Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria

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Infanta Margarita
Infanta of Spain; Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Soria cropped.jpg
The Duchess and Duke of Soria and Hernani
Duchess of Hernani
Tenure 6 January 1979 – Present
Predecessor Manfredo de Borbón
Heir apparent Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón
Born (1939-03-06) 6 March 1939 (age 86)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse Carlos Zurita (m. 1972)
Issue Alfonso Zurita y de Borbón
María Zurita y de Borbón
Full name
Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua y Todos los Santos (et omnes sancti) de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
House Bourbon
Father Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
Mother Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Religion Roman Catholicism

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Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani (Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua y Todos los Santos (et omnes Sancti) de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; born 6 March 1939), is the younger sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Early life

Infanta Margarita was born in Rome as the younger daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Margarita has been blind since birth.[1]

Marriage

She married the physician Carlos Zurita y Delgado on 12 October 1972 in Estoril. They have two children:

  • HE Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón (b. Madrid, 9 August 1973).
  • HE María Sofía Emilia Carmen Zurita y de Borbón (b. Madrid, 16 September 1975).

Succession

Margarita renounced her right of succession upon marriage.[2][3]

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 referres to the town Hernani, Spain. The next month, on 23 June 1981, she was also granted a higher dukedom for life by the king, and became Duchess of Soria (referring to the city Soria in Spain).

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.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Royal styles of
Infanta Margarita of Spain,
Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani
Letterhead of Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria.svg
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles

  • 6 March 1939 – 27 May 1981: Her Royal Highness Infanta Margarita of Spain
  • 27 May – 23 June 1981: Her Royal Highness Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Hernani
  • 23 June 1981 – present: Her Royal Highness Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria and Hernani

The Infanta's style and title in full: Her Royal Highness Doña Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias de Zurita, Infanta of Spain, Duchess of Soria, Grande de España, Duchess of Hernani, Grande de España.

Honours

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

National honours

Foreign honours

Arms

Arms of Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
Coat of arms of Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria.svg
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 1st gules a castle or, triple-embattled and voided gate and windows, with three towers each triple-turreted, of the field, masoned sable and ajoure azure 2nd argent 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.
The whole differenced by a label of three points azure, the outer points charged with a castle argent, the middle point with the head of King Alfonso VIII of Castille.
Orders
The Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III ribbon.
Banner
Personal Standard of Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria and Hernani.svg The Duchess of Soria and Hernani'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.[15]
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.

A castle argent has been the charge of the arms of Hernani, the head of King Alfonso VIII of Castille has been a charge of the arms of Soria.[16][17]

Ancestry

Family of Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Infante Francisco of Spain, Duke of Cádiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Alfonso XII of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Isabella II of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Alfonso XIII of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Prince Henry of Battenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Countess Julia von Hauke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Victoria of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Antonietta of the Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Duchess Helena Luisa Elizabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Louise of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Doña Margot. La Infanta más marchosa
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ (Spanish) [1] Universidad de Valladolid, Nota de Prensa 09-01-30 (accessed on 11 December 2009)
  5. ↑ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2385/2311569459_9cdd9cdcae_o.jpg
  6. ↑ https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7a/57/58/7a5758200e7d1086b3d8335193f014cd.jpg
  7. ↑ Geneall
  8. ↑ (Spanish) Royal Decree 483/2003 The Duchess of Soria and Hernani member of the Spanish Royal Order of Alfonso X. BOE, Spanish Official Journal. (accessed 2 November 2008)
  9. ↑ Wedding of Juan Carlos of Spain and Sophia of Greece
  10. ↑ https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/e6/9f/64/e69f64c3d5fb5a24a4f7a1e070e392b4.jpg
  11. ↑ http://m1.paperblog.com/i/212/2125189/ceguera-monarquia-europea-L-yGkYnj.jpeg
  12. ↑ Portugal
  13. ↑ Portugal State visit to Spain
  14. ↑ Membership of the Constantinian Order
  15. ↑ (Spanish) Royal Cadency of Spain-Standards. Blog de Heráldica – 1 November 2010. (Retrieved 10 October 2012)
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ 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.

External links

Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
Born: 6 March 1939
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Don. Manfredo de Bourbón, 1st Duke of Hernani, 3rd Duke of Ansola, 2nd Marquess of Antarfe
 Duchess of Hernani
1981 – present		 Incumbent
Heir:
Alfonso Zurita y de Borbón
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