The Infanta Sofía of Spain (
Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz, in
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
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Sophia of All the Saints of Bourbon Ortiz; born 29 April 2007,
MadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...
) is the second child of
Felipe, Prince of AsturiasFelipe, Prince of Asturias , is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain...
and his wife
Princess LetiziaLetizia, Princess of Asturias is the wife of Felipe, the Prince of Asturias, who is heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Before her marriage with the prince, she was a journalist. She is styled HRH The Princess of Asturias...
. As the daughter of the heir to the throne, she is styled and titled Her Royal Highness,
Infanta of Spain. She has an older sister,
Infanta LeonorThe Infanta Leonor of Spain 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...
and is third in the
line of succession to the Spanish throneSpain uses the system of primogeniture. Male children of a parent succeed before female, and otherwise in order of age. If descent from male children of a parent does not exist , a female and her heirs succeed. Dynasts who marry against the express prohibition of the king or the Cortes are...
after her father and older sister.
She was born at 4:50 pm in the Ruber International Clinic in
MadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...
by means of a
caesarean sectionA Caesarean section , also known as C-section or Caesar, is a surgical procedure in which incisions are made through a mother's abdomen and uterus to deliver one or more babies...
, two days after Letizia's due date.
The Infanta Sofía of Spain (
Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz, in
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
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Sophia of All the Saints of Bourbon Ortiz; born 29 April 2007,
MadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...
) is the second child of
Felipe, Prince of AsturiasFelipe, Prince of Asturias , is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain...
and his wife
Princess LetiziaLetizia, Princess of Asturias is the wife of Felipe, the Prince of Asturias, who is heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Before her marriage with the prince, she was a journalist. She is styled HRH The Princess of Asturias...
. As the daughter of the heir to the throne, she is styled and titled Her Royal Highness,
Infanta of Spain. She has an older sister,
Infanta LeonorThe Infanta Leonor of Spain 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...
and is third in the
line of succession to the Spanish throneSpain uses the system of primogeniture. Male children of a parent succeed before female, and otherwise in order of age. If descent from male children of a parent does not exist , a female and her heirs succeed. Dynasts who marry against the express prohibition of the king or the Cortes are...
after her father and older sister.
She was born at 4:50 pm in the Ruber International Clinic in
MadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...
by means of a
caesarean sectionA Caesarean section , also known as C-section or Caesar, is a surgical procedure in which incisions are made through a mother's abdomen and uterus to deliver one or more babies...
, two days after Letizia's due date. She weighed 3.3 kg and was 50 cm long at birth. Like her elder sister, her birth was announced by the Royal Family to the press via
SMSText messaging, or texting, is a colloquial term referring to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones, over cellular networks. While the term most often refers to messages sent using the Short Message Service , it has been extended to include messages containing image, video,...
. It was announced that her umbilical cord cells would be sent to a European private bank and to a Spanish public one for future prevention of diseases. The couple did the same practice with Infanta Leonor's cells that were taken to a private center in Arizona, which caused controversy in Spain.
The Infanta was named after her paternal grandmother,
Sofía of Greece and DenmarkQueen Sofía of Spain , is the Queen consort of Spain as the wife of King Juan Carlos I.- Early life and family :...
. Likewise, her grandmother, Queen Sofía of Spain, is named after her paternal grandmother, Sophie of Prussia. She was christened on 15 July in the gardens of the
Palacio de la ZarzuelaThe Palace of Zarzuela is the principal residence of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia and their family. The palace is on the outskirts of Madrid, in the Royal Palace of El Pardo complex near the residence of the Prince and Princess of Asturias...
. Her godparents are Paloma Rocasolano (her maternal grandmother) and
The Prince of VidinPrince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin , is the fourth son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela. He is known also as Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria and Konstantin-Assen of Vidin, the latter being the title of the fourth son of Bulgarian kings...
. Like her sister, she was given one name, with the additional name of (of All the Saints), at her christening, a Bourbon tradition.
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