Overview

• Felipe VI exercised his constitutional power under Article 62.f to grant six marquesados for the first time in his reign
• Recipients include tennis champion Rafa Nadal as Marqués de Llevant de Mallorca and Paralympic swimmer Teresa Perales as Marquesa de Perales, both titles hereditary
• Singer Luz Casal received the Marquesa de Luz y Paz distinction and photographer Cristina García Rodero was named Marquesa del Valle de Alcudia, both hereditary distinctions
• Biochemist Carlos López Otín was awarded the life-only title of Marqués de Castillo de Lerés, while former royal household chief Jaime Alfonsín became Marqués de Alfonsín with Grandeza de España
• The decrees were published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on June 19, coinciding with Felipe VI’s eleventh accession anniversary and closing out commemorations of his tenth proclamation anniversary