Wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar
Infanta Elena departs the Royal Alcázar of Seville of the arm of her father for her wedding to Jaime de Marichalar | |
| Date | 18 March 1995 |
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| Location | Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
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The wedding of Infanta Elena of Spain and Don Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada, Lord of Tejada, took place on Saturday, 18 March 1995 at Seville Cathedral in Seville, Andalusia.
Infanta Elena is the eldest child of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, at the time of her marriage, she was second in line to the Spanish throne. Marichalar, a Spanish nobleman, is the third son of Amalio de Marichalar y Bruguera, 8th Count of Ripalda (1912–1979), and María de la Concepción Sáenz de Tejada y Fernández de Boadilla, Countess of Ripalda, Lady of Tejada (1929–2014).
This wedding was the first royal wedding celebrated in Spain in 89 years.