Queen Sofía of Spain Net Worth

Background and career

Sofía (Sophia Margarita Victoria Frederica; Greek: Σοφία Μαργαρίτα Βικτωρία Φρειδερίκη, romanized: Sofía Margaríta Viktoría Freideríki; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Juan Carlos I from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. She is the eldest and last surviving child of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece. She is also the last surviving grandchild of King Constantine I and Queen Sophia of Greece.

Sofía married then Infante Juan Carlos of Spain in 1962 and became queen of Spain upon her husband's accession in 1975. On 19 June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of their son Felipe VI. Since her spouse's abdication, Doña Sofía has usually been referred to as reina emérita ('queen emerita') by the press.

Originally a member of the Greek royal family, Sofía was second in line to the Greek throne after her father, from her birth until her brother Constantine's birth in 1940.

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (the Reina Sofia Museum National Center of Art), commonly known as the Reina Sofía, in Madrid that owns Picasso's Guernica and focuses on contemporary art, is named after her, along with the Reina Sofia Superior School of Music and the Reina Sofia Prize for Iberoamerican Poetry.