Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma

Duchess of Madrid
(m. 1867)
IssueBlanca, Archduchess Leopold Salvator of Austria
Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid
Infanta Elvira
Infanta Beatriz, Princess of Roviano
Alicia, Princess Friedrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Names
French: Marguerite Marie Thérèse Henriette
Italian: Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta
Spanish: Margarita Maria Teresa Enriqueta
HouseBourbon-ParmaFatherCharles III, Duke of ParmaMotherPrincess Louise Marie Thérèse of France

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (Italian: Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta, Principessa di Parma; 1 January 1847 – 29 January 1893) was the eldest child and daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies.

Margherita was thus a great-granddaughter of Charles X of France. She was born in Lucca, Duchy of Parma. She was a niece of Henri, comte de Chambord, disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Through her marriage to Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne.

Early life

She was born in Lucca, Duchy of Parma, was the eldest child and daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies. Margherita was thus a great-granddaughter of Charles X of France. She was a niece of Henri, comte de Chambord, disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883.

Marriage

Margherita married Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este, eldest son of Juan de Borbón y Braganza and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, on 4 February 1867 at Schloss Frohsdorf in Frohsdorf, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire.

Issue

Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, had issue.
  • Jaime de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1870–1931)
  • Elvira de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1871–1929) died unmarried, but with illegitimate issue who bore the name de Bourbon.
  • Beatriz de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1874-1961)
∞ Fabrizio Massimo, Principe di Roviano, had issue.
  • Alicia de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1876–1975)
∞ Friedrich, Prince von Schönburg-Waldenburg, had issue.
∞ Lino del Prete, had issue.

Margherita died on 29 January 1893, in her estate near Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy. Carlos remarried the following year to Princess Marie-Berthe of Rohan-Rochefort.

Ancestry

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Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 1 January 1847 Died: 29 January 1893
Titles in pretence
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Queen consort of Spain
Carlist
24 August 1883 – 29 January 1893
Vacant
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Berthe de Rohan
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Queen consort of France
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24 August 1883 – 29 January 1893
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