It's A Girl - Infanta Leonor: October 31, 2005

[oskana]

am so happy its a girl.....congrats to felipe and letizia and the entire royal family of spain.

 

[carlota]

the caption of newscom: apparently the c-section was done because the labour wasn't going too well...

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe de Borbon addresses a press conference after the birth of his first daughter, Princess Leonor, at Ruber Clinic in Madrid, Spain, early Monday 31, October 2005. Spain's Princess Letizia, wife of Crown Prince Felipe, gave birth early Monday to a baby girl, the Zarzuela royal palace announced. One of the doctors attending to the princess said a cesarean was performed because labour was not progressing. He added the baby weighed 3.5 kilos

 

[Larzen]

Very happy news to wake up to, I like the name also, Felipe looked happy and tired.

Its the top news in Norways biggest paper


The Norwegian Royal Family have issued the following Press release on their homepage:


The Royal Family send their gratulations to the Spanish Royal Family.
TM The King And Queen, TRH the Crown Prince and Crown Princess and Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn has sent their gratulations to TM The King and Queen of Spain and to TRH the Prince and Princess of Asturias after the birth of a new spanish Princess
http://www.kongehuset.no/dt_kongehuset_newsstyle.asp?gid=501&mgid=5&aid=5042

 

[carlota]

the article by hola magazine: it tells how the patter was, that he kept explaining what was happening during the c-section, and also mentions, as we know, that it's the nicest thing that can happen.

for the spanish speakers, the article, as from tomorrow it won't be able to be accessed by hola's page.

31 OCTUBRE 2005
Cuatro horas después del nacimiento de su primogénita y aún algo nervioso, el príncipe Felipe ha comparecido a las 5:53 horas, ante los medios de comunicación, en una carpa que la Casa del Rey ha instalado en uno de los aparcamientos de la Clínica, para expresar su inmensa felicidad ante la llegada al mundo de la pequeña Leonor, que pesó al nacer 3,540 kilogramos y midió 47 centímetros, según informó durante la rueda de prensa el ginecólogo Luis Ignacio Recasens. Asimismo, el doctor Recasens añadió que el nacimiento se ha producido en la semana 37 de embarazo y se ha realizado mediante cesárea a las 01:25 horas al no progresar el parto, pero que la intervención se había realizado sin complicaciones y que ambas se encuentran en perfecto estado.

El Príncipe comenzó su discurso agradeciendo la paciencia que habían demostrado tener los presentes. Don Felipe reconoció que había sido una noche muy larga, en la que los profesionales de la prensa habían tenido que soportar frío y lluvia. Asimismo, en su comparecencia el Príncipe tuvo palabras de agradecimiento para el equipo médico por la manera tan humana en la que habían sido tratados haciéndoles sentir muy seguros y tranquilos. Don Felipe aprovechó la comparecendia para explicar que el bautizo de la infanta será, "posiblemente después de Navidad", una vez que todo esté más tranquilo, y tanto madre como hija se encuentren en perfectas condiciones.

"Ver nacer a tu hijo es algo excepcional"
Tal y como había anunciado hace unas semanas, el Príncipe de Asturias permaneció junto a su esposa durante el parto. "Esto es lo más bonito que le puede ocurrir a alguien en la vida. La Princesa está bien, a pesar de que el parto ha sido por cesárea. Las mujeres y las madres sabéis mejor que nadie lo que es eso. Aún habiendo sido una cesárea, doña Letizia ha estado consciente y al tanto de lo que ocurría. Yo le iba describiendo lo que sucedía en la medida de mis posibilidades, pues desconozco este lenguaje técnico. Pero el momento de ver nacer a tu hijo es algo excepcional. Estamos felices y radiantes", dijo don Felipe, aunque reconoció que como estaba tan pendiente del estado de la Princesa, al principio no se fijó en el sexo del bebé cuando le pusieron a la niña en los brazos. Fue después, cuando las enfermeras se la llevaron para limpiarla, cuando preguntó: "¡¿Pero qué es?!".
31 OCTUBRE 2005
La pequeña "es grande y parece que fuerte", a pesar de que faltaban tres semanas para que el embarazo llegara a término, explicó el Príncipe de Asturias. "Lo que podía haber sido un parto normal se ha convertido finalmente en una cesárea". El Príncipe reconoció durante su comparecencia que la niña tiene rasgos de los dos, aunque no podría describirla con exactitud, y que se llama Leonor porque “es un nombre con vínculos históricos, pero también un nombre que nos gustaba. Habíamos barajado varias posibilidades. Tanto en el caso de que fuera niño, como niña. No lo teníamos decidido hasta el último momento y al final nos decantamos por Leonor".

Don Felipe destacó el papel que supone desde un punto de vista institucional el nacimiento de su primogénita. "Como ya dijimos cuando iniciamos nuestra vida juntos, tanto el matrimonio como la sucesión es consustancial a la monarquía parlamentaria y, por tanto, este nacimiento materializa de una manera evidente esa sucesión y es un hecho muy significativo desde el punto de vista político y constitucional", manifestó don Felipe, por lo que "nosotros y toda la Familia Real" están "muy felices por este hecho". "Esperamos poder transmitir a la pequeña Leonor la educación que nosotros hemos recibido le sirva para superar los retos, que serán grandes en su vida".

"Los Reyes estaba muy contentos"
A la pregunta de si había nacido una Reina, el Príncipe contesto “que ha llegado al mundo una Infanta y que habría que esperar a ver si se produce la reforma que propone el Gobierno y que han de valorar las Cortes Generales quienes a su vez deben plasmar el sentir general de los españoles. Los tiempos los debe marcar la propia iniciativa del Gobierno y de las Cortes"

El Príncipe de Asturias hizo mención también a la llamada que hizo a sus padres, los Reyes, haciendo hincapié en que mantuvieron la típica conversación que tienen unos abuelos con el hijo que acaba de tener descendencia. "Hablé con los Reyes en cuanto tuve ocasión, a pesar de la hora. Les transmití que era niña y que se llamaba Leonor. Estaban muy contentos, como cualquier abuelo, como cualquier padre hablando con su hijo que acaba de tener descendencia".
31 OCTUBRE 2005
La pequeña "es grande y parece que fuerte", a pesar de que faltaban tres semanas para que el embarazo llegara a término, explicó el Príncipe de Asturias. "Lo que podía haber sido un parto normal se ha convertido finalmente en una cesárea". El Príncipe reconoció durante su comparecencia que la niña tiene rasgos de los dos, aunque no podría describirla con exactitud, y que se llama Leonor porque “es un nombre con vínculos históricos, pero también un nombre que nos gustaba. Habíamos barajado varias posibilidades. Tanto en el caso de que fuera niño, como niña. No lo teníamos decidido hasta el último momento y al final nos decantamos por Leonor".

Don Felipe destacó el papel que supone desde un punto de vista institucional el nacimiento de su primogénita. "Como ya dijimos cuando iniciamos nuestra vida juntos, tanto el matrimonio como la sucesión es consustancial a la monarquía parlamentaria y, por tanto, este nacimiento materializa de una manera evidente esa sucesión y es un hecho muy significativo desde el punto de vista político y constitucional", manifestó don Felipe, por lo que "nosotros y toda la Familia Real" están "muy felices por este hecho". "Esperamos poder transmitir a la pequeña Leonor la educación que nosotros hemos recibido le sirva para superar los retos, que serán grandes en su vida".

"Los Reyes estaba muy contentos"
A la pregunta de si había nacido una Reina, el Príncipe contesto “que ha llegado al mundo una Infanta y que habría que esperar a ver si se produce la reforma que propone el Gobierno y que han de valorar las Cortes Generales quienes a su vez deben plasmar el sentir general de los españoles. Los tiempos los debe marcar la propia iniciativa del Gobierno y de las Cortes"

El Príncipe de Asturias hizo mención también a la llamada que hizo a sus padres, los Reyes, haciendo hincapié en que mantuvieron la típica conversación que tienen unos abuelos con el hijo que acaba de tener descendencia. "Hablé con los Reyes en cuanto tuve ocasión, a pesar de la hora. Les transmití que era niña y que se llamaba Leonor. Estaban muy contentos, como cualquier abuelo, como cualquier padre hablando con su hijo que acaba de tener descendencia".

 

[nordishbynature]

The Queen is very funny with the "Si, si, si, si, nada, nada, nada, nada"

 

[carlota]

The Norwegian Royal Family have issued the following Press release on their homepage: The Royal Family send their gratulations to the Spanish Royal Family. TM The King And Queen, TRH the Crown Prince and Crown Princess and Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn has sent their gratulations to TM The King and Queen of Spain and to TRH the Prince and Princess of Asturias after the birth of a new spanish Princesshttp://www.kongehuset.no/dt_kongehuset_newsstyle.asp?gid=501&mgid=5&aid=5042

aw, the norwegians are soo sweet. they are the only ones who do that on their webpage...


does anyone know if any spanish television channel can be watched in the internet?

why did the queen say "Si, si, si, si, nada, nada, nada, nada" ??

 

[agm]

aw, the norwegians are soo sweet. they are the only ones who do that on their webpage...


does anyone know if any spanish television channel can be watched in the internet?

why did the queen say "Si, si, si, si, nada, nada, nada, nada" ??

http://www.rtve.es/tve/directo/s_tve_w.asx

 

[lula]

The Queenhas commented that her granddaughter is a little weeping. The girl is round and has the brown hair, but nobody knows very clearly like whom it is looked.

 

[Princess Robijn]

congratulations to the new parents, the Prince and Princess of Asturias, Their families and to all spain

 

[Little_star]

Congratulations to Felipe and Letizia and the rest of the Spanish Royal Family. I'm sure they must be overjoyed and no doubt Princess Leonor (lovely name) will have inherited the good looks of her parents!

 

[LaMinka]

Leonor.. what a pretty name! Congrats to Letizia and Felipe.. and Spain! I can't wait to see her

 

[biathlon22]

To the whole Spanish Royal Family!
I really like the name Leonor! I think it´s a sweet name!
I can´t wait to see the little baby!

 

[foxy_digitalis]

With 18 pages of replies already, I hesitated to add another, but I suppose in events like the birth of a baby, well wishes are never really redundant.

So I shall wish great joy to the Spanish royals, and a long and happy life for the Infanta. Congratulations! What wondrous news.

Oh - and I am CRAZY about the name! It's gorgeous!

 

[xicamaluca]

Madrid, SPAIN: Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gives a press conference to congratulate Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and his wife Letizia for the birth of their daughter Leonor, 31 October 2005 at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid. Princess Letizia, the wife of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, gave birth early Monday to the couple's first child, a baby girl named Leonor, intensifying a debate within the country over the royal succession. AFP/ Bru Garcia (Photo credit should read BRU GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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From Getty Images:

The happy Kings

 

[agm]

From el mundo

 

[pdas1201]

Baptismal font of Infanta Leonor
http://www.hola.com/abonados/casasreales/2005/07/14/pila-bautismal/

The font belongs to the Chapel of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. It was used for the children of King Alfonso XIII: Don Jaime, Dona Beatriz and Don Juan. Later, used for Don Juan Carlos (King Juan Carlos I), Infanta Elena, Infanta Christina and Prince Felipe.

**I tried following Spanish, which I am afraid alludes me. So, if I have made any mistake, kindly overlook. Thanks*



http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/4854/pila1a4iv.jpg

 

[Little_star]

Just wodnering, but is it usual for the Spanish PM to make a hospital visit? Or has this coccurred becuase of the likely change in Constitution and the fact that she is the daughter of the Crown Prince. I'd really appreciate it if someone would let me know.

On a completely diffeent note, the Grandparents on both sides are glowing with excitement (Sofia looks magnificent in that red suit). And as for the Daddy, he looks very proud and cute and very handsome!

 

[xicamaluca]

Just wodnering, but is it usual for the Spanish PM to make a hospital visit? Or has this coccurred becuase of the likely change in Constitution and the fact that she is the daughter of the Crown Prince. I'd really appreciate it if someone would let me know.

On a completely diffeent note, the Grandparents on both sides are glowing with excitement (Sofia looks magnificent in that red suit). And as for the Daddy, he looks very proud and cute and very handsome!

Yes, it's usualy. Same happened with Infanta Elena (not Cristina i think because she lives in Barcelona. But she receaved the visit from the hight catalunian politicians).

The Kings has said that the date and the god parentes isn´t choose yet.

 

[Elsa M.]

Another video, from Telecinco:
http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/reyes/zapatero/leonor/dn_14830.htm

 

[Anna_R]

From Hola: http://www.hola.com/abonados/casasreales/2005/10/31/leonor-nombre/

Leonor, a name with deep historical roots
Eleonor of Aquitanie, mother of Richard, the Lionheart or Queen Leonor of Navarra, some of her ilustrious "namesakes"

OCTOBER 31 2005

She's called Leonor. The name, confirmed the Prince of Asturias, was one of his favorites, not just because of the name itself and for its sound, but also because the history behind it. And they chose it at the last moment, a choice that has surprised everyone, since it wasn't present in any of the lists released during the pregnancy with the probable name of the firstborn of the princes.

Leonor, an historic name

Some say that it has arabic origin and means "God is my light", others tell about its Greek roots (Leocadia) and that it means “the one who lights everything with her whiteness”; and there's also the ones who talk about Latin etymology, from the Luna-Elena group. Independently of its roots, Leonor has been the name of distinguished European queens, among them doña Eleonor of Aquitanie, the mother of Richard, the Lionheart and John Lackland, a free woman, daring with a high cultural level. Eleonor of Aquitanie, among the eight children she had with the Count of Anjou (Henry II, King of England), had a girl, Leonor. At the age of ten she was promised to Alfonso de Castilla. At 11, she was sent to Spain. At fifteen she married, in love, Alfonso de Castilla. Her work in the Castillian court is remembered by her generosity and by her concern about the people. She asked her husband to build asylums and hospitals for the needy. Her husband, Alfonso VIII, was in the famous battle of las Navas de Tolosa and doña Leonor herself went to the battlefield to be by his side. The marriage results in five daughters, one of them with the name Leonor. And a great granddaughter with the same name that got married in Las Huelgas with an English King, (Edward I).

Leonor, name of queen and princess

In 1420 Leonor, Queen of Navarra was born, she was the daughter of Juan II of Aragón and of Blanca of Navarra. In 1479, after the death of her father, Juan II, she was crowned Queen with the support of Fernando, the Catholic King. However, she had only a month as queen. A brief reign for the last queen Leonor of Spain. But there are a lot more queen or princesses called Leonor:

Leonor of Alburquerque (1435), queen of Aragón, niece of Enrique II of Castilla, and wife of Fernando de Antequera, of whom she was queen consort (1412);

Leonor de Castilla (1310-1359), queen of Aragón. Was murdered under orders of Pedro El Cruel, because of favouring Enrique de Trastámara;

Leonor de Aragón (1358-1382), queen of Castilla, 1379-1382.

In Portugal, other Leonor carried the Portuguese crown: Leonor of Asturia, or Leonor Téllez de Meneses.

We can't forget as well, Leonor of Habsburgo, the first daughter of Juana La Loca and Felipe El Hermoso, sister of Carlos I de España and V of Germany. She married the king of France, Francisco I.

 

[Elsa M.]

http://www.fuerteventuradigital.com/portal/noticias/noticia.asp?canal=politica&fecha=20051031&hora=144112

King Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía went to the Ruber Clinic, to know their granddaughter, Infanta Leonor, who was born last night. Both were "enchanted" with the birth of the daughter of the Princes of Asturias and they did not dare to say if she resembles more the father or the mother. Doña Sofía described the new born as "chubby, round" and " also quite weeper", although she added that, when they left the clinic, at noon, she was asleep. Don Juan Carlos added that the the girl measures 47 cm.

Their Majestys confirmed that Don Felipe also attended the childbirth "until the last moment" and that, neither they, nor the parents knew the sex of the baby. They said that the date of he baptism is not known yet nor who will be the godparents.

The Infantas and the rest of the Royal Family have still not gone to the Ruber Clinic, because they are all outside Madrid, "but they will come", said the Queen.

Besides, the King, when asked about the chosen name, said that the reason for the choice is that the parents "like it" and Leonor is the name of a "Queen of Navarre, Aragón and also of Portugal", commented the monarch, before leaving the Clinic. The Queen returned to the room, after speaking to the journalists.

 

[mtbcm]

Royal Families are becoming experts in measuring royal babies.


Here the Queen explains that Leonor is very round .



Photo from elmundo.es

 

[lashinka2002]

This is fabulous news!!!!!!
Congrats to the family!!

I looooove the name Leanor, it reminds me of Elanor of Aquitaine. I read a biography on her and she was such an intriguing and unique woman. What a life she led!!!! I hope that little infanta Leanor will lead a full, happy and healthy life & grow to be of strong & wise character in this tough world and restrictive postion that she has been born into. There will be so many expectations that will be placed upon her whether or not she becomes queen or remains infanta and I hope that her family gives her the tools and guides her so that she can achieve her destiny!

In regards to some comments posted earlier in the thread that Felipe did not look happy, is it possible that he was concerned and worried for the health and well being of his wife and daughter considering the unplanned c-section and the early arrival of the baby? That would cause anyone great distress especially considering Felipe's sister had suffered a miscarraige last year. I'm not saying that Letezia would miscarry but Felipe is certainly not naive to complications......

I'm absolutely thrilled. I thought they would have a girl!

YIPPPEEEEE!!!!!!

 

[purple_platinum]

In TVE Intl, they just showed comment from Infanta Cristina? did anyone catch that? what did she say?

 

[xicamaluca]

In TVE they showed how the birth was comented abroad. Of course that was top news in latin america. Als showed norwegian, italian, german press and they showed that even in China, the birth had a report in the CCTV (china main tv, i belive) news section.

 

[Elsa M.]

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/casa_real_redes_leonor_571339.htm

The Royal House asked the organization in charge of the management of the Internet a block to all the sites that directly or indirectly allude to the name of Leonor, after the birth of the first-born of the Princes of Asturias.

 

[Farah Monaco]

Congratulations to the royal parents and the people of Spain!

I watched TVE for about 3 hours in a row, to see the news! I just couldn´t stop watching the news, even if they were repeating the stories. I love to see images of the beautiful couple.

I hope the constitution changes and Infanta Eleanor become the future Qjueen of Spain! (I never understood why the baby boy has the right to be king instead of the baby girl...)

 

[Elsa M.]

More photos of Letizia's father, stepmother and grandmother arriving at the clinic. From GettyImages:

 

[MAISARAH]

Congratulations to Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.
Welcome to the worl Leonor

So so happy..... at least I share the wonderful news after returned from my holiday. and this is wonderful gift too, for me during my hoilday.

 

[Harry's polo shirt]

Royal Families are becoming experts in measuring royal babies.


Here the Queen explains that Leonor is very round .



Photo from elmundo.es

That is so adorable! Queen Sofia is so cute.