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
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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.
Marriage
She married the physician
Carlos Zurita y Delgado
Carlos Emilio Juan Zurita y Delgado, Duke of Soria and Hernani (born 9 October 1943 in Antequera), is a Spanish physician and the husband of Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria. He is a brother-in-law of King Juan Carlos I and the uncle of the c ...
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 Sofia of Spain was her godmother. Maria Sofia has a son:
**''Don'' Carlos Alfonso Juan Zurita y de Borbón, born on 28 April 2018 in Madrid.
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
Spanish throne upon marriage.
On 6 January 1979, the Infanta's cousin
Manfredo de Borbón, 1st Duke of Hernani, died and willed his ducal title to be inherited by Margarita. The King granted this request, and on 27 May 1981, she became
2nd Duchess of Hernani with accompanying dignity
Grandee of Spain. The peerage title refers to the town
Hernani, Spain. The month after, on 23 June 1981, she was granted a higher dukedom for life by the king and also became Duchess of Soria (referring to the city
Soria in Spain).
Honours
National
* : Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of Charles III
* : 1,192nd Dame Grand Cross of the
Order of Queen Maria Luisa
* : Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of Alfonso X
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Foreign
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Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the
Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
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Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the
Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
* : Grand Cross of the
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Ancestors
References
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1939 births
Living people
House of Bourbon (Spain)
Spanish infantas
Blind royalty and nobility
Blind people from Spain
Nobility from Rome
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