Person
Felipe VI (1968-, rey de España)Other forms
1968-01-30
King of Spain. Born in Madrid on 30 January 1968. He is the third son of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, and Sofia of Greece and Denmark.
On 30 January 1986, when he was eighteen, he took the oath in front of the Cortes Generales in order to be loyal to the King, to carry out his functions faithfully, to observe and enforce the Constitution and the Laws, and to respect the rights of the citizens and of the Autonomous Communities, assuming the fullness of his institutional role as successor to the Crown.
On May 22, 2004 she married Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano in the cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena in Madrid. They have two daughters: Leonor, born on October 31, 2005 and current Princess of Asturias, and Sofia born on April 29, 2007 and Infanta of Spain.
He was pronounced King under the name of Felipe VI in fron of the Cortes Generales on 19 June 2014, after the abdication of his father and in accordance with Ley Orgánica 3/2014, which makes effective the abdication of the Crown, solemnly sanctioned the day before by his predecessor in the Royal Palace of Madrid.
Reign:
King of Spain: 2014-
Hijo de Juan Carlos I, rey de España, y de Sofía de Grecia.
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