| Royal styles of Infanta Margarita of Spain |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
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| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
| Infanta Margarita | |
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| Duchess of Soria; Duchess of Hernani | |
| Duchess of Hernani | |
| Predecessor | Manfredo de Borbón |
| Heir-Apparent | Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón |
| Spouse | Carlos Zurita, Duke of Soria |
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| Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón María Sofia Emilia Carmen Zurita y de Borbón |
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| Full name | |
| Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua y Todos los Santos (et omnes sancti) | |
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| HRH The Duchess of Hernani and Soria HRH The Duchess of Hernani HRH Infanta Margarita of Spain |
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| Royal house | House of Bourbon |
| Father | Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona |
| Mother | Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
| Born | 6 March 1939 |
The Infanta Margarita of Spain, 1st Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani, Grandee of Spain (Doña Margarita María de la Victoria Esperanza Jacoba Felicidad Perpetua y Todos los Santos (et omnes Sancti) de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias) (born Rome, 6 March 1939), is the younger daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and younger sister of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain and of Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz. Margarita has been blind since birth.[citation needed]
She married Carlos Emilio Juan Zurita y Delgado (a medical doctor born in 1943) on 12 October 1972 in Estoril. They have two children:
Margarita renounced her right of succession upon marriage, but her renunciation took place before the adoption of the Spanish Constitution and was not ratified by the Cortes.
On 6 January 1979, the Infanta's cousin, Manfredo de Borbón, 1st Duke de Hernani, died and willed his ducal title to be inherited by Margarita. The King granted this request, and on 27 May 1981, she became 2nd Duchess de Hernani.
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The next month, on 23 June 1981, she was granted her own dukedom for life, and became 1st Duchess of Soria. This title won't be inherited by her son, though he will be 3rd Duke of Hernani someday.
In 1989, alongside her husband, they created the Fundación Cultural Duques de Soria (The Duke and Duchess of Soria Cultural Foundation). She's also Honorary President of Madrid's delegation of UNICEF and of the Spanish Heart Foundation.
She is the 1,192nd Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa on 6 March 1957.
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Infanta Margarita, 2nd Duchess of Hernani
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 6 March 1939 |
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| Preceded by Manfredo de Borbón, 1st Duke of Hernani |
Duchess of Hernani | Incumbent Designated heir: Alfonso Zurita y de Borbón |
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