to that effect had been circulating for a year before the announcement was made. Their divorce papers were signed on 25 November 2009. The couple got divorced in December 2009. On 21 January 2010 the divorce was registered in the Civil Registry of the Spanish Royal Family. It was officially announced on 9 February 2010 that, following his divorce, Jaime de Marichalar would no longer be permitted to use his former wife's ducal title or the styles Grandee of Spain and Excellency, and that he is no longer considered to be an official member of the Spanish Royal Family. Titles, honours and arms Titles and styles Marichalar is since birth , a hereditary lordship dating from the 9th century that has the peculiarity that it is transmissible to the offspring of either gender (instead of only to the firstborn child), by his mother, who is descended from Sancho de Tejada. On March 18, 1995, he married the Infanta Elena de Borbón, eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, in the Cathedral of Seville. Upon their marriage, his wife was granted the title of Duchess of Lugo by the royal household, and Jaime as her consort received the predicate of excellency and Duke of Lugo. On January 21, 2010, following the registration of their divorce in the civil status of the royal family, he lost the predicate of excellency and title as well as his quality of member of the Spanish Royal Family. 7 April 1963 18 March 1995: Don Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada. 18 March 199521 January 2010: HE Don Jaime de Marichalar, Duke of Lugo. 21 January 2010 present: Don Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada. Honours National honours Knight of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville (1995) Foreign honours : Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash (4 June 1997) : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 June 1996) : Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence : Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown : Recipient of the 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf Arms References External links Dukes of Lugo People from Pamplona 1963 births Living people Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan) Grandees of Spain Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Spanish business executives Spanish people of Basque descent