Spanish Royal Baptisms and Godparents

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Elena Cristina Felipe

Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos
Madrid, 8 February 1968
Birth: Madrid, 30 of January of 1968.
Place of the baptism: La Zarzuela.
Padrinos: Queen Victoria Eugenia and Don Juan de Borbón. (Great-grandmother and grandfathers to pater to us. Exiliados from 1931, she returned for the first time to Spain since then and to Frank him it authorized the entrance to him for the baptism of his grandson).
Baptismal pila (sink): the one of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. The water is engaged in of the Jordán river, custom that began with Alfonso XIII. The shell is of silver and it is guarded in the Real Palace.
Oficiante: The bishop of Madrid, monsignor Casimiro Morcillo.
Ceremony: attended 200 people. also attended by Franco, its family and civilian authorities and military. A year later, in 1969, Frank Francisco designated to Don Juan Carlos his successor for a reason or purpose of King Don Felipe happened to be second in the line of succession.

Elena Maria Dominican Isabel de Silos
Madrid, 27 December 1963
Birth: 20 December 1963 in Madrid.
Place of the baptism: La Zarzuela.
Padrinos: Its paternal grandmother, Doña Mercedes de Borbón, countess of Barcelona, and the infant Alfonso de Orleans.
Baptismal sink: The one of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.
Oficiante: Monsignor Riberi, Nuncio of the Pope Pablo I SAW.
Ceremony: Intimate, but with the attendance of the Franco family and some civilian authorities and military.

Cristina Federica Antonia Victoria de la Santísima Trinidad.
Madrid, 21 June 1965
Birth: Madrid, 13 June 1965.
Place of the baptism: La Zarzuela.
Padrinos: Infant Cristina de Borbón and Battenberg and Alfonso de Borbón (aunt paternal grandmother and prime brother of Don Juan Carlos).
Baptismal sink: The one of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.
Oficiante: Bishop of Madrid, monsignor Casimiro Morcillo.
Ceremony: Intimate and familiar, although it was attended by Franco, its family and some civilian authorities and military.

(from diez minutos)

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(last ones from diezminutos)


Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Todos los Santos
Rome, 26 January 1938
Birth: 5 January 1938, in Rome.
Place of the baptism: Roman chapel of the Horsemen of the Order of Malta.
Padrinos: Queen Victoria Eugenia and the infant Carlos de Borbón-Dos the Sicilies. (paternal Grandmother and maternal grandfathers of Don Juan Carlos).
Oficiante: The cardinal Eugene Pacelli. A year later would become Pope Pío XII.
Ceremony: They attended king Alfonso XIII and queen Elena of Italy, wife of Víctor Manuel III Indeed, queen Elena was godmother of Doña Sofía. When Don Juan was born Carlos, Spain was in Civil War, reason by which some traditions could not be fulfilled.


On this photo, Don Juan Carlos is carried in arms of his grandmother, queen Victoria Eugenia, on the day of his baptism


Sofía Margarita Victoria Federica
Athens (Greece), November of 1938
Birth: She was born on 2 November 1938 in Psichico and was baptized after few days. In those years, the children were baptized in a moment by the high index of infantile mortality that existed. The medicine was not very outpost, although already it had taken a great step in 1929 with the invention of penicillin by Fleming.
Place of the baptism: In the Orthodox Church of Athens (Greece), by the orthodox rite, religion that professed its family.
Padrinos: The main ones were their uncle Jorge II of Greece and queen Elena of Italy, in addition to other members of the family, according to the orthodox custom.

[crisiñaki]

what about the King's sisters and their parents? Is there pictures or documents about them?

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Originally Posted by crisiñaki

what about the King's sisters and their parents? Is there pictures or documents about them?

not found so far... at least from the diezminutos site.. :o :o

[alyssaphoebe]

thanks for the pics, he was very sweet!

[Elsa M.]

http://www.hola.com/abonados/casasre...-rey/?auth=yes

The baptism of HM King Don Juan Carlos was a family celebration, in the Roman chapel of the Horsemen of the Order of Malta (Real Cruze di Malta), on January 26th, 1938. It was a brief and simple ceremony celebrated by Cardinal Pacelli who would be chosen as Pope Pius XII, on the following year.

Queen Victoria Eugenia (his paternal grandmother, who would play the same role, thirty years later, at the baptism of Prince Felipe) was chosen as the godmother, while Infante Don Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias (his maternal grandfather) was chosen to be the godfather.

In addition to the family, the ceremony was attended by Queen Elena of Italy, Infant Don Jaime (who played the role of godfather, in representation of Don Carlos) and Infantas Doña Beatriz and Doña Cristina. The baptism ceremony was followed by a celebration at the Gran Hotel that would last until 2 o’clock in the afternoon; everything surrounded by a haul of privacy that involuntarily fought with the importance of the guests.



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[Elsa M.]

http://www.hola.com/abonados/casasre...izos-infantas/

Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y Grecia, the first-born of Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, was born in the Loreto private hospital, on December 20th, 1963. The Infanta was baptized on December 27th, 1963, in the chapel of the palace of La Zarzuela. Doña Maria de las Mercedes and Infant Don Alfonso of Orleans y Borbón were chosen as the godparents. The ceremony was celebrated by the Vatican’s nuncio in Spain, monsignor Riberi.

Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y Grecia, Infanta of Spain, was born in the Nuestra Señora de Loreto private hospital of Madrid, on June 13th, 1965. The second daughter of the Kings of Spain was baptized one week later (on June 20th), at the palace of La Zarzuela, by the archbishop of Madrid, monsignor Morcillo.
The ceremony was attended by the representatives of the Spanish nobility and the houses of Borbón-Dampierre, Baviera, Bragança, Hapsburg, Orleans and the King of Bulgaria. Doña Maria Cristina de Borbón (aunt of Don Juan Carlos and Countess of Marone) and Don Alfonso de Borbón Dampierre were chosen as the godparents. Nor Queen Victoria Eugenia, neither the Count of Barcelona could attend the ceremony, but Doña Mercedes was able to travel from Estoril, to meet ner new granddaughter.

Elena ; Cristina


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[mtbcm]

(Columns from left to right: Name / Christening Date / Time from birth to christening / Place / Godparents / Priest / Christening Pile / Christening Dress / child parents' wedding)

(Source: Hola magazine)

[Elsa M.]

Thank you very much, mtbcm! This is great stuff indeed!

[crisiñaki]

Does anybody has the picture of Prince Felipe's christening in which Elena or Cristina (I'm not sure) are playing with Franco's medals in his uniform? I heard that the picture was very famous at the time, but I haven't been able to find it. Thanks in advance

[corazon]

It was Cristina. Here is the photo.
Source: el mundo.

[crisiñaki]

Originally Posted by corazon

It was Cristina. Here is the photo.

You are a doll, corazon:)
Thanks a lot

[corazon]

you're welcome!

[bennji989]

who are the godparents of infanta margarita and infanta pilar?

[crisiñaki]

King Juan Carlos looked kind of scary in this pic, like Mini-Me from Austin Powers :
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[meac]

from www.udel.edu.

[Elsa M.]

A video from TVE, about Prince Felipe's baptism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uUXqkbiJss

[benbournane]

the infanta margarita's godfather is her paternal uncle don Jaime of Segovia