Princess Inés, Duchess of Syracuse

Inés María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Duchess of Syracuse (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.

Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Duchess of Syracuse
Born(1940-02-18)18 February 1940
Lausanne, Switzerland
Spouse
Luis de Morales y Aguado
(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
Full name
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 the Two-Sicilies,
Duchess of Syracuse
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 and as of January 2011, she is also number 2,278 in line of succession to the British throne.[1]

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.[2] As the elder son of Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880-1904), the eldest child of Alfonso XII of Spain, Alfonso had been heir presumptive to the Spanish throne between the death in childbirth of his mother and the birth in May 1907 of a son to his mother's brother, King Alfonso XIII.[3] If Mateu Morral’s attempt to assassinate King Alfonso XIII of Spain had succeeded, Infante Alfonso (Princess Inés's father) would have become at that moment the King of Spain.[4]

Family

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

Marriage

Princess Inés was forbidden marriage with Luis de Morales y Aguado, a Granedian who was not a royal prince by birth.

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, the 30th January 1965.[5] 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.[6]

Issue

The couple had five children:

  • Isabel María Ana de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 10 April 1966 in Madrid),[7] married Joaquín Galán y Otamendi, on 23 September 1995 in Toledo. They have two children:
    • Carlota María Galán de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born March 1998 in Madrid)[8]
    • Inés María Galán de Morales y Bórbon-Dos Sicilias (born 3 January 2000 in Madrid)[9]
  • Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 14 December 1967 in Madrid),[10] married Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja. They have three children:
    • Gonzalo Valdenebro y de Morales (born 23 November 1998 in Madrid)[11]
    • Jimena Valdenebro y de Morales (born 1 July 2002 in Madrid)[12]
    • Claudia Valdenebro y de Morales (born 29 March 2011 in Madrid)[13]
  • Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 9 December 1969 in Madrid),[14] married Alejandro García-Atance Leurquin. They have two children.
  • Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 16 December 1971 in Madrid),[15] married Emma Ruiz de Azcárate García de Lomas. They have two children.
  • Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 25 November 1976 in Madrid)[16]

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles
  • 18 February 1940 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Inés, Duchess of Syracuse

Honours

Infanta of Navarre

Under the traditional succession laws of the Kingdom of Navarre, Ines's mother Infanta Alicia, born a Princess of Bourbon-Parma, was the claimant to that throne, which was formally united with the Kingdom of France in the seventeenth century. She was also the closest known genealogical representative of King Edward the Confessor, and the direct genealogical representative of King David I of Scotland.[18]

Arms
  • Heraldry of Princess Inés, Duchess of Syracuse
  • Coat of Arms as Duchess of Syracuse
    (1940–present)

Ancestry

References
  1. WARGS: The complete line of succession to the British throne
  2. 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.
  3. Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 523-525, 527. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X
  4. "Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, único Infante de España por expreso deseo del rey Juan Carlos". ¡Hola! (in Spanish). 6 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  5. ABC: Matrimonio de S.A.R. Doña Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias con Don Luis de Morales y Aguado - 30 January 1965
  6. Heraldo: Hace 50 años de la boda real de Inés de Borbón Dos Sicilias
  7. Isabel de Morales y Borbón
  8. Carlota Galán de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
  9. Inés Galán de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
  10. Eugenia de Morales y Borbón
  11. Gonzalo Valdenebro de Morales
  12. Jimena Valdenebro de Morales
  13. Claudia Valdenebro de Morales
  14. Sonia de Morales y Borbón
  15. Manuel de Morales y Borbón
  16. Mencía de Morales y Borbón
  17. La Orden Constantiniana hoy
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The Constantinian Order, magazine
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