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Doña Victoria López-Quesada y Borbón-Dos Sicilias and Don Enrique Moreno de la Cova Ybarra were married on August 31, 2024, at the Soto Mozanaque estate, in Algete, Spain. The estate is owned by Ioannes Osorio y Bertrán de Lis, 19th Duke of Albuquerque. The reception was also held at the estate.
[The Duke's given name is Juan Miguel, but he prefers, Ioannes, the Latin version of Juan.]
Victoria is the daughter of HRH Princess Cristina Isabella Maria Luisa of Borbón-Dos Sicilias and Pedro López-Quesada y Fernandez-Urrutia. She is the granddaughter of the late HRH Prince Carlos, Duke of Calabria, and HRH Princess Anne of Orléans.
The bride changed the wedding date several times due to her godfather, King Felipe VI's schedule. She wore a gown designed by Spanish designer, Lorenzo Caprile, who was responsible for Princess Cristina's wedding gown when she married Pedro López-Quesada y Fernandez-Urrutia. in July 1994. A diamond tiara held in place an antique veil that her grandmother, Princess Anne, wore when she married the Duke of Calabria. The veil was also worn by Princess Cristina's sisters, Victoria and Maria, at their weddings to Markos Nomikos and Archduke Simeon of Austria.
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The tiara was a wedding gift to Victoria's great-grandmother, Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma in 1936 when she married Prince Alfonso of Borbon-Dos Sicilies, and has been worn by Alicia's descendants.
The ties between the bride's family and the Royal Family are close. Princess Cristina and Infanta Cristina are lifelong friends. Infanta Cristina arrived at the wedding in a car driven by her brother. She returned to Madrid after spending the summer with her father, King Juan Carlos, in Abu Dhabi and Greece with her children, including Irene Urdangarin, whose godfather is Pedro López-Quesada.
Victoria, 27, was one of Queen Letizia's bridesmaids.
The Queen could not attend the wedding as she Paris supported Spanish athletes at the Paralympics.
The groom, Don Enrique Moreno de la Cova y Ybarra, is the son of cattle breeder Don Enrique de las Cova Maestre, who is also a director of the Spanish electric company, Endesa, the daily newspaper, ABC and a member of the Spanish Olympic committee. His mother, Doña Cristina Ybarra y Sáinz de la Maza, is the daughter of the late 5th Count of Ybarra.
Don Enrique's sister, Doña Cristina is married to Alvaro de Salinas y Harden, son of Leopoldo de Salinas y Milá and Marina Harnden. Marina was the daughter of Princess Marie (Missie) Wassiltchkov and Robert Graham. Missie was the author of Berlin Diaries (1988).
Queen Sofia and Infanta Elena also attended the wedding, joining other guests including the Duke and Duchess of Calabria (the bride's uncle), the Duke and Duchess of Noto (the bride's first cousin), HRH Teresa of Borbon-Dos Sicilies (the bride's great aunt) and her husband, Don Iñigo Moreno y Arteaga, Prince Kubrat and Princess Carla of Bulgaria and their son, Prince Mirko and his girlfriend, Marta. One of the bride's best friends, Victoria de Marichalar y de Borbon, arrived at the wedding with her mother, Infanta Elena. Two of Infanta Cristina's children, Juan and Irene Urdangarin. Irene's putative boyfriend, Juan Urquijo did not attend the wedding.
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3 comments:
Marlene, Is that the Duchess of Calabria, standing behind Queen Sofia? The woman in question is wearing a black "peineta" and a light blue dress and has her arms around the young boy who was an attendant in the wedding.
Christina, the woman is the groom's mother, Cristina Ybarra.
Thank you, Marlene, I appreciate your response.
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