Duchess of Palma de Mallorca

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.

Dukedom of Palma de Mallorca
Arms of the Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
Creation date	26 September 1997
Creation	First
Created by	Juan Carlos I
Peerage	Peerage of Spain
First holder	Infanta Cristina
Last holder	Infanta Cristina
Heir apparent	Reverted to the Crown.
Status	Extinct
Extinction date	11 June 2015

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" (English: 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.^[1]

In 2013, the City Council renamed the street to its original name^[2] and, in 2018, the regional government of the islands revoked the Golden Medal to Urdangarin.^[1]

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.^[3]

Duchess of Palma de Mallorca

First creation, 1997-2015

Duchess	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Infanta Cristina House of Bourbon 1997–2015		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
The title of Duchess of Palma de Mallorca was withdrawn for implication in corruption scandals

References

1. Tchernokojev, Peter (2018-09-14). "Balears retira definitivamente la Medalla de Oro a Urdangarin". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
2. Internet, Unidad Editorial. "La Rambla deja de ser de los duques de Palma con el cambio de placas". www.elmundo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
3. (in Spanish) "The King revokes the title of Duchess of Palma used by his sister doña Cristina". Europapress (15-06-11). (Accessed on 12 June 2015).

Sources

• 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 Spanish)
• 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 Spanish)