According to Article 57.1 of the Constitution, which rule applies between a man and a woman of the same degree of kinship in the succession to the throne?
Sources: 1 link, read on 22 October 2026.
Constitución Española (BOE, texto consolidado), read on 22 October 2026.
Answer: The man is preferred. Article 57.1 says that, within the same degree, the man is preferred to the woman; the rule orders men and women within the same degree.
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The question in Spanish
Según el artículo 57.1 de la Constitución, ¿qué regla se aplica entre un varón y una mujer del mismo grado de parentesco en la sucesión al trono?
The options
- AThe woman is preferredSe prefiere a la mujer
- BThe woman is always excludedSe excluye siempre a la mujer
- CThe man is preferredSe prefiere al varónCorrect
What the source says
«1. La Corona de España es hereditaria en los sucesores de S. M. Don Juan Carlos I de Borbón, legítimo heredero de la dinastía histórica. La sucesión en el trono seguirá el orden regular de primogenitura y representación, siendo preferida siempre la línea anterior a las posteriores; en la misma línea, el grado más próximo al más remoto; en el mismo grado, el varón a la mujer, y en el mismo sexo, la persona de más edad a la de menos.»
Source: Constitución Española (BOE, texto consolidado), read on 22 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the source prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours.
About number 1056
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