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Queen Letizia of Spain Biography

Queen Letizia of Spain is one of the most popular and richest Queen who was born on September 15, 1972 in Oviedo, Spain. Letizia Ortiz ROcasolano was born and became Queen of Spain in June 2014, alongside King Felipe VI. Before her marriage to Felipe, she was a journalist and anchor.

She worked for Bloomberg TV’s Spanish version.

Letizia’s paternal grandparents were José Luis Ortiz Velasco (ca. 1923–2005), a commercial employee at Olivetti; and María del Carmen “Menchu” Álvarez del Valle (born 1928), a radio broadcaster in Asturias for over 40 years. Her maternal grandfather was Francisco Julio Rocasolano Camacho (1918–2015), a mechanic and cab driver in Madrid for over 20 years who was of French and Occitan origin. Letizia’s maternal grandmother, Enriqueta Rodriguez Figueredo (1919–2008) was born in the Philippines to Spanish parents.

Princess Letizia immediately joined in the duties of her husband and traveled extensively through Spain representing her father-in-law. They also represented Spain in other countries: she has traveled along with her husband to Jordan, Mexico, Peru, Hungary, the Dominican Republic, Panama, the United States of America, Serbia, Brazil, Uruguay, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, China, and Portugal. She also greeted international dignitaries, along with other members of the royal family, and attended gatherings of foreign royalty in Luxembourg, for the silver wedding anniversary of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and in the Netherlands for the 40th birthday of the Prince of Orange.

She has two children: She has two children, Leonor and Sofia, with King Felipe VI., and Sofia.

NameQueen Letizia of Spain
First NameQueen
Last Nameof
OccupationQueen
BirthdaySeptember 15
Birth Year1972
Place of BirthOviedo
Home Town
Birth CountrySpain
Birth SignVirgo
Full/Birth Name
ParentsPaloma Rocasolano, Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez
SiblingsTelma Ortiz Rocasolano, Érika Ortiz Rocasolano
SpouseFelipe VI of Spain , Alonso Pérez
Children(s)Leonor, Princess of Asturias, Infanta Sofía of Spain

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈtiθja oɾˈtiθ] ; born 15 September 1972) is Queen of Spain via her marriage to King Felipe VI. She came from a middle-class family and worked as a journalist for ABC and EFE before becoming a news anchor at CNN+ and Televisión Española. In 2004, she married Felipe, then Prince of Asturias and heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, were born in 2005 and 2007 respectively. As Princess of Asturias, Letizia represented her father-in-law, King Juan Carlos, in Spain and abroad. On her father-in-law’s abdication in 2014, Felipe and Letizia became king and queen.

Queen Letizia of Spain Net Worth

Queen Letizia of Spain is one of the richest Queen from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Queen Letizia of Spain's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a journalist for Asturian newspapers and attended Complutense University of Madrid.

In 2002, she was the anchor of Informe Semanal’s weekly news report and later Telediario Matinal’s daily morning news show Telediario Matinal.

British genealogists have provided evidence that through her mother’s Rocasolano lineage, Letizia descends from Astorg Roquesoulane (died c.1564) and her coat-of-arms incorporates the arms of the Rocasolano family. Reports have suggested – and remain unproven – that on her paternal grandfather’s side, Letizia is a descendant of an untitled family descended from medieval nobility who served as constables of Castile.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeQueen
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Letizia is the eldest daughter of Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez, a journalist, and his first wife, María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez, a registered nurse and hospital union representative. She has two younger sisters, Telma (b. 1973) and Érika (1975–2007), whose death was widely reported by press as due to an intentional prescription drug overdose.

Letizia married Alonso Guerrero Pérez (born in 1962), a writer and a high-school literature teacher, on 7 August 1998, in a simple civil ceremony at Almendralejo, in Badajoz, after a 1-year courtship. The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1999.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Queen Letizia of Spain height 5 ft 7 in Queen weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 ft 7 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
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She was baptised in the Catholic Church on 29 September 1972, in Oviedo.

On 1 November 2003, to the surprise of many, the Royal Household announced Letizia’s engagement to Felipe, then Prince of Asturias. Afterwards, she moved to live in a wing of the Zarzuela Palace until the day of her wedding. The Prince of Asturias had proposed to her with a 16-baguette diamond engagement ring with a white gold trim. She marked the occasion by giving him white gold and sapphire cufflinks and a classic book.

Who is Queen Letizia of Spain Dating?

According to our records, Queen Letizia of Spain married to Felipe VI of Spain , Alonso Pérez . As of December 1, 2023, Queen Letizia of Spain’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2000, she moved to TVE, where she started working for the news channel 24 Horas. In 2002, she anchored the weekly news report programme Informe Semanal and later the daily morning news programme Telediario Matinal on TVE 1. In August 2003, a few months before her engagement to Felipe, Letizia was promoted to anchor of the TVE daily evening news programme Telediario 2, the most viewed newscast in Spain. In 2000, Letizia reported from Washington, D.C., on the presidential elections. In September 2001, she broadcast live from Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks in New York and in 2003, she filed reports from Iraq following the war. In 2002 she sent several reports from Galicia in northern Spain following the ecological disaster when the oil tanker Prestige sank.

Facts & Trivia

Queen Ranked on the list of most popular Queen. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Queen Letizia of Spain celebrates birthday on September 15 of every year.

At the time of her marriage to Prince Felipe, Letizia was appointed to the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III as dame on 21 May 2004. Since then, Letizia has received different appointments and decorations by foreign states and other Spanish honours.

Is Letizia of Spain from a royal family?

The Spanish royal family consists of King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, their children (Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía of Spain), and Felipe’s parents, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía.

Why is Infanta Sofía not a princess?

The youngest royal is called “infanta” and not “princess” because she is not in line to inherit the throne. Her sister, Princess Leonor, would also lose her princess title and be called “infanta” if their parents were to have a son.

How many languages does Queen Letizia speak?

Spanish

Is Queen Sofia of Spain related to Queen Elizabeth?

Through her great-grandfather George I of Greece, she is a second cousin to Charles, the Prince of Wales. Through Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Victoria, she is a double third cousin to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. She is also a first cousin once removed of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Is the Spanish royal family French?

House of Bourbon
Parent houseCapetian dynasty
CountryFrance, Spain, Luxembourg, Two Sicilies, Parma, Portugal, Brazil
EtymologyBourbon
Founded1272
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