Queen Letizia of Spain

Full name
	Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano

Letizia
Letizia
Queen of Spain
Queen Consort of Spain
	19 June 2014 – present
	19 June 2014
Born	15 September 1972 (age 52); Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Spouse	Alonso Guerrero Pérez ; (m. 1998; div. 1999); Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Issue	Leonor, Princess of Asturias; Infanta Sofía
Full name
Full name
	Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
House	Bourbon-Anjou (by marriage)
Father	Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez
Mother	María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Queen Letizia of Spain (Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, born 15 September 1972), is the wife of Felipe VI, the king of Spain.

Before her marriage to the prince, she worked as a journalist for several mass media companies. These included the Austrian newspaper La Nueva España, ABC and EFE. She also presented the news on television. In 2000, she received the Larra Prize for her work as the best journalist under 30 years of age.

Life

In 1998, she married Alfonso Guerrero. The next year they divorced. Later she met the Prince Felipe at a dinner party. They married on May 22, 2004. Their daughter Leonor was born in October 2005. She is the second in the line of succession for the Spanish Crown. Sofía, her second daughter, was born in April 2007.

Since her second wedding, she has had the title of Princess of Asturias. She accompanies her husband on official travel wherever she can. She very much likes fashion. People and the press are always noticing what she is wearing.

Following the abdication of her father-in-law in June 2014, her husband succeeded to the Spanish throne as Felipe VI with Letizia as his queen.

Titles and styles

22 May 2004 – 19 June 2014: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Asturias, The Princess of Girona, The Princess of Viana, The Duchess of Montblanc, The Countess of Cervera, Lady of Balaguer,
19 June 2014 – present: Her Majesty The Queen of Spain

Queen Letizia Of Spain Media

King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and their two daughters, the Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia, in June 2019
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía, with the Prince and Princess of Asturias, at the 2009 Pascua Militar
Felipe and Letizia during the proclamation of the new sovereign before the Spanish parliament
The King and Queen at the official reception that the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, gave during her state visit to Spain
Reina Letizia de España visita una escuela.
Letizia alongside Juliana Awada, First Lady of Argentina, in 2017
The King and Queen, together with the Princess of Asturias and Queen Sofía, during the Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony 2024.
Royal monogram of Queen Letizia
Armas atribuidas a Letizia Ortiz como Princesa de Asturias