PRINCE OF GIRONA

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Origin

Current Situation

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Origin

The title of 'Prince of Girona' is one of the titles given to the crown prince of the Aragon Crown. Its origins are when in the year 1351, the king Pere IV of Aragon nominated its successor and conceded him the title of Duke of Girona, which embraced territories of the counties of Girona, Besalú, Empúries and Osona.
On the first part I of the les 'Constitucions i Altres Drets de Cathalunya', section 'Genealogia dels Reys d'Aragó i Comtes de Barcelona', speaks about Joan I of Aragon genealogy, son of Pere III of Aragon, saing this and Violant, had a son named ''Jaume'', 'lo qual intitularen Delphi de Girona'.
On 19 February 1416, the king Ferdinand I of Aragon considered the title of duke was insufficient, and exalted it erecting the Principality of Girona. So, the heir of the crown was Prince of Girona, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera and Lord of Balaguer.

Current Situation

Since 21 April 1990, this title is held by Felipe of Bourbon, Prince of Asturias, therefore the first Spanish Bourbon House's member to hold the title of Prince of Girona, on assuming it, without any official ceremony of investiture, who does not use it at all. Formerly no other Bourbon had ever held, nor even used this title.

Related Pages

★ List of Counts of Barcelona

★ History of Catalonia

★ Catalan Countries

★ Catalonia

★ Crown of Aragon

★ Girona

★ Spanish monarchy full Titulary

External links

★ Catalan Counties History (in Catalan)