Infante (masculine) or infanta (feminine), also anglicised as infant, was the title and rank given in the European kingdoms of Spain (includings the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre and León) and Portugal to a son or daughter of the king, or to a grandson or granddaughter in the male line of a reigning monarch (and also to a princess's children if she was the heir apparent to the throne). Female consorts of princes of the blood when married automatically gained the title In… (More on Infante)