 2) if she has a younger brother that the Spanish constitution is changed from male-preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture; 3) she does not predecease her grandfather the King or her father the Prince of Asturias; 4) the monarchy itself is not abolished.
[edit] Baptism
The Infanta was baptised in the Zarzuela Palace by the Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Rouco Varela, on 14 January 2006. Like her father in 1968, Leonor was baptised with water from the river Jordan, following the Spanish Royal Family tradition. 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, Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
The Spanish Royal House confirmed on 25 February 2006 that stem cells from Princess Leonor's umbilical cord have been frozen and stored at a blood bank in Tucson, Arizona. A spokesman said this is "habitual practice" at the clinic where Leonor was born. The stem cells will be frozen for at least 15 years, along with cells from 18,000 other babies around the world. Leonor is not the first royal baby to have her stem cells frozen; her cousin, Prince Christian of Denmark has had his stem cells frozen as well.
[edit] Schooling
Infanta 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. Her father is an alumnus of the school.
[edit] Ancestry
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.casareal.es/sm_rey/index-iden-idweb.html
- ^ The English language version of the Official Royal Family website is rendered as Borbon while in Spanish it is rendered as Borbón
- ^ Royal family official website - Third paragraph fourth line.
[edit] External links
- Official website of the Spanish Monarchy
- Royal House of Spain
- Hello! magazine announcement of the birth
- Spain's new royal makes her first appearance
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Infanta Leonor of Spain
Born: 31 October 2005 |
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| Preceded by The Prince of Asturias |
Line of succession to the Spanish Throne 2nd position |
Succeeded by Infanta Sofía |
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