infanta

noun

in·fan·ta | \ in-ˈfan-tə

, -ˈfän-

\

Definition of infanta

: a daughter of a Spanish or Portuguese monarch

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Thusly spurned by the Spanish infanta, Charles subsequently chose 14-year-old Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV of France and his taste-making Florentine wife Marie de’ Medici (and sister to Louis XIII), as his queen. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, "In London, Investigating the Personal Collection of an Art-Obsessed Royal," 17 Feb. 2018

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