Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias

Princess Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Syracuse, GE (born 18 February 1940) is a Spanish princess, the youngest child of Infante Alfonso, heir to the throne of the Two Sicilies, and Infanta Alicia.[4][5][6]

Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Duchess of Syracuse[1][2][3]
Grandee of Spain
Born(1940-02-18)18 February 1940
Lausanne, Switzerland
Spouse
Luis de Morales y Aguado
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(m. 1965; div. 1978)​
IssueIsabel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Names
Spanish: Inés María Alicia de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherInfante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
MotherPrincess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
ReligionRoman Catholic
Royal styles of
Princess Inés of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

In 1978, she became the first member of the Spanish royal family to go through legal divorce, after gaining permission from her cousin King Juan Carlos I and Pope John Paul II.

Princess Inés was, at the time of her birth, 9th in line of succession to the Spanish throne.

Early life

The last of three children and the second daughter of Infante Alfonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón (1901–1964) and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (1917–2017), she was born during her parents' exile from republican Spain in Lausanne, Switzerland.[7] Her father was the nephew of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.[8][9]

Family

Inés lived in Madrid with her family, and also spent time at her parents' finca, "La Toledana", a major hunting estate in Retuerta del Bullaque.

Marriage

Princess Inés was forbidden marriage with Luis de Morales y Aguado, a Spaniard who was a commoner.

After the death of her father in 1964, and with persistence, she eventually married, in a ceremony that took place in San Jeronimo del Real, 30 January 1965. In the media, she was referred to as "the last great-grandchild of Alfonso XII of Spain". Both her cousin Prince Juan Carlos and his wife Princess Sofía attended, as well as the most distinguished Gotha of Europe.[10]

Issue

The couple had five children.

Honours

Heraldry
  • Heraldry of Princess Inés, Duchess of Syracuse
  • Coat of Arms as Princess of the Two Sicilies (1940-present)
    Coat of Arms as Princess of the Two Sicilies (1940-present)
  • Coat of Arms as Grandee of Spain (1940-present)
    Coat of Arms as Grandee of Spain (1940-present)

Ancestry

See also

References
  1. María Teresa Benítez de Lugo, "En Francia quieren el regreso de las joyas de María Antonieta, en venta por los Borbón-Parma" in ABC, October 20, 2018
  2. Esther Sánchez, "La Condesa de Barcelona presidió el homenaje de los madrileños a La Chata" in ABC, June 5, 1994
  3. Guy Stair Santy, The Constantinian Order of Saint George, Boletín Oficial del Estado, Madrid (Dec., 2018), p. 550
  4. Eduardo Verbo, "Los Borbón-Dos Sicilias se embolsan 46 millones de euros en una histórica subasta de sus joyas familiares" in Vanity Fair, November 15, 2018
  5. Andrea Sánchez, "Dos primas del Rey Juan Carlos recaudan 46 millones de euros en una subasta histórica" in El Mundo, November 16, 2018
  6. Mateo Balín, "Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias: «Antes nos enseñaban a no interesarnos por el dinero ni preguntar»" in La Verdad, May 17, 2016
  7. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser Band XV. "Spanien". C.A. Starke, Limburg an der Lahn, 1997, pp. 103-105. (German). ISBN 3-7980-0814-0.
  8. Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 523-525, 527. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X
  9. José Luis Sampedro Escolar, "Alfonso de Borbón Dos Sicilias y Borbón" in Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Historia (DBE), Real Academia de la Historia
  10. Heraldo: Hace 50 años de la boda real de Inés de Borbón Dos Sicilias
  11. La Orden Constantiniana hoy
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