clarifies the rights of the extended Family of the King, it is unknown who or if anyone follows Infanta Cristina's descendants in the line of succession. Possible interpretations The Congreso de los Diputados, the lower house of the Cortes Generales, has the constitutional responsibility to clarify the succession when doubt arises. If "sucesores" is deemed to mean direct descendants, the succession ends with the heirs of Infanta Cristina. If the renunciations by Infanta Pilar and Infanta Margarita are not deemed valid, their descendants would follow the line of succession: Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913–1993) King Juan Carlos I (b. 1938) Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre (1936–2020) (11) Don Juan Gómez-Acebo y Borbón, 3rd Viscount of La Torre (b. 1969) (12) Don Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Carney (b. 2013) (13) Don Bruno Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (b. 1971) (14) Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y Cano (b. 2004) (15) Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano (b. 2005) (16) Álvaro Gómez-Acebo y Cano (b. 2011) (17) Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (b. 1973) (18) Luis Felipe Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (b. 2005) (19) Juan Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (b. 2016) (20) Laura Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (b. 2006) (21) Don Fernando Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (b. 1974) (22) Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Halamandari (b. 2016) (23) Doña Simoneta Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (b. 1968) (24) Luis Juan Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (b. 1991) (25) Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (b. 1995) (26) María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (b. 2000) (27) Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria and Hernani (b. 1939) (28) Don Alfonso Zurita y Borbón (b. 1973) (29) Doña María Zurita y Borbón (b. 1975) (30) Carlos Zurita y Borbón (b. 2018) Planned absolute primogeniture In its 2004 election manifesto, the victorious Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) included plans to adopt absolute primogeniture, a proposal which was supported by the leader of the main opposition party, the conservative People's Party. It was initially thought that the change would only apply to future generations but with all the major political parties in agreement that the system of male-preference primogeniture conflicts with the constitutionally established principle of gender equality, it was planned that the law would be changed before the Princess of Asturias bore a son, thereby demoting Infanta Leonor in the line succession. The subsequent announcement, in 2006, that the Princess was pregnant with a second daughter, however, removed any immediate urgency in the passage of the necessary legislation. References