Wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar

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
Date18 March 1995 (1995-03-18)
Venue
LocationSeville, Andalusia, Spain
Participants

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.