Infanta Leonor of Spain

The Infanta Leonor of Spain ("Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz" [ [http://www.casareal.es/sm_reina/index-ides-idweb.html Royal family official website - Third paragraph fourth line.] ] , in English: "Eleanor of All the Saints of Bourbon Ortiz"; born October 31 2005, Madrid) 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.

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, but she could take the name Eleanor II since Navarre had a Queen named Eleanor in the 15th century.

She 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.

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 February 25, 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; Prince Christian of Denmark's stem cells were frozen too.

chooling

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.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Infanta Leonor of Spain
2= 2. Felipe, Prince of Asturias
3= 3. Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
4= 4. Juan Carlos I of Spain
5= 5. Sophia of Greece & Denmark
6= 6. Jesus Ortiz Álvarez
7= 7. Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez
8= 8. Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
9= 9. Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
10= 10. Paul of Greece
11= 11. Frederika of Hanover
12= 12. José Luis Ortiz Velasco
13= 13. Maria Carmen ("Menchu") Álvarez del Valle
14= 14. Francisco Julio Rocasolano Camacho
15= 15. Enriqueta Rodríguez Figarredo
16= 16. Alfonso XIII of Spain
17= 17. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
18= 18. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
19= 19. Princess Louise of Orléans
20= 20. Constantine I of Greece
21= 21. Sophia of Prussia
22= 22. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
23= 23. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
28= 28. Miguel Rocasolano Cebrian
29= 29. Maria Camacho

References

External links

* [http://www.casareal.es Official website of the Spanish Monarchy]
* [http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2005/10/31/princessletizia/ Hello! magazine announcement of the birth]
* [http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2005/11/07/letiziaandleonor/ Spain's new royal makes her first appearance]