Infanta Sofía of Spain Royalty

Infanta Sofía of Spain (Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz; born 29 April 2007, in Madrid) is the second child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. She has an older sister, Leonor, Princess of Asturias, whom she follows in the line of succession to the Spanish throne.Infanta Sofía was born at 4:50 pm in the Ruber International Clinic in Madrid by means of a caesarean section, two days after Letizia's due date. Like her elder sister, her birth was announced by the Royal Family to the press via SMS. It was announced that her umbilical cord cells would be sent to a European private bank in Belgium and to a Spanish public one. The couple did the same with Leonor's cells: they were taken to a private center in Arizona, which caused controversy in Spain.Sofia was named after her paternal grandmother, Sofía of Greece and Denmark. She was christened on 15 July in the gardens of the Palacio de la Zarzuela. Her godparents are Paloma Rocasolano (her maternal grandmother) and the Prince of Vidin. Like her sister, she was given one name, with the additional name of de Todos los Santos (of All the Saints), at her christening, a Bourbon tradition.

Personal facts

Infanta Sofía of Spain
Birth dateApril 29, 2007
Birth place
Madrid
Parents
Letizia Princess of Asturias
Felipe Prince of Asturias

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