Nicolás de Gancia

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Prince Nicolás
Duke of Gancia
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Head of the House of Astugón
Reign4 April 2019 – present
PredecessorPrince Enrique, Duke of Gancia
Heir apparentPrince Adrián
BornPrince Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro Astugón de Palma
(1980-09-16) 16 September 1980 (age 43)
Madrid, Spain
Spouse
Issue
    • Prince Adrián
    • Prince Felipe
    • Prince Luciano
    • Princess Rosalía
    • Princess Victoria
Full name
Spanish: Nicolás Juan Carlos Enrique Pablo Alejandro
English: Nicholas John Charles Henry Paul Alexander
HouseAstugón
FatherPrince Enrique, Duke of Gancia
MotherPrincess Sophia of Solms-Assenheim
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBusinessman
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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)