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The Infanta Leonor of Spain (Leonor de
Todos los Santos de Borbón Ortiz[3], in English:
Eleanor of All the
Saints of Bourbon Ortiz; born 31 October 2005 in Madrid, Spain) is the first child of Felipe, Prince of Asturias
and his wife Princess Letizia, and
thus second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne
after her father. As the daughter of the heir to the throne, she is
styled and titled Her Royal
Highness, Infanta of Spain. She has a younger sister, the Infanta Sofía.
Birth
Infanta Leonor was born at 1:46 am in the Ruber International
Clinic in Madrid by means of a
caesarean
section necessitated by non-progression of labour. Infanta Leonor
weighed 3.5 kg and was 47 cm long. Her birth was
announced by the Royal Family to the press via SMS. Leonor left the Ruber Clinic with her
parents on 7 November 2005.
Baptism
The Infanta was baptised in the Zarzuela Palace by the Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio
Cardinal Rouco Varela, on 14 January 2006. Like her father in
1968, Leonor was baptised with water from the river Jordan, following the
Spanish Royal Family tradition. She was also given the additional
names of de Todos los Santos (of All the Saints), a
Bourbon tradition. Her godparents were her paternal grandparents,
Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
The Spanish Royal House confirmed on 25 February 2006 that stem
cells from Princess Leonor's umbilical cord have been frozen
and stored at a blood bank in Tucson, Arizona. A spokesman said this
is "habitual practice" at the clinic where Leonor was born. The
stem cells will be frozen for at least 15 years, along with cells
from 18,000 other babies around the world. Leonor is not the first
royal baby to have her stem cells frozen; Prince Christian of Denmark
has had his stem cells frozen as well.
Schooling
Infanta Leonor began her education at the daycare for the
children of the Spanish Royal Guard.
She began her first year of real schooling on 15 September 2008
at the Santa María de los Rosales School in Aravaca, just outside Madrid. Her father is an
alumnus of the school.
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