- Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Urdangarín and the second or maternal family name is Liebaert.
Iñaki Urdangarin Duke Consort of Palma de Mallorca Spouse Infanta Cristina Issue Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón
Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón
Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón
Irene Urdangarín y de BorbónFull name Iñaki Urdangarín Liebaert Father Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa Mother Claire Liebaert Courtain Born 15 January 1968
Zumarraga, Basque Country, SpainIñaki Urdangarín Liebaert, Duke Consort of Palma de Mallorca, (born 15 January 1968) is a prominent retired handball player. He is the husband of the Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
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Personal life
Urdangarín is the son of Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa (b. Zumarraga, 19 September 1932), of Spanish Basque, and Belgian (both Walloon and Flemish) descent and wife Claire Liebaert Courtain (b. ca. 1945). He has spent almost all his life in Barcelona. He has an older brother named Miguel (Mikel) Urdangarín Liebaert (born in 1967, unmarried and without issue), and sister, Cristina (married with four children, and now residing in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States). His paternal grandparents Laureano de Urdangarín y Larrañaga (Zumarraga, 8 September 1898 - Zumarraga, 29 December 1982) and wife Ana de Berriochoa y Elgarresta (Villareal de Urrechua, 31 August 1902 - Zumarraga, 27 February 1996) were entirely from Basque small nobility.
Sports career
Olympic medal record Men’s handball Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team Competition Bronze 2000 Sydney Team Competition At the age of 18, he became a professional handball player with FC Barcelona, where he remained until his retirement in 2000. He became Spain's most successful handball player, winning more than forty trophies. Meanwhile, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE) in Barcelona, from which he received a master's degree in business administration.
As a member of the Spanish handball team, he participated in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics, serving as team captain in 2000.
Marriage and children
It was at the 1996 games in Atlanta that he met the Infanta Cristina, whom he married in Barcelona on 4 October 1997. They have four children, all born in Barcelona:
- Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born 29 September 1999)
- Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born 6 December 2000)
- Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born 30 April 2002)
- Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born 5 June 2005)
They lived in Barcelona until 2009, where Urdangarín was director of planning and development for Motorpress Ibérica and a founding partner of Noos Consultoría Estratégica. Since then they have lived in Washington DC since 2009, where he works for Telefonica.
He has been a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee since 4 April 2001, and was elected first deputy chairman on 16 February 2004. In 2001, the Duke of Palma received the Grand Cross of the Spanish Royal Order of the Sports Merit (Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo).[1]
Palma Arena
In November 2011, Urdangarín has been accused of diverting public funds for his own profit through the Noos institute in the 'Palma Arena' case[2]. Searches were conducted at the Noos institute by the Spanish Anticorruption bureau [3]. The daily El Pais has released suspicious budget for one international event that was organized by the aforementioned institute which was ruled by Urdangarín at that time[4].
Titles and styles
- 15 January 1968-4 October 1997: Iñaki Urdangarín Liebaert
- 4 October 1997-: The Most Excellent The Duke of Palma de Mallorca
In view of contradictory Spanish legislation enacted over the past 30 years it is not entirely clear if Urdangarín is, except by social convention, entitled to be considered a Duke.[5]
Spanish Royal Family 
- HRH The Prince of Asturias
HRH The Princess of Asturias - HRH The Duchess of Lugo
- HRH The Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
HE The Duke of Palma de Mallorca
Extended royal familyRoyal styles of
The Duke of Palma de Mallorca
Reference style His Excellency Spoken style Your Excellency Alternative style Sir References
- ^ (Spanish) Royal Decree 1369/2001 The Duke of Palma member of the Royal Order of the Sports Merit.).
- ^ (Spanish) Iñaki Urdangarin is involved in the 'Palma Arena' case
- ^ (Spanish) Anticorrupción registra la fundación de Iñaki Urdangarin
- ^ (Spanish) http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/11/09/actualidad/1320868088_382205.html
- ^ http://matthewhovious.blogspot.com/2011/11/duchy-original-palma-title-at-home-and.html
Enlace señala noticias polemicas
External links
The arms of Iñaki Urdangarín.
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Spanish handball players
- Olympic handball players of Spain
- Spanish people of Belgian descent
- Spanish people of Flemish descent
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- FC Barcelona handball players
- Basque sportspeople
- ESADE alumni
- Dukes of Palma de Mallorca
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Spanish nobility stubs
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