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Duchess of Madrid
Infanta Margherita
Duchess of Madrid
Photograph by Atelier Nadar, 1878
Consort of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne
Pretence3 October 1868 - 29 January 1893
Consort of the Legitimist pretender to the French throne
Pretence21 November 1887 - 29 January 1893
Born(1847-01-01)1 January 1847
Lucca, Duchy of Parma
Died29 January 1893(1893-01-29) (aged 46)
Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse Infante Carlos, Duke 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-Parma
FatherCharles III, Duke of Parma
MotherPrincess 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 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

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

Ancestors of Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
8. Louis I of Etruria
4. Charles II, Duke of Parma
9. Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca
2. Charles III, Duke of Parma
10. Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
5. Maria Theresa of Savoy
11. Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
1. Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
12. Charles X of France
6. Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
13. Maria Theresa of Savoy
3. Louise of Artois
14. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
7. Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily
15. Maria Clementina of Austria

References

  1. 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
Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma House of Bourbon-ParmaCadet branch of the House of BourbonBorn: 1 January 1847 Died: 29 January 1893
Titles in pretence
Preceded byMaria Beatrix of Austria-Este — TITULAR —
Queen consort of Spain
Carlist
3 October 1868 – 29 January 1893
VacantTitle next held byBerthe de Rohan
— TITULAR —
Queen consort of France
Legitimist
18 November 1887 – 29 January 1893
Princesses of Parma by birth
1st generationVittoria, Duchess of Urbino
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Since 1987, the spouses of infantes are no longer infantas.
  • *also an Infanta in her own right
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