First Cousins: King Felipe VI of Spain

by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2019

 

King Felipe VI of Spain (born 1968)

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King Felipe VI of Spain was born at the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Clinic in Madrid, Spain on January 30, 1968. He is the only son and the third of the three children of King Juan Carlos of Spain and his wife, Queen Sofia, born Princess Sophia of Greece. Felipe is a descendant of Queen Victoria through both of his parents. Felipe’s paternal grandparents were Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, son of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, and Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. His maternal grandparents were King Paul of Greece, son of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Sophia of Prussia, and Princess Frederica of Hanover, granddaughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor who was a grandson of Queen Victoria. Felipe married Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano and had two daughters. He became King of Spain upon the abdication of his father in 2013.

King Felipe VI has eleven first cousins. He shares his first cousins with his siblings Infanta Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo and Infanta Cristina of Spain.

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Paternal Aunts and Uncles of King Felipe VI: Children of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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Maternal Aunts and Uncles of King Felipe VI: Children of King Paul of Greece and Princess Frederica of Hanover

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PATERNAL FIRST COUSINS

Paternal First Cousins: Children of Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz and Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Viscount de la Torre

  • Simoneta Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (born 1968) married José Miguel Fernández-Sastrón, had two sons and one daughter, divorced
  • Juan Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón, Viscount de la Torre (born 1969) married Winston Holmes Carney, daughter of James Carney, had one son
  • Bruno Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (born 1973) married (1) Laura Ponte y Martínez had one son and one daughter, divorced (2) Andrea Pascual Vicens, had one son
  • Fernando Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1974 – 2024) married (1) Mónica Martín Luque, no children, divorced (2) Nadia Halamandari, had one son

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria and Carlos Zurita y Delgado

  • Alfonso Zurita y de Borbón (born 1973), unmarried
  • María Zurita y de Borbón (born 1975), unmarried, had one son by artificial insemination

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MATERNAL FIRST COUSINS

Maternal First Cousins: Children of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark

Princess Alexia of Greece (born 1965)

In 1967, Princess Alexia’s father King Constantine II was deposed. The family lived for two months in the Greek embassy and then for the next five years in a house in a suburb of Rome. King Constantine II remained the head of state in exile until June 1, 1973, when the monarchy was abolished. In 1973, the family moved with to England where Alexia and her siblings grew up.

Princess Alexia and her siblings attended the Hellenic College of London, a school founded by his parents. She received a Bachelor’s degree in History and Education from the University of Surrey in England and then received a post-graduate certificate in education. Alexia worked as a primary school teacher in the inner city area of Southwark in London, England, and as a teacher of children with developmental disabilities in Barcelona, Spain. She married Carlos Javier Morales Quintana, an architect and a champion yachtsman, and the couple had three daughters and one son.

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Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (born 1967)

Pavlos graduated from the United World College and then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, followed by a three-year commission with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Following his military career, he enrolled in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington DC, earning his Bachelor’s Degree (International Relations, Law and Organization) and his Master’s Degree (Foreign Relations and Economics). While at Georgetown, his roommate was his first cousin, King Felipe VI of Spain. Pavlos married Marie-Chantal Miller, the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur Robert Warren Miller and María Clara Pesantes Becerra. They had one daughter and four sons.

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Prince Nikolaos of Greece (born 1969)

Nikolaos attended Brown University in Rhode Island in the United States, graduating with a Bachelor degree in International Relations. He married Tatiana Blatnik who was born in Caracas, Venezuela and grew up in Switzerland.

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Princess Theodora of Greece (born 1983)

Theodora attended Brown University in Rhode Island and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts. She moved to Los Angeles, California in the United States to pursue an acting career under the name Theodora Greece. In 2018, Theodora’s engagement to Los Angeles based attorney Matthew Kumar was announced.

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Prince Philippos of Greece (born 1986)

Philippos had an impressive set of godparents: his uncle by marriage King Juan Carlos of Spain, his first cousin twice removed Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, his first cousin Infanta Elena of Spain, his maternal aunt Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is a graduate of United World College-USA and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. where he graduated with a Bachelor degree in foreign relations.

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