Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
Duchess of Madrid
Spouse	Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Issue
Infanta Blanca Jaime, Duke of Madrid Infanta Elvira Infanta Beatriz Infanta Alicia
Full name
Italian: Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta
House	House of Bourbon-Parma House of Bourbon
Father	Charles III, Duke of Parma
Mother	Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
Born	1 January 1847(1847-01-01) Lucca, Duchy of Parma
Died	29 January 1893(1893-01-29) (aged 46) Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma^[1][2] (Italian: Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta, Principessa di Parma^[1][2]) (1 January 1847, Lucca, Duchy of Parma^[1][2] – 29 January 1893, Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy^[1][2]) was the eldest child and daughter^[1][2] of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France,^[1][2] the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies.^[1][2] Margherita was thus a great-granddaughter of Charles X of France.^[1][2] 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, Duke of Madrid, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne, Margherita was titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

Marriage and issue

Margherita married Carlos, Duke of Madrid, eldest son of Juan, Count of Montizón and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este,^[1][2] on 4 February 1867 at Schloss Frohsdorf in Frohsdorf, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire.^[1][2] Margherita and Carlos had five children:^[1][2]

• Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868–1949) m in 1889 at Frohsdorf Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany and had issue.
• Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870–1931)
• Infanta Elvira of Spain (1871–1929) died unmarried but with issue.
• Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1874-1961) married in Venice in 1892 Fabrizio Massimo, Principe di Roviano (his mother was Donna Francesca di Paola Lucchesi-Palli, daughter of Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily and her second husband)
• Infanta Alicia of Spain (1876–1975) married (1) in 1897 Friedrich, Prince von Schönburg-Waldenburg at Venice and had issue, divorced 1903; (2) in 1906 at Viareggio, Lino del Prete and had issue.

Margherita died on 29 January 1893.^[1][2] Carlos remarried the following year to Princess Berthe of Rohan.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 1 January 1847 – 4 February 1867: Her Royal Highness Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
• 4 February 1867 – 29 January 1893: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Madrid, Princess of Bourbon-Parma

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Marguerite di Borbone, Principessa di Parma". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p11176.htm#i111758. Retrieved 2008-11-23. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Paul Theroff. "PARMA". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725072853/http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/parma.html. Retrieved 2008-11-23. 

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma House of Bourbon-Parma Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 1 January 1847 Died: 29 January 1893
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este	— TITULAR — Queen consort of Spain 3 October 1868 – 29 January 1893	Succeeded by Berthe of Rohan
	— TITULAR — Queen consort of France and Navarre 21 November 1887 – 29 January 1893