Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou

Louis Alphonse de Bourbon Duke of Anjou Pretender Born 25 April 1974 (1974-04-25) (age 37) Madrid (Spain) Regnal name claimed Louis XX, King of France and Navarre Title(s) Duke of Anjou (disputed) Throne(s) claimed France, Navarre Pretend from January 30, 1989 – present Monarchy abolished 1830 Last monarch Charles X Connection with third cousin, six times removed Royal House Bourbon Father Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz Mother María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco Spouse María Margarita Vargas Santaella Children Princess Eugénie Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy Prince Alphonse, Duke of Berry

French Royal Family Legitimist HRH The Duke of Anjou HRH The Duchess of Anjou HRH Princess Eugenie HRH The Duke of Burgundy HRH The Duke of Berry v · French: Louis Alphonse Gonzalve Victor Emmanuel Marc de Bourbon; but "Louis" (Luis) was not originally among his given names Spanish: Alfonso Jaime Marcelino Manuel Victor Maria de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú;[3][4][5] born 25 April 1974, Madrid) is the Head of the House of Bourbon. By the Legitimist movement, which considers the renunciation of Philip V of Spain invalid, Louis Alphonse is the rightful pretender to the former French throne as the head of the French Royal House. He is styled "duke of Anjou", although the French courts have ruled that this is an abolished title.[6][7] Louis Alphonse is a great-grandson of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and first cousin once removed of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. He is also a great-grandson of Spain's former head of state, General Francisco Franco, who accorded his father the hereditary title "Duke of Cadiz" and the style of Royal Highness.[3] According to Legitimist usage, dynasts who are French nationals are accorded the style Prince of the Blood (prince du sang). Life Louis Alphonse was born in Madrid, the second son of Alfonso, and of his wife Doña María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco. Alfonso was at that time the dauphin according to those who supported the claim of his father, Infante Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Segovia, to the French throne. On 20 March 1975, the Infante Jaime ("Jacques-Henri VI"), Duke of Anjou and Segovia, died. Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz thereby became Legitimist head of the French Royal House. As such, he took the title Duke of Anjou,[7] and on 19 September 1981 gave Louis Alphonse the title Duke of Touraine. Louis Alphonse's parents divorced in 1982. The religious marriage was annulled in 1986. His mother has since remarried civilly twice; he had two half-sisters Mathilda (deceased) and Marella, and a half-brother Frederick, all born before her mother's marriage to Jean-Marie Rossi and a half-sister, Cynthia Rossi, born afterwards. On 7 February 1984, Louis Alphonse's older brother Francisco died as the result of a car crash. From that date Louis Alphonse has been recognised as the heir apparent to his father by Legitimists. As such, he was given the additional title Duke of Bourbon on September 27 of that year by his father. In 1987, the Spanish government declared that the title Duke of Cádiz would not be hereditary (as this title is traditionally attached to the Crown). On 30 January 1989, his father died in a skiing accident in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Louis Alphonse became "Chef de la Maison de Bourbon" (Head of the French Royal House of Bourbon) and took the title Duke of Anjou, but not his father's Spanish dukedom. He is considered the pretender to the French throne by adherents of the Legitimist movement. Louis Alphonse studied economics. He worked several years for BNP Paribas, a French bank in Madrid. Although he regularly visited France, where his mother lived for several years, he continued to live in Spain. His engagement to marry Venezuelan heiress María Margarita Vargas Santaella (Marie Marguerite) was announced in November 2003. They were married civilly in Caracas on 5 November 2004 and religiously on 6 November 2004 in La Romana, Dominican Republic. None of the members of the Spanish Royal Family attended the wedding. Though no official reason was given, it is not a secret that the King of Spain does not like his cousin's claim to the French throne and the fact that Luis Alfonso signed the wedding invitation as Duke of Anjou did not sit well with the king.[8] The couple lived in Venezuela beginning 2005, where he worked at Banco Occidental de Descuento, before moving to the United States. They currently reside in New York. In June 2006, Louis Alphonse refused to attend his mother's third wedding, because he does not agree with her way of life as a celebrity and her separation from her previous husband, a man whom he greatly respects.[9] Louis Alphonse and Marie Marguerite had their first child, a daughter, named Eugénie on 5 March 2007 at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was baptised at the papal nunciature in Paris in June 2007. Legitimists recognise her as Princess Eugénie of Bourbon; in Spain her name is Doña Eugenia de Borbón y Vargas. The couple had twin boys, Louis and Alphonse on 28 May 2010.[10] Louis has been given the title of Duke of Burgundy (duc de Bourgogne), and Alphonse the title of Duke of Berry (duc de Berry). Prince Louis, as Legitimist Dauphin of France, will succeed his father as head of the French Royal House in Legitimist reckoning. In Spain, the boys are Don Luis and Don Alfonso de Borbón y Vargas. Legitimist pretender Historical Background His supporters call themselves Legitimists (légitimistes), one of three monarchist parties supporting different claimants to a restored throne of France. The term was originally applied to those who supported Charles X of France (and, later, his descendants) after his deposition as King of France by his cousin, Louis-Philippe on 9 August 1830. Louis-Philippe had been Duke of Orléans so his supporters were called Orléanists. When Charles X's grandson, Henri, Count of Chambord, died on 24 August 1883, some Legitimists joined the Orleanists in recognising Louis-Philippe's grandson, Philippe, Comte de Paris, as the rightful heir. Others transferred their loyalty to members of the Spanish Royal Family who were descended from Philip V of Spain, a grandson of Louis XIV of France. King Philip renounced his claim to the French throne as a condition stipulated in the Treaty of Utrecht for the Historical powers to recognize him and his direct heirs as King of Spain. Even though ratified by Louis XIV and registered in the Parlement of Paris, Legitimists regard the renunciation clauses of the treaty as invalid because, under the ancien regime's fundamental law of the French monarchy, neither a king nor his heirs may alter succession to the French throne, by renunciation or any other known means. Louis Alphonse is the current claimant, in the view of this group.[3][5] The claims of Orléans Since the extinction of the elder line of the House of Bourbon (descended from Louis, Duke of Burgundy), following the death without heirs of Henri, Count of Chambord in 1883, members descended from the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon became the senior line of the Bourbons and were hailed as rightful kings of France henceforth by those Legitimists who did not defect to the House of Orléans. In 1988 and 1989, French courts dismissed lawsuits by Henri d'Orléans to prohibit use of the title "Duke of Anjou" and of the undifferenced arms of France by Alphonse de Bourbon, father of Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, on the grounds that Orléans failed to establish his own right to bear the Anjou ducal title and undifferenced arms. Thus he lacked the standing to challenge another's use thereof. The courts also noted that this ruling reflected their disinclination, on behalf of the French Republic, to implicitly adjudicate the dynastic rivalry.[7] Titles, styles and and honours Styles In Spain: His Excellency Don Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú (1974 - present) Internationally, in pretence: His Royal Highness Prince Louis Alphonse de Bourbon (1974 - 1984) His Royal Highness The Duke of Touraine (1981 - 1984) His Royal Highness The Duke of Bourbon (1984 - 1989) His Royal Highness The Duke of Anjou (1989 - present) Titles Louis Alphonse is currently the Head of the House of Bourbon,[11] and claims the following titles: Titular Duke of Anjou[3][5] Titular Duke of Touraine[12] Titular Duke of Bourbon[12] Titular King of France[11] Titular King of Navarre Honours Louis Alphonse is Grand Master of the following dynastic orders:[13] Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Ghost Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael Grand Master of the Order of Saint Louis Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Spirit The Grand Mastership of the first three orders are disputed between Prince Louis Alphonse as Legitimist pretender and Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, the Orleanist pretender. The Legitimist pretenders to the French throne have continued to nominate members of the Order of the Holy Spirit, long after the abolition of the French monarchy itself. He is furthermore Knight of the following Order: Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta[14] Ancestors See also; Descendants of Louis XIV of France. Patrilineal descent Patrilineal descent Louis is the Head of the House of Bourbon, the senior-surviving branch of the Capetian dynasty and thus, of the Robertians. Louis' patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. Patrilineal descent was the principle behind membership in most European royal houses until the twenty-first century. It reflects the of Louis Alphonse de Bourbon back to the first documentd Robertien prince through kings of Spain, then France, through the dukes of Bourbon and before them, the kings of France. The line can be traced back more than 1,400 years and is one of the oldest in Europe. Robert or Radon, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia in 613 Robert, Referendary in 629 and Duke in 631 Erlebert, Noble of Therouanne Robert, Mayor of the Palace of Neustria in 653, Referendary in 658 and Count in Alsace in 673 Lambert II, Count of Neustria, 678–741 Robert I of Worms and Rheingau, d. 764 Thuringbert of Worms and Rheingau Robert II of Worms and Rheingau, 770–807 Robert III of Worms and Rheingau, 808–834 Robert IV the Strong, 820–866 Robert I of France, 866–923 Hugh the Great, 895–956 Hugh Capet, 941–996 Robert II of France, 972–1031 Henry I of France, 1008–1060 Philip I of France, 1053–1108 Louis VI of France, 1081–1137 Louis VII of France, 1120–1180 Philip II of France, 1165–1223 Louis VIII of France, 1187–1226 Louis IX of France, 1214–1270 Robert, Count of Clermont, 1256–1317 Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, c. 1280–1342 James I, Count of La Marche, 1315–1362 John I, Count of La Marche, 1344–1393 Louis, Count of Vendôme, c. 1376–1446 Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, 1428–1478 François, Count of Vendôme, 1470–1495 Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, 1489–1537 Antoine of Navarre, 1518–1562 Henry IV of France, 1553–1610 Louis XIII of France, 1601–1643 Louis XIV of France, 1638–1715 Louis, le Grand Dauphin, 1661-1711 Philip V of Spain, 1683-1746 Charles III of Spain, 1716-1788 Charles IV of Spain, 1748-1819 Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain, 1794-1865 Infante Francis, Duke of Cádiz, 1822-1902 Alfonso XII of Spain, 1857-1885 Alfonso XIII of Spain, 1886-1941 Infante Jaime of Spain, Duke of Segovia, 1908-1975 Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, 1936-1989 Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, b. 1974 Notes Kingdom of France portal ^ His name is given in this style by Olga S. Opfell in Royalty who wait: the 21 heads of formerly regnant houses of Europe (2001), p. 11. ^ His name as described in his biography at the website of the Institut Duc d’Anjou ^ a b c d Eilers, Marlene A. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Princess Beatrice. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 166, 181. ISBN 91-630-5964-9 ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendanace de Marie-Therese de Habsburg Reine de Hongrie and Boheme. Maison royale regnante d'Espagne. ICC/Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris, 1999, p. 535. ISBN 2-908003-04-X. In French. ^ a b c Willis, Daniel A. The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain. The Descendants of Princess Anne, The Princess of Orange. Clearfield, Baltimore, 2002. p. 231. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1 ^ Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans et autres c. Prince Alphonse de Bourbon , 21 Dec 1988. JCP 89.II.21213. ^ a b c Gazette du Palais, Tribunal de grande instance de Paris (1re Ch.) 21 décembre 1988, accompanied by the comments of G. Poulon, président de chambre honoraire à la cour de Paris. Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans et autres c. Prince Alphonse de Bourbon. 8 March 1990. In French. ^ de Dampierre, a cuchillo contra Carmen Martínez Bordíu ^ relaciones ^ Los Duques de Anjou anuncian el nacimiento de sus hijos Luis y Alfonso ^ a b French royalists celebrate the birth of twin sons to Louis XX, rightful King of France - website of The Daily Telegraph ^ a b Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company.  ^ icoc register 2004: dynastic orders - website of the ICOC ^ LES CHEVALIERS DE L’HUMANITAIRE - website of the SMOM Bibliography Thierry Ardisson. Louis XX. Contre-enquête sur la monarchie., Olivier Orban, 1986, ISBN 2-85565-334-7 Apezarena, José. Luis Alfonso de Borbón: Un príncipe a la espera. Forthcoming. Cassani Pironti, Fabio. Bref crayon généalogique de S.A.R. la Princesse Marie-Marguerite, Duchesse d'Anjou, née Vargas Santaella, Le Lien Légitimiste, n. 16, 2007. Opfell, Olga S. 'H.R.H. Louis-Alphonse, Prince of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou: Royal House of France (House of Bourbon," Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2001. 11-32. External links Institut de la Maison de Bourbon of which he is Président d'honneur under the appellation: Mgr le Prince Louis, duc d’Anjou[1] Institut Duc d'Anjou Louis XX of France House of Bourbon Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 25 April 1974 French nobility Preceded by Alphonse II Duke of Anjou January 30, 1989 – present Incumbent Heir: Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy Preceded by François de Bourbon Duke of Bourbon September 27, 1984 - present New title Duke of Touraine September 19, 1981 – September 27, 1984 Title dissolved Titles in pretence Preceded by Alphonse II — TITULAR — King of France and Navarre Legitimist pretender to the French throne January 30, 1989 – present Reason for succession failure: Bourbon monarchy deposed in 1830 Incumbent Heir: Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. 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