Royal family of Spain
The Royal family of Spain is made up of the sovereign , its parents and his/her brothers, of his wife, their children, grandchildren and of the husbands of each one.
Current composition
- constitutional King of Spain (official title): the king Juan Carlos I {{er}}
- Queen consort: the queen Sofía
- Crown prince: the prince of Asturies (Felipe de Borbón)
- Princess heiress: the princess of Asturies (born Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano)
- Other members, in the official order of succession:
- the infante Leonor
- the infante Sofía
- the infante Elena
- S.A.R. the infante Cristina and its husband, Iñaki Urdangarin
Constitutional provision
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 defines the methods of the crown in paragraph III of article 56 in article 65.It establishes in particular in article the 57.1 methods of succession to the throne:
the Crown of Spain is hereditary for the successors of S.M. the king Juan Carlos I {{er}}, heir legitimate to the historical dynasty. The succession with the throne will follow the regular order of primogeniture and representation, the line former being always preferred to the posterior ones; in the same line, one will precede the degree nearest with most remote; with the same degree, the ladies' man and, in the same sex, the elder one with the junior.
Description of the royal family
The holder of the crown
The holder of the crown is the person who occupies the throne, under the terms of the rules of succession defines in article 57 of the constitution.He is called King or Queen of Spain and receives the treatment of Majesty.
When the crown belongs to a woman, one refers to it like " Queen propriétaire" in order to mark the difference with the " Queen consort" , which is called to thus only be the wife of the King.
The Queen consort or the consort of the Queen
Article 58 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978:
" The Queen consort or the consort of the Queen will not be able to take up constitutional duties, except with regard to the provisions on Régence."
When the holder of the crown is a man, its consort takes the title of Queen and receives the treatment of Majesty.
When the holder of the crown is a woman, its consort takes the title of Prince and receives the treatment of Royal Altesse. There does not exist any provision constitutional preventing a " Queen propriétaire" to raise its spouse with the dignity of King consort, with the treatment of Majesty.
The Heir to the Crown
Article 57.2 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978:
" The Crown prince, as of his birth or as soon as it is indicated like such, will carry the title of Prince of Asturies as well as the other titles attached traditionally to the successor of the Crown of Espagne."
The person called directly with the succession with the throne, i.e., the person who would transform herself automatically into King or Queen of Spain if the current King or Queen would die or abdicate, is high with the dignity of Prince or Princess of Asturies and receives the treatment of Royal Altesse.
The dignity of Prince or Princess of Asturies and the treatment of Royal Altesse correspond to the heir to the crown since the moment even where it is positioned initially about succession with the throne, either by its birth (as would be the case of the first wire of the King) or later (as would be the case or the Prince of Asturies dies and than it of the replaced being).
The consort of the Prince or the Princess of Asturies inherits the title and the treatment of Royal Altesse, and this without reference to sex.
Children of the holder of the crown
The wire and the girls of the holder of the crown which do not profit from dignity of Prince or Princess of Asturies, as well as wire and the girls this last, are since their birth Infants of Spain and receive the treatment of Royal Altesse.
Their consorts will profit from the title and will receive the treatment that the holder of the crown considers it necessary to grant to them, in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
Grandsons of the holder of the crown
The wire and the girls of the Infants of Spain have the consideration of Grand of Spain, and profits from the same treatment as that of Excellence.
Marriage
Article 57.4 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978:
" The people who, being entitled to the succession with the throne, would contract a marriage in spite of express prohibition of the King and the general Cortes will be excluded from the succession to the Crown like their descendants.".
Consequently the marriage of wire of the King is thus transformed into business of state must have not only the approval of the holder of the crown but also of that of the the Cortes Generales; in the contrary case they lose any legitimacy with the throne.
The Royal House
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