# the Infanta — Children’s Stories character guide

> the Infanta in Children’s Stories by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The Infanta, The Infanta of Spain

**First appearance:** 0006-the-birthday-of-the-infanta

## Snapshot

A wilful Spanish princess whose birthday festivities reveal both her mother's beauty and her father's grief-shadowed, indulgent love.

## Who they are

The Infanta of Spain rules her birthday terrace with her mother's pretty petulance and proud curved mouth, while the King watches from a window, still wedded to Sorrow three years after the Queen's death. Her whimsical charm and the court's rigid etiquette frame a world of lavish display shadowed by loss and the cruelty of her uncle. Her celebration draws the curious and the poor toward the palace, setting the stage for the day's entertainments and their unexpected cost.

## In the story

### [The Nightingale and the Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/children_s_stories_se/chapters/the-nightingale-and-the-rose)

Not present in this chapter.

### [The Birthday of the Infanta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/children_s_stories_se/chapters/the-birthday-of-the-infanta)

The twelve-year-old Princess of Spain, celebrating her birthday with children of all ranks, amused by the little Dwarf's performance.

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