Princess Inés, Duchess of Syracuse
Inés María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Duchess of Syracuse is a Spanish princess, the youngest child of Infante Alfonso, heir to the throne of the Two Sicilies, and Infanta Alicia.
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.Early life
The last of three children and the second daughter of Infante Alfonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma, she was born during her parents' exile from republican Spain in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her father was the nephew of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.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. 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.Issue
The couple had five children:
- Isabel María Ana de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married Joaquín Galán y Otamendi, on 23 September 1995 in Toledo. They have two children.
- Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja. They have three children.
- Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married Alejandro García-Atance Leurquin. They have two children.
- Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married Emma Ruiz de Azcárate García de Lomas. They have two children.
- Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
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