Don

Don (honorific)

Don, from Latin dominus, is an honorific in Spanish , Portuguese , and Italian . The female equivalent is Doña , Dona , and Donna , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."-Usage:...

 Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born 6 December 2000) is the second son of the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca

Duchess of Palma de Mallorca

Duchess of Palma de Mallorca is a noble title granted for life by King Juan Carlos I of Spain for his daughter, Infanta Cristina, on 26 September 1997 by her marriage to Iñaki Urdangarin.- Dukes of Palma de Mallorca :...

, Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín

Iñaki Urdangarin

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. Pablo is ninth in the line of succession to the Spanish Throne

Line of succession to the Spanish Throne

Spain uses the system of primogeniture. Male children succeed before female, and otherwise in order of age. If descent from male children does not exist , a female and her heirs succeed. Dynasts who marry against the express prohibition of the king or the Cortes are excluded from the succession...

, after his older brother, Juan

Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón

Don Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón , in Basque: Joan Balentín Urdangarin de Borbon, is the eldest son of the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca, Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín. Juan is eighth in the line of succession to the Spanish Throne, after his...

.

Six weeks after his birth in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, the young member of the Spanish Royal Family

Spanish Royal Family

The Royal Family of the Kingdom of Spain consists of the current king, Juan Carlos, his spouse, Queen Sofia of Spain and their direct descendants. The Spanish royal family belongs to the House of Borbón...

 was baptized on 20 January 2001 in the city's Palace of Zarzuela. Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 Rouco Varela performed the ceremony. Pablo's godparents are Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte

Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte

Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, Duke of Saxony , known with his civilian name as Kubrat Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha y Gómez-Acebo or Kubrat Sakskoburggotski , is a Spanish surgeon and member of the Bulgarian Royal Family...

 and Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark , born 10 July 1965, is the elder daughter and eldest child of former King Constantine II of Greece and former Queen Anna-Marie .-Early life:Princess Alexia was born at Mon Repos, Corfu, Ionian Islands,...

. He lives with his family in Barcelona where he has attended the Carles Riba

Carles Riba

Carles Riba i Bracons was a Catalan poet, writer and translator.He was born in Barcelona and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. In 1916 he married the poet Clementina Arderiu. He worked for a time in the School of Librarianship.In 1922 he travelled to Munich to study under...

 School followed by the French School.

Name, style and title

Pablo is a namesake of his great-grandfather Paul of Greece

Paul of Greece

Paul reigned as King of Greece from 1947 to 1964.-Family and early life:Paul was born in Athens, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia. He was trained as a naval officer....

, and "Todos los Santos" (English: "All Saints

All Saints

All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown...

") as is customary among the Bourbons

House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

. Being a son of an Infanta, he is a Grandee of Spain.

Since his birth, he has carried the style of "His Excellency

Excellency

Excellency is an honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state.Usually, people styled "Excellency" are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, aristocracy, and military, and others holding equivalent rank .It is...

 Don Pablo" and dignity "Grandee of Spain". All of the children of Infanta Cristina and Infanta Elena have the HE Don/Doña style, as befits the children of a Spanish duke

Duke

A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...

. However, even if they do not have the title of Infante or Infanta, all of the grandchildren of King Juan Carlos are members of the Spanish Royal House.

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Ancestry

External links

• Royal House of Spain