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Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born on September 15th, 1972 in the Sanatorio de Miñor, located on the Galicia avenue and nowadays is the headquarters of the foundation initiated by the philosoper Gustavo Bueno. She was the first of three daughters of the almost newlyweds Jesús Ortiz Álvarez and Paloma Rocasolano. He was from Oviedo and she was from Madrid. Paloma's mother, Enriqueta, was from Asturias and that's the reason why the family usually spent their vacations in Oviedo, and this was the place where Paloma and Jesus met and started dating. She was 19 and he was 22 when they got married on October 2nd, 1971.
The future princess was christened on September 29th, 1972, at the Cristo de las Cadenas Chapel also in Oviedo. Her godparents were Francisco Rocasolano, her maternal uncle and Cristina Ortiz, her paternal aunt. Sadly, Cristina passed away in 2001.
The «z» of her name, that was source of various speculations, was a mixture of will and bad luck. Paloma Rocasolano had become friends with an Italian woman whose name was Letizia, and had been charmed by the way the «z» was pronounced in Italian. The priest, in the church, wrote her name in the Spanish way, with a «c». It was said to Jesus that the only name acceptable would be María Leticia. But Jesus went to the Bishop where he was granted a document in which was shown that the name was acceptable due to the Virgin who had the name Madonna della Letizia. Back at the register's office, much to Jesus's surprise, the employee had written the name in the Italian way.
Soon enough Letizia became an older sister, with the birth of her two sisters Telma (October 1973) and Érika (April 1975).
The girls were enrolled at the public school La Gesta 1 de Oviedo, that was only two streets away from their grandparent's house. Their daily life was a complicated puzzle, as it happens in every family in which both parents have to work outside the house. Jesus took the girls to school in the morning (because Paloma had a shift from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the hospital) and Paloma was in charge of picking them up. Their tight schedule became even tighter because the Ortiz Rocasolanos had decided that their daughters should take part in as many after-school activities as possible so they could broaden their horizons and have a more fullfilling formation. These extra activities were responsible for a very rigid schedule by Paloma. And, because of that, Letizia took a couple of years of music and several years of ballet
At school, Letizia is remembered as a restless child, that liked to participate and had a peculiar pronunciation of the letter «s» (still noticeable) and with a special capability to express and communicate. Her report card, number 3476, was stellar in the human subjects but she was not that good with the sciences. "Special," "perfeccionist," "meticulous," and "expressive" were some of the adjectives used to describe Letizia by her former teachers.
At the age of eight, on May 16th, 1981 she took her first communion.
The future princess was christened on September 29th, 1972, at the Cristo de las Cadenas Chapel also in Oviedo. Her godparents were Francisco Rocasolano, her maternal uncle and Cristina Ortiz, her paternal aunt. Sadly, Cristina passed away in 2001.
The «z» of her name, that was source of various speculations, was a mixture of will and bad luck. Paloma Rocasolano had become friends with an Italian woman whose name was Letizia, and had been charmed by the way the «z» was pronounced in Italian. The priest, in the church, wrote her name in the Spanish way, with a «c». It was said to Jesus that the only name acceptable would be María Leticia. But Jesus went to the Bishop where he was granted a document in which was shown that the name was acceptable due to the Virgin who had the name Madonna della Letizia. Back at the register's office, much to Jesus's surprise, the employee had written the name in the Italian way.
Soon enough Letizia became an older sister, with the birth of her two sisters Telma (October 1973) and Érika (April 1975).
The girls were enrolled at the public school La Gesta 1 de Oviedo, that was only two streets away from their grandparent's house. Their daily life was a complicated puzzle, as it happens in every family in which both parents have to work outside the house. Jesus took the girls to school in the morning (because Paloma had a shift from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the hospital) and Paloma was in charge of picking them up. Their tight schedule became even tighter because the Ortiz Rocasolanos had decided that their daughters should take part in as many after-school activities as possible so they could broaden their horizons and have a more fullfilling formation. These extra activities were responsible for a very rigid schedule by Paloma. And, because of that, Letizia took a couple of years of music and several years of ballet
At school, Letizia is remembered as a restless child, that liked to participate and had a peculiar pronunciation of the letter «s» (still noticeable) and with a special capability to express and communicate. Her report card, number 3476, was stellar in the human subjects but she was not that good with the sciences. "Special," "perfeccionist," "meticulous," and "expressive" were some of the adjectives used to describe Letizia by her former teachers.
At the age of eight, on May 16th, 1981 she took her first communion.
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