- Madeleine de Bourbon
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Madeleine Duchess of Parma Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon-Busset: old Bourbon, a Jerusalem chief. Spouse Xavier, Duke of Parma Full name Marie Madeleine Yvonne de Bourbon Father Georges de Bourbon-Busset,
Count of LignièresMother Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien Born 23 March 1898 Died 1 September 1984 (aged 86)Madeleine de Bourbon (23 March 1898 – 1 September 1984 in Paris) was the Duchess of Parma (from 1974) and was also Carlist queen of Spain (from 1952) by virtue of marriage to Xavier of Parma, the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne,.
She was born of a cadet branch of the Bourbon-Busset: her father was Georges, Count of Lignières, and her mother Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien.
Prince Xavier, a younger son of Robert of Parma, and Madeleine were married 12 November 1927 in Lignières, France.
In 1936, Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, the last undisputed head of the Carlist movement, appointed her husband Xavier as Regent.
The couple had issue:
- Princess Maria Francisca of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 19 August 1928 and princess Lobkowicz by marriage.
- Carlos Hugo of Parma, Duke of Parma, born 8 April 1930, former Carlist pretender.
- Princess Maria Teresa of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 28 July 1933.
- Princess Cecilia of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 12 April 1935.
- Princess Marie des Neiges of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 29 April 1937.
- Prince Sixtus Henry of Parma, Infante of Spain, born 22 July 1940, actual Carlist pretender.
Madeleine de BourbonCadet branch of the House of BourbonBorn: 23 March 1898 Died: 1 September 1984Titles in pretence Vacant Title last held byMaria das Neves of Portugal— TITULAR —
Queen of Spain
20 May 1952 – 7 May 1977Succeeded by
Irene of the Netherlands2nd Generation 3rd Generation Margherita Aldobrandini*4th Generation 5th Generation none6th Generation 7th Generation none8th Generation none9th Generation 10th Generation 11th Generation 12th Generation Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois13th Generation Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies · Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal · Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies · Infanta Adelgundes of Portgual14th Generation Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria · Hedwig de La Rochefoucauld · Madeleine de Bourbon* · Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg · Princess Margaret of Denmark · Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy · Princess Margaret of Thurn and Taxis · Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium^! · Joan Douglas Dillon*^!15th Generation Princess Irene of the Netherlands · Countess Brigitte of Holstein-Ledreborg · Princess Yolande of Broglie-Revel · Princess Maria Pia of Savoy16th Generation Countess Lydia of Holstein-Ledreborg · Constance de Ravinel**did not have a royal or noble title by birth
^also princess of Luxembourg by marriage
!also princess of Nassau by marriageGerolama Orsini (1545-1547) · Margaret of Austria (1547-1586) · Margherita Aldobrandini (1600-1620) · Margherita de' Medici (1628-1646) · Princess Margherita Violante of Savoy (1660-1663) · Isabella d'Este (1664-1666) · Maria d'Este (1668-1686) · Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1695-1727) · Enrichetta d'Este (1727-1731) · Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1740) · Princess Louise Élisabeth of France (1748-1759) · Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1769-1802) · Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy (1847-1848) · Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (1848-1854) · Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies* (1869-1882) · Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal* (1884-1907) · Madeleine de Bourbon* (1974-1977) · Princess Irene of the Netherlands* (1977-1981) · Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel* (2010-)- denotes titular Duchess
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