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| full name = [[wikipedia:Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro''<br>[[wikipedia:English language|English]]: Nicholas John Charles Henry Paul Alexander | | full name = [[wikipedia:Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro''<br>[[wikipedia:English language|English]]: Nicholas John Charles Henry Paul Alexander | ||
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| mother = [[Princess Sofía, Duchess of Gancia|Princess Sophia of Solms-Assenheim]] | | mother = [[Princess Sofía, Duchess of Gancia|Princess Sophia of Solms-Assenheim]] | ||
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| Prince Nicolás | |||||
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| Duke of Gancia | |||||
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| Head of the House of Astugón | |||||
| Reign | 4 April 2019 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Prince Enrique, Duke of Gancia | ||||
| Heir apparent | Prince Adrián | ||||
| Born | Prince Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro Astugón de Palma 16 September 1980 Madrid, Spain | ||||
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| House | Astugón | ||||
| Father | Prince Enrique, Duke of Gancia | ||||
| Mother | Princess Sophia of Solms-Assenheim | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
| Occupation | Businessman | ||||
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Prince Nicolás, Duke of Gancia (Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro; born 16 September 1980) is a Spanish nobleman and businessman, who is currently head of the House of Astugón, and the claimant-in-exile to the throne of Escandria. Escandrian royalists refer to him as King Juan IX.
Early life
Prince Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro Astugón de Palma was born on 16 September 1980 in Madrid, Spain. His father, Prince Enrique, Duke of Gancia, was a politician, and his mother, Princess Sophia of Solms-Assenheim, came from a German princely family. Prince Nicolás has three siblings; Prince Pedro (born 1982), Prince Carlos (born 1985), and Princess Carmen (born 1987).
Marriage and children
In 2003, Prince Nicolás met Princess Katharina of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in Barcelona. Princess Katharina had been in Spain on a study exchange, at the same university as Prince Nicolás. After a short period of dating, the couple got engaged on Christmas Day 2003, and were married at Almudena Cathedral on 28 June 2004. Katharina adopted the Spanish cognate of her name, Catalina.
Prince Nicolás and Princess Catalina have five children:
- Prince Adrián Benjamín Carlos Daniel Édgar Astugón de Palma (born 1 March 2005)
- Prince Felipe Graciano Hugo Ildefonso Juan de Palma (born 9 December 2007)
- Prince Luciano Mateo Nicolás Octavio Pedro Astugón de Palma (born 17 September 2010)
- Princess Rosalía Sofía Tatiana Úrsula Violeta Astugón de Palma (born 17 July 2012)
- Princess Victoria Ximena Yesenia Zaira Astugón de Palma (born 5 May 2014)