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Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta di Borbone-Parma

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Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta di Borbone-Parma

Birth
Lucca, Provincia di Lucca, Toscana, Italy
Death
29 Jan 1893 (aged 46)
Viareggio, Provincia di Lucca, Toscana, Italy
Burial
Viareggio, Provincia di Lucca, Toscana, Italy Add to Map
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Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta di Borbone-Parma

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (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, Duke of Madrid, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne, Margherita was titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

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

-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 illegitimate issue who bore the name de Bourbon.
-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, in Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy. Carlos remarried the following year to Princess Berthe of Rohan.
Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta di Borbone-Parma

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (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, Duke of Madrid, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne, Margherita was titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

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

-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 illegitimate issue who bore the name de Bourbon.
-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, in Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy. Carlos remarried the following year to Princess Berthe of Rohan.


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