Princess Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Syracuse, GE (born 18 February 1940) is a Spanish princess, the youngest child of Infante Alfonso, heir to the throne of the Two Sicilies, and Infanta Alicia.Eduardo Verbo, "Los Borbón-Dos Sicilias se embolsan 46 millones de euros en una histórica subasta de sus joyas familiares" in Vanity Fair, November 15, 2018Andrea Sánchez, "Dos primas del Rey Juan Carlos recaudan 46 millones de euros en una subasta histórica" in El Mundo, November 16, 2018Mateo Balín, "Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias: «Antes nos enseñaban a no interesarnos por el dinero ni preguntar»" in La Verdad, May 17, 2016
In 1978, she became the first member of the Spanish royal family to go through legal divorce, after gaining permission from her cousin King Juan Carlos I and Pope John Paul II.
Princess Inés was, at the time of her birth, 9th in line of succession to the Spanish throne.
Early life The last of three children and the second daughter of Infante Alfonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón (1901–1964) and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (1917–2017), she was born during her parents' exile from republican Spain in Lausanne, Switzerland.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser Band XV. "Spanien". C.A. Starke, Limburg an der Lahn, 1997, pp. 103-105. (German). . Her father was the nephew of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 523-525, 527. (French). José Luis Sampedro Escolar, "Alfonso de Borbón Dos Sicilias y Borbón" in Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Historia (DBE), Real Academia de la Historia
Family Inés lived in Madrid with her family, and also spent time at her parents' finca, "La Toledana", a major hunting estate in Retuerta del Bullaque.
Marriage Princess Inés intended to contract a forbidden marriage, according to her house laws, with Spanish lawyer Luis de Morales y Aguado (born 8 October 1933), a commoner.They had five children: Isabel, Eugenia, Sonia (1969–2022), Manuel, and Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias.Inés separated from Morales two years after Mencía's 1975 birth, divorcing legally in 1978 with rare permissions from King Juan Carlos I and Pope John Paul II.
After the death of her father in 1964, and with persistence, she eventually married, in a ceremony that took place in San Jeronimo del Real on 30 January 1965. In the media, she was referred to as "the last great-grandchild of Alfonso XII of Spain". Both her cousin Prince Juan Carlos and his wife Princess Sofía attended, as well as the most distinguished Gotha of Europe.
Issue The couple had five children: Isabel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 10 April 1966), Isabel de Morales y Borbón married to Joaquín Galán y Otamendi, Joaquín Galán y Otamendi with two daughters: Carlota Galán y de Morales (born March 1998) Carlota Galán de Morales Inés Galán y de Morales (born 3 January 2000) Inés Galán de Morales Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 14 December 1967), Eugenia de Morales y Borbón married to Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja, Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja with three children Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (9 December 1969 – 26 July 2022), Sonia de Morales y Borbón married to Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquin (born 1974), Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquin with two children Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 16 December 1971), Manuel de Morales y Borbón married to Emma Ruiz de Azcárate y García de Lomas, Emma Ruiz de Azcárate y García de Lomas with two children Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 25 November 1975) Mencía de Morales y Borbón
Honours
: Dame Grand Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George La Orden Constantiniana hoy
Heraldry
Ancestry
See also List of current grandees of Spain
References
External links THE HEAD OF THE ROYAL HOUSE – official website of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Spanish branch)