Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
{{Short description|Title in Spanish peerage}}
{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Dukedom of Palma de Mallorca
| image = 180px
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| caption = Arms of the Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
| creation_date = 26 September 1997
| creation = First
| monarch = Juan Carlos I
| peerage = Peerage of Spain
| baronetage =
| first_holder = Infanta Cristina
| last_holder = Infanta Cristina
| present_holder =
| heir_apparent = Reverted to the Crown.
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| remainder_to =
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| status = Extinct
| extinction_date = 11 June 2015
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Duchess of Palma de Mallorca was a substantive title in the Peerage of Spain. The title takes its name from the city of Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands.
The royal dukdom was granted on 26 September 1997 by King Juan Carlos I to his younger daughter, Infanta Cristina, on the occasion of her forthcoming marriage to Iñaki Urdangarin.
In April 1998, the City Council of Palma de Mallorca renamed one of its principal streets 'La Rambla' as "La Rambla dels Ducs de Palma de Mallorca" ({{Langx|en|La Rambla of the dukes of Palma de Mallorca}}). That same year, the Duchess and the Duke were granted the Golden Medal of the Balearic Islands.{{Cite web |last=Tchernokojev |first=Peter |date=2018-09-14 |title=Balears retira definitivamente la Medalla de Oro a Urdangarin |url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2018/09/14/radio_mallorca/1536925816_263916.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=cadena SER |language=es-ES}}
In 2013, the City Council renamed the street to its original name{{Cite web |last=Internet |first=Unidad Editorial |title=La Rambla deja de ser de los duques de Palma con el cambio de placas |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/02/08/baleares/1360320259.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=www.elmundo.es |language=es}} and, in 2018, the regional government of the islands revoked the Golden Medal to Urdangarin.
On 11 June 2015, she was stripped of her dukedom by King Felipe VI, her younger brother, due to a corruption inquiry, and the dukedom was merged again in the Spanish Crown.[http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-rey-revoca-uso-titulo-duquesa-palma-hermana-dona-cristina-20150611225212.html {{in lang|es}} "The King revokes the title of Duchess of Palma used by his sister doña Cristina". Europapress (15-06-11).] (Accessed on 12 June 2015).
Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
=First creation, 1997-2015=
{{Nobility table header|name=Duchess}}
| Infanta Cristina
House of Bourbon
1997–2015
| File:Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca.jpg
| 13 June 1965
Our Lady of Loreto Hospital, Madrid, Spain
daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia
| Iñaki Urdangarin
4 October 1997 – December 2023
(divorce)
4 children
| Living
|-
| colspan=5|The title of Duchess of Palma de Mallorca was withdrawn for implication in corruption scandals
|}
References
Sources
- [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1997/09/27/pdfs/A28331-28331.pdf Real Decreto 1502/1997, de 26 de septiembre, por el que se concede, con carácter vitalicio, la facultad de usar el título de Duquesa de Palma de Mallorca a Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Cristina (BOE núm. 232, de 27 de septiembre de 1997).] {{in lang|es}}
- [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/06/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-6493.pdf Real Decreto 470/2015, de 11 de junio, por el que se revoca la atribución a Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Cristina de la facultad de usar el título de Duquesa de Palma de Mallorca (BOE núm. 140, de 12 de junio de 2015).] {{in lang|es}}
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