Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón

Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón, Lord of Tejada, GE (born 17 July 1998) is the elder child and only son of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Jaime de Marichalar. On his mothers' side, he is the grandson of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, and the nephew of King Felipe VI. On his father's side he is the grandson of Amalio de Marichalar y Bruguera, VIII Count of Ripalda and Concepción Sáenz de Tejada, Lady of Tejada. He is fourth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after his cousins (King Felipe's daughters) Leonor, Princess of Asturias, and Infanta Sofía of Spain and his mother, Infanta Elena.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Marichalar and the second or maternal family name is Borbón.

Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón
Grandee of Spain
Felipe in 2019
Born (1998-07-17) 17 July 1998
Ruber International Hospital, Madrid, Spain[1]
Names
Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón
HouseBourbon
FatherJaime de Marichalar
MotherInfanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
ReligionRoman Catholicism

He has a sister two years younger, Victoria de Marichalar y Borbón.

Early life

Birth and christening

Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón was born on 17 July 1998 at Ruber International Hospital in Madrid.[2]

He was baptized on Sunday 4 October 1998 day of the feast of San Francisco de Asis and on the eve of San Froilán, patron of Lugo, the mass was celebrated in the audience hall of the Zarzuela Palace. The ceremony was officiated by Archbishop of Madrid. His godparents were his maternal grandfather, Juan Carlos of Spain, and his paternal grandmother, Concepción Sáez de Tejada y Fernández de Boadilla, Dowager Countess of Ripalda (1929–2014).[3]

Names

Although he is generally known by the press as Froilán, in the family he is called Pipe.

Education

Until the age of twelve, he studied at the Colegio San Patricio in Madrid, but due to his bad grades (although without repeating academic courses), his parents decided that he should attend a boarding school in England. Froilán took a course at a boarding school in West Sussex, to return the following year, in 2011, to Colegio Santa María del Pilar in Madrid, where he remained for three years. In two of these years in secondary school (ESO, he did repeat a course.

At the beginning of summer 2014, he was admitted to the Sagrada Familia Episcopal College of Sigüenza, from which he graduated from ESO the following year. In September 2015, he went to the United States, to complete his high school education in 2017 at the Blue Ridge School college, in Saint George, Virginia in Greene County, Virginia, and at the Culver Military Academy. The tuition, which for each course amounted to $45,000, was paid for by his maternal grandfather the King Emeritus Juan Carlos I.

He then began his higher education studies, majoring in Business Administration and Management at the College for International Studies in Madrid, a Spanish Higher Education institution associated with Endicott College.

Controversies

On 9 April 2012, Felipe accidentally shot himself in his right foot while he was on a farm of his father's family in Garray (Soria).[4] His father had to declare to the Civil Guard because Spanish law forbade the use of firearms by minors under the age of 14.[5] The judge dismissed the case against Jaime de Marichalar, considering it not gross negligence but a small misdemeanor.[5]

Titles, styles, honours and arms
Coat of Arms of Felipe Juan Froilán of Marichalar
  • 17 July 1998 – present: The Most Excellent Don Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón, Grandee of Spain and Caballero Divisero Hijodalgo of the Illustrious Solar de Tejada[6]

References
  1. "Froilán descoloca a sus propios familiares y amigos con un giro inesperado". 18 July 2018.
  2. ESchismógrafo (18 July 2018). "Froilán descoloca a sus propios familiares y amigos con un giro inesperado". esdiario.com. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. Vanitatis
  4. ABC (in Spanish)
  5. Jaime de Marichalar declaró ayer ante la Guardia Civil de Soria en ABC (15 April 2012) (in Spanish)
  6. Royal Decree 1368/1987, dated 6 November, regulating titles, forms of address and honours pertaining to the Royal Family and to the Regents – Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) (in Spanish)
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