Queen Sofía of Spain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Queen Sofía of Spain

Queen consort of Spain

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Tatoi Palace, Attica Region, Greece

Profession: athlete

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sophia of Greece and Denmark (Greek: S?f?a, Spanish: Sofía; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who served as Queen of Spain during the reign of her husband, King Juan Carlos I, from 1975 to 2014.
Queen Sofía is the first child of King Paul of Greece and Frederica of Hanover.
As her family was forced into exile during the Second World War, she spent part of her childhood in South Africa, returning to Greece in 1946.
She completed her secondary education in a boarding school in Germany before returning to Greece where she specialised in childcare, music and archaeology.
She married Juan Carlos, son of the Spanish pretender Infante Juan, on 14 May 1962 with whom she has had three children: Elena, Cristina, and Felipe. She became queen upon her husband's accession in 1975.
On 19 June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favor of their son Felipe VI.

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