princess Sofia

Sofía was born at the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid during the reign of her grandfather, King Juan Carlos I. She received the same education as her sister, attending primary and secondary school at the Colegio de Santa María de los Rosales, and—from 2023 to 2025—pursued the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College in Wales (United Kingdom). Like her sister, Sofía began her education at the Guardia Real (Royal Guard) Nursery School, located at the Royal Palace of El Pardo.[8] On September 13, 2010, she began her first year of primary education at the Colegio de Santa María de los Rosales,[9] a private co-educational school offering both secular and religious instruction located in the Madrid neighborhood of Aravaca—near the Zarzuela Palace. This was the same school where her sister Leonor began her studies in 2008, and where her father completed his General Basic Education and Baccalaureate studies between 1971 and 1984.[10] She also completed her Compulsory Secondary Education at this same institution, finishing in June 2023.[11] From September 2023 to May 2025, Sofía pursued the International Baccalaureate program at the British boarding school UWC Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, Wales.[12] This was the same academic path her sister had followed between 2021 and 2023.[13][14][15] After announcing in April 2025 that the Infanta had chosen not to undergo military training,[16] the Royal Household confirmed in July 2025 that she would study Political Science and International Relations at Forward College, an institution affiliated with the University of London. Her studies, which began on September 8, 2025, will span three years and take place in three different European capitals: Lisbon, Paris, and Berlin.[17]