King Juan Carlos IQueen Sofía Children of the late Duchess of Badajoz: The Duchess of Soria and HernaniThe Duke of Soria and Hernani The Dowager Duchess of Calabria Infanta Cristina (Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y de Grecia, born 13 June 1965) is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía.

On 26 September 1997, on the occasion of her marriage to handball player Iñaki Urdangarin, she was created Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, by her father, King Juan Carlos.

Her godparents were Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (her first cousin once removed), and Infanta Maria Cristina (great-aunt).

[1] She received her secondary education at Santa María del Camino School before graduating from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1989 with a degree in political science.

[5] The couple has four children, all born at Teknon Medical Centre in Barcelona: They lived in Washington, D.C., from 2009 to 2012, where her husband worked for Telefónica.

In August 2013, she moved with her four children to Geneva, Switzerland, to take a job with the Caixa Foundation, while her husband, who was the subject of an embezzlement investigation, remained in Barcelona.

[9] Since finishing her most basic education in 1983, Cristina, along with her sister Elena, supported their parents representing the Crown at official events such as the National Day, the wedding of Princess Astrid of Belgium,[10] the re-burial of Queen Victoria Eugenia at El Escorial,[11] and the state visit of Mexican president Miguel de la Madrid to Spain,[10] among others.

[15] Since 2024, although she has maintained her residence in Geneva, she spends long periods at the Royal Palace of Zarzuela, where her younger children live with their grandmother.

[23] On 22 December 2014 the High Court of the Balearic Islands announced that Infanta Cristina, her husband, and 15 others would stand trial on tax fraud charges "as soon as next year".

[24] On 12 June 2015, King Felipe VI officially deprived his sister of her dukedom, privately announcing his intention beforehand.

[34] As a child of a Spanish monarch, Cristina is entitled to the designation and rank of infanta (princess) with the style of Royal Highness.