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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.[1]
| Infanta Margherita | |||||
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| Duchess of Madrid | |||||
 Photograph by Atelier Nadar, 1878 | |||||
| Consort of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne | |||||
| Pretence | 3 October 1868 - 29 January 1893 | ||||
| Consort of the Legitimist pretender to the French throne | |||||
| Pretence | 21 November 1887 - 29 January 1893 | ||||
| Born | 1 January 1847 Lucca, Duchy of Parma | ||||
| Died | 29 January 1893 (aged 46) Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy | ||||
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| Issue | Blanca, Archduchess Leopold Salvator of Austria Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid Infanta Elvira Infanta Beatriz, Princess of Roviano Alicia, Princess Friedrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Father | Charles III, Duke of Parma | ||||
| Mother | Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France | ||||
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
editShe was born the 1 January 1847 in Lucca, Duchy of Parma. Margherita was the eldest child and daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, who's 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.
She grew up in Parma until the Risorgimento. After that, her brother was deposed so the family moved in Venice. Here, Margherita's mother died. The siblings moved in their uncle's castle, Schloss Frohsdorf in Austria.
Marriage
editMargherita 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
edit- Blanca de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1868–1949)
- ∞ 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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References
edit- ^ Almanacco di corte per l'Anno 1856. (1856). Parma: (n.p.). Accessed via Google Books. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Almanacco_di_corte/GqESAAAAYAAJ
