Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria

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

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

National honours

Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III^[4]^[5]^[6]
Spain: 1, 192nd Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa^[7]
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise^[8]

Foreign honours

Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Beneficence^[9]
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Calabrian Royal Family of Two Sicilies: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Two Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George^[14]

Arms

Arms of Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria
	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 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

Ancestors 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

↑ Doña Margot. La Infanta más marchosa
↑ de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal; Coutant de Saisseval, Guy (2002). Le Petit Gotha. Paris: Laballery. pp. 419–420. ISBN 2-9507974-3-1.
↑ Enache, Nicolas (1999). La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg, Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme. Paris: ICC. pp. 532–534. ISBN 2-908003-04-X.
↑ (Spanish) Universidad de Valladolid, Nota de Prensa 09-01-30 (accessed on 11 December 2009)
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↑ (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)
↑ Wedding of Juan Carlos of Spain and Sophia of Greece
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↑ Portugal
↑ Portugal State visit to Spain
↑ Membership of the Constantinian Order
↑ (Spanish) Royal Cadency of Spain-Standards. Blog de Heráldica – 1 November 2010. (Retrieved 10 October 2012)
↑ "Cadency of the Spanish Royal House" (in Spanish). José Juan Carrión Rangel, Blog de heráldica. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
↑ 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

Spanish nobility
Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria House of Bourbon Born: 6 March 1939
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

Infantas of Spain

Generations indicate descent from Carlos I, under whom the crowns of Castile and Aragon were united, forming the Kingdom of Spain.

1st generation	María, Holy Roman Empress Joanna, Princess of Portugal

2nd generation	Isabel Clara Eugenia, Duchess of Brabant Catalina Micaela, Duchess of Savoy Infanta María

3rd generation	Ana, Queen of France Infanta María María Ana, Holy Roman Empress Infanta Margarita Francisca

4th generation	Infanta María Margarita Infanta Margarita María Infanta María Eugenia Infanta Isabel María Infanta María Ana María Teresa, Queen of France Margarita Teresa, Holy Roman Empress Infanta María Ambrosia

5th generation	None

6th generation	None

7th generation	Mariana Victoria, Queen of Portugal María Teresa Rafaela, Dauphine of France María Antonia Fernanda, Queen of Sardinia

8th generation	Infanta María Isabel Antonia Infanta María Josefa Antonia Infanta María Isabel Ana Infanta María Josefa María Luisa, Holy Roman Empress Infanta María Teresa Antonia Infanta María Ana

9th generation	Carlota Joaquina, Queen of Portugal Infanta María Luisa Carlota Infanta María Amalia María Luisa, Queen of Etruria and Duchess of Lucca Infanta María Isabel, Queen of the Two Sicilies Infanta María Teresa Infanta María Carolina*

10th generation	Isabel II Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier Isabel, Countess Ignaz Gurowski* Infanta Luisa, Duchess of Sessa* Infanta Josefina, Mrs. José Guëll* Infanta María Cristina* Amalia Filipina, Princess Adalbert of Bavaria* María Luisa Carlota, Hereditary Princess of Saxony*

11th generation	Isabel, Princess of Asturias and Countess of Girgenti Infanta María Cristina Infanta María de la Concepción Infanta María del Pilar María de la Paz, Princess Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria Infanta Eulalia, Duchess of Galliera Infanta María Isabel, Countess of Paris* Infanta María Amalia of Orléans* Infanta María Cristina of Orléans* Infanta María de la Regla of Orléans* Mercedes, Queen of Spain*

12th generation	Mercedes, Princess of Asturias and Princess Carlos of Bourbon-Twuo-Sicilies María Teresa, Princess Ferdinand of Bavaria

13th generation	Beatriz, Princess of Citivella-Cesi Infanta María Cristina, Countess Marone Isabel Alfonsa, Countess Jan Kanty Zamoyski* Mercedes, Princess Bagration of Mukhrani* Infanta Pilar of Bavaria*

14th generation	Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz and Dowager Viscountess of La Torre Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria and Hernani

15th generation	Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo Infanta Cristina

16th generation	Leonor, Princess of Asturias Infanta Sofía

^*title granted by Royal Decree

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