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The remains of HRH The Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria are currently in the El Pudridero chamber since his death in 2015.
and the Count and Countess of Barcelone ?
There are two last places which are for the Count and Countess of Barcelona. King Juan Carlos decided that they should be buired as ithey had reigned as King and Queen but this decision means that for him and Queen Sofia will be no places in the Pantheon of the Kings.TRH The Count and Countess I believe are still reposing in the El Pudridero chamber and that there is currently no more space at the Pantheon of the Kings.
They are resting in the pudridero of the Pantheon of the Kingfs. There are two pudrideros one for the Pantehon of the Kings and one for the Pantheon of the Infantes.and the Count and Countess of Barcelone ?
King Juan Carlos decided that they should be buired as if they had reigned as King and Queen but this decision means that for him and Queen Sofia will be no places in the Pantheon of the Kings.
It's quite fitting anyway that the creators of the "new monarchy" should start a new tradition somewhere else.
There are two last places which are for the Count and Countess of Barcelona. King Juan Carlos decided that they should be buired as ithey had reigned as King and Queen but this decision means that for him and Queen Sofia will be no places in the Pantheon of the Kings.
I wonder if the Dukedom of Segovia will ever be used again by a member of the Spanish RF?
Is that in any way linked to Infanta Pilar's decision not to be interred in the Pantheon of the Infantes?
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Is that in any way linked to Infanta Pilar's decision not to be interred in the Pantheon of the Infantes?
Unfortunately, after Iñaki Urdangarin's imprisonment, I suspect in the foreseeable future the Royal Family will view it as the safer course of action to leave the morganatic spouses without any title at all.
Its not a question though of giving a title to a morganatic spouse or not.
Spain is not like the UK, where its male members of the RF or the rare spouse of a royal princess, given the title. As in Sweden, Spain has given the life peerages to female members of the family as well. And like Daniel in Sweden, allowed the husband to use his wife's title. As would Chris have been if he had accepted a title, and the conditions that went with it.
Inaki was never Duke of Palma de Mallorca. He was the consort duke. His wife was created Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, until she had it stripped. The same with Elena. She was made Duchess of Lugo over two weeks before her wedding. Jaime was entitled to be referred to as Duke of Lugo during their marriage. When they divorced, he lost that right.
Pilar is another example, her duchy was created for her not Luis.
So the question is what possible duchy will Sofia be given as an adult. Not what question her husband may or may not be given.
However, the titles were created for use by their morganatic spouses. They were of no real value to the Infantes/Infantas themselves.
Unlike the United Kingdom, it is not the custom in Spain for an Infante/Infanta to use their ducal title. In Spain, Infanta/Infante is the higher title. The Infantes/Infantas who married morganatically continued to be called HRH Infante/Infanta (not HRH The Duke/Duchess) after they were given their dukedoms.
But actually onl the marrige of Infante Jaime was a morganatic one. The marraioges of Infantas Elena and Cristina where not morganatic as the Pragamtic Decree of King Carlos III. is accepted as having been overruled bv the constiution of 1978.
And if the attended Events together they where usually referred to as the Dukes of Lugo not as Infanta Elena and the Duke of Lugo.
My understanding was that people on royalty forums usually define a "morganatic" spouse as one who does not take the spouse's rank upon marriage.
I understand morgantaic marraiges as marriages where the Partner does not take the partners ranks and their children don't have succession rights as for example in the case of Archduke franz Ferdinand of Austria and Coutness Sophie Chotek.
I wonder if his second wife Charlotte was styled HRH The Duchess of Segovia?
I don't remember , but were Alfonso and Gonzalo Royal Hignesses?
Alphonse and Carmen were Duke and Duchess of Cadix RHH ?
And also why wasi Princess Anne de France never Infanta ?