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{{Short description|Spanish infanta (born 1939)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Borbón|Borbón-Dos Sicilias|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name        = Infanta Margarita
| title       = [[Duke of Soria|Duchess of Soria]] and [[Duke of Hernani|Hernani]]
| image       = Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Soria cropped.jpg
| caption     = Margarita with her husband, Carlos, in 2010
| spouse      = {{marriage|[[Carlos Zurita y Delgado]]|12 October 1972}}
| issue       = Alfonso Zurita y Borbón<br>María Zurita y Borbón
| full name   = Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón
| house       = [[House of Bourbon|Bourbons of Spain]]
| father      = [[Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona]]
| mother      = [[Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1939|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
}}
{{Spanish Royal Family}}
'''Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani, Grandee of Spain''' (Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón; born 6 March 1939), is the younger sister of [[Juan Carlos I|King Juan Carlos]] and aunt of the reigning [[Felipe VI|King Felipe VI]] of Spain.
==Early life==
Infanta Margarita was born at Hotel Firenze Anglo American in [[Rome]] as the younger daughter of [[Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona]], and [[Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies|Princess Mercedes of the Two Sicilies]]. Margarita has been blind since birth.<ref>[http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-23-03-2009/abc/ABC2/do%C3%B1a-margot-la-infanta-mas-marchosa_913956014550.html Doña Margot. La Infanta más marchosa]</ref>
==Marriage==
She married the physician and aristocrat [[Carlos Zurita, Duke of Soria|Carlos Zurita y Delgado]] on 12 October 1972 in [[Estoril]] at St. Anthony's Church.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-13 |title=ABC MADRID 13-10-1972 página 35 - Archivo ABC |url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19721013-35.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=abc}}</ref> They have two children:
*''Don'' Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón, Grandee of Spain, born on 9 August 1973 at Virgen de La Palomain Hospital in Madrid.
*María Sofía Emilia Carmen Zurita y de Borbón, Grandee of Spain, born on 16 September 1975 in Madrid. [[Queen Sofia]] of Spain was her godmother.
==Activities==
In 1989, alongside her husband, they created the Fundación Cultural Duques de Soria (The Duke and Duchess of Soria Cultural Foundation). She's also Honorary President of Madrid's delegation of [[UNICEF]] and of the Spanish Heart Foundation.
==Succession and Grandeeship==
Infanta Margarita renounced her right of succession to the [[Spanish throne]] upon marriage because it was not a dynastic wedding.<ref name="badts">{{cite book | title=Le Petit Gotha | publisher=Laballery |author1=de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal |author2=Coutant de Saisseval, Guy | year=2002 | location=Paris | pages=419–420 | isbn=2-9507974-3-1}}</ref><ref name="enache">{{cite book | title=La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg, Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme | publisher=ICC | author=Enache, Nicolas | year=1999 | location=Paris | pages=532–534 | isbn=2-908003-04-X}}</ref>
On 6 January 1979, the Infanta's cousin [[Manfredo, 3rd Duke of Ansola|Manfredo de Borbón, 1st Duke of Hernani]], died and willed his ducal title to be inherited by Margarita. The King granted this request, and on 27 May 1981, she became '''[[Duke of Hernani|2nd Duchess of Hernani]]''' with accompanying dignity [[Grandee of Spain]]. The peerage title refers to the town [[Hernani, Spain]]. The month after, on 23 June 1981, she was granted a higher dukedom for life by the king and also became '''Duchess of Soria''' (referring to the city [[Soria]] in Spain).
==Honours==
{{see also|List of honours of the Spanish Royal Family by country}}
=== National ===
* {{flag|Spain}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III|Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III]]<ref>{{in lang|es}}  [http://www.fds.es/docftp/fi1NotaPrensa.pdf   Universidad de Valladolid, Nota de Prensa 09-01-30 (accessed on 11 December 2009)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224204609/http://www.fds.es/docftp/fi1NotaPrensa.pdf |date=24 December 2009 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Spain}}: 1,192nd Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Queen Maria Luisa|Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa]]
* {{flag|Spain}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise]]<ref>{{in lang|es}}   [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2003/04/26/pdfs/A16322-16322.pdf Royal Decree 483/2003 The Duchess of Soria and Hernani member of the Spanish Royal Order of Alfonso X.]  BOE, Spanish Official Journal. (accessed 2 November 2008)</ref>
=== Foreign ===
* {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Greek Royal Family]]: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saints Olga and Sophia]]
* {{flag|Italy}}
** {{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} [[House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies|Two Sicilian Royal Family]]: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the [[Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George|Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George]]<ref>[http://www.constantinianorder.org/the-order/membersip-of-the-constantinian-order.html Membership of the Constantinian Order] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305153427/http://www.constantinianorder.org/the-order/membersip-of-the-constantinian-order.html |date=5 March 2012 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Portugal}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Prince Henry|Order of Infante Henry]]<ref>[http://www.casareal.es/EN/actividades/Paginas/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=10828 Portugal State visit to Spain]</ref>
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==Arms===
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|image             = Coat of arms of Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria.svg
|bannerimage       = Personal Standard of Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria and Hernani.svg
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|notes             = The Duchess's personalized [[coat of arms]] are the shield of the [[Coat of arms of the King of Spain|arms of the monarch in right of Spain]].
|adopted           =
|crest             =The crown of Infantes of Spain
|torse             =
|helm              =
|escutcheon        = Quarterly 1st gules a castle or, triple-embattled and voided gate and windows, with three towers each triple-turreted, of the field, masoned sable and ajoure azure 2nd argent a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed 3rd or, four pallets gules and 4th gules a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together or, a centre point vert<br/>Argent enté en point, with a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves vert.<br/>Inescutcheon azure bordure gules, three fleurs-de-lys or. <br> The whole differenced by a label of three points azure, the outer points charged with a castle argent, the middle point with the head of King [[Alfonso VIII of Castille]].
|supporters        =
|compartment       =
|motto             =
|orders            =The Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III]] ribbon.
|other_elements    =
|banner            = The Duchess of Soria and Hernani's personal Royal Standard is [[Royal Standard of Spain|that of the Spanish Monarch]] (a crimson square flag) with a swallow-tail and charged with her personalized coat of arms.
|badge             =
|symbolism         = As with the Royal Arms of Spain. The first quarter are the arms of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]], the second of [[Kingdom of León|León]],  the third of [[Crown of Aragon|Aragon]] and the fourth of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]]. Enté en point, the arms of [[Granada]]. Inescutcheon, the arms of [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon-Anjou]].
A castle argent has been the charge of the arms of [[Hernani, Spain|Hernani]], the head of King [[Alfonso VIII of Castille]] has been a charge of the arms of [[Soria]].<ref>''Proyecto Galicia : Serie de Heráldica Genealogía y Nobiliaria''. T. V (LVIII). La Coruña: Hércules de Ediciones, 2011. ISBN 978-84-92715-31-2. P. 529.</ref>
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==Ancestors==
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| 1 = 1. '''Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria'''
| 2 = 2. [[Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona]]
| 3 = 3. [[Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]
| 4 = 4. [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]]
| 5 = 5. [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg|Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg]]
| 6 = 6. [[Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]
| 7 = 7. [[Princess Louise of Orléans]]
| 8 = 8. [[Alfonso XII of Spain]]
| 9 = 9. [[Maria Christina of Austria|Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria]]
| 10 = 10. [[Prince Henry of Battenberg]]
| 11 = 11. [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom]]
| 12 = 12. [[Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta]]
| 13 = 13. [[Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]
| 14 = 14. [[Prince Philippe, Count of Paris]]
| 15 = 15. [[Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans]]
}}
==References==
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