Infanta Sofía of Spain

Infanta Sofía of Spain (Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz; born 29 April 2007) is the second child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.[1] She has an older sister, Leonor, whom she follows in the line of succession to the Spanish throne.

Infanta Sofía
Infanta Sofía of Spain in June 2019
Born	29 April 2007 Ruber International Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Full name Sofía de Todos Los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz
House	Bourbon
Father	Felipe VI of Spain
Mother	Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Biography

Infanta Sofía was born on 29 April 2007 at 16:50 in the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid by means of a caesarean section, two days after due date.[2] Like her elder sister, her birth was announced by the royal family to the press via SMS.[3] It was announced that her umbilical cord stem cells would be sent to a European private bank in Belgium and to a Spanish public one.[4][5] The parents, then the Prince and Princess of Asturias, did the same with Leonor's cells: they were taken to a private center in Arizona, which caused controversy in Spain.[6]

Sofía was named after her paternal grandmother, Queen Sofía of Spain. She was christened on 15 July in the gardens of the Palacio de la Zarzuela.[7] Her godparents are Paloma Rocasolano (her maternal grandmother) and Konstantin, Prince of Vidin. Like her sister, she was given one name, with the additional name of de Todos los Santos (of All the Saints), at her christening, a Bourbon tradition.[8]

She received her First Communion on 17 May 2017 at the parish Asunción de Nuestra Señora, and was accompanied by her parents, her older sister, her grandparents, her maternal great-grandmother Menchu Álvarez del Valle, her step-grandmother Ana Togores, and her godfather Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin.[9][10]

She is a student at the Santa María de los Rosales school in Madrid.

Titles, styles and honours

As daughter of the heir to the Spanish throne, since her birth Sofía received the title of Infanta and the style of Her Royal Highness.[11]

Sofía's full title is: Her Royal Highness Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, Infanta of Spain.[12]

References

1. Felipe VI. "Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Sofía". Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2014.
2. "Nacimiento de la segunda hija de Sus Altezas Reales los Príncipes de Asturias". Casa Real. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
3. Agencias (29 April 2007). "La segunda hija de los Príncipes de Asturias se llamará Sofía" [The second daughter of the Prince and Princess of Asturias will be called Sofía]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
4. Font, Consuelo (17 October 2009). "El 'banco de vida' de Sofía de Borbón está en un centro de Alemania". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Internet, S.L. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
5. "Los Príncipes congelarán las células madre de la infanta Sofia". El Periódico (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
6. "Nacimiento.- Los Príncipes también conservarán células madre del cordón umbilical de la infanta Sofía". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
7. "La Infanta Sofía será bautizada el próximo Domingo en los jardines del Palacio de la Zarzuela". Hola!. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
8. Galaz, Márbel (15 July 2007). "Sofía ya es Sofía de Todos los Santos" [Sofia is already Sofia de Todos los Santos]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
9. "Todos los detalles de la Comunión de la Infanta Sofía". Semana (in Spanish). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
10. Redacción y Agencias (17 May 2017). "La infanta Sofía toma la comunión acompañada por sus padres y abuelos". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2018.
11. "Los títulos de la familia del Rey". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
12. "Real Decreto 1368/1987, de 6 de noviembre, sobre régimen de títulos, tratamientos y honores de la Familia Real y de los Regentes". www.boe.es. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

External links

• Official website of the Spanish Monarchy