Prince Michel de Bourbon de Parme (full given name: Michel Marie Xavier Waldemar Georg Robert Karl Eymar) was a son of Prince René de Bourbon de Parme and his wife Princess Margrethe of Denmark. He was a grandson of Roberto I, Duca di Parma (1848–1907), and through his mother he was a great-grandson of Christian IX, King of Denmark. Prince Michel was the younger brother of Queen Anne of Romania.
His family fled France following the German invasion and settled in the United States. He joined the US Army at the age of seventeen and was parachuted into Nazi-occupied France as part of a three-man sabotage team, operating deep behind German lines. After the end of World War II, he was deployed to Indochina in order to fight against the Viet Minh. He was captured and spent eleven months as a prisoner-of-war. Prince Michel was one of 3,000 prisoners to survive of the 12,000 French prisoners taken by the Viet Minh. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honour, for his services during the war, and was also awarded the British Military Cross and the Croix de guerre.
He was married in a civil wedding at Paris on May 23, 1951, and religiously at Chaillot on June 9, 1951, to Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel, daughter of Prince Joseph de Broglie-Revel and his wife, Marguerite de La Cour de Balleroy, with whom he had issue. They were divorced in 1999.
He was married at Manalapan, Florida, U.S.A., to Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, previously the wife of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and a daughter of King Umberto II of Italy and of Princess Marie José of Belgium.
Prince Michel spent the latter part of his life dividing his time between his house in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and his house in Palm Beach, Florida.
His funeral was held Sunday, July 15, 2018 at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris.
His family fled France following the German invasion and settled in the United States. He joined the US Army at the age of seventeen and was parachuted into Nazi-occupied France as part of a three-man sabotage team, operating deep behind German lines. After the end of World War II, he was deployed to Indochina in order to fight against the Viet Minh. He was captured and spent eleven months as a prisoner-of-war. Prince Michel was one of 3,000 prisoners to survive of the 12,000 French prisoners taken by the Viet Minh. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honour, for his services during the war, and was also awarded the British Military Cross and the Croix de guerre.
He was married in a civil wedding at Paris on May 23, 1951, and religiously at Chaillot on June 9, 1951, to Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel, daughter of Prince Joseph de Broglie-Revel and his wife, Marguerite de La Cour de Balleroy, with whom he had issue. They were divorced in 1999.
He was married at Manalapan, Florida, U.S.A., to Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, previously the wife of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and a daughter of King Umberto II of Italy and of Princess Marie José of Belgium.
Prince Michel spent the latter part of his life dividing his time between his house in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and his house in Palm Beach, Florida.
His funeral was held Sunday, July 15, 2018 at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris.
Prince Michel de Bourbon de Parme (full given name: Michel Marie Xavier Waldemar Georg Robert Karl Eymar) was a son of Prince René de Bourbon de Parme and his wife Princess Margrethe of Denmark. He was a grandson of Roberto I, Duca di Parma (1848–1907), and through his mother he was a great-grandson of Christian IX, King of Denmark. Prince Michel was the younger brother of Queen Anne of Romania.
His family fled France following the German invasion and settled in the United States. He joined the US Army at the age of seventeen and was parachuted into Nazi-occupied France as part of a three-man sabotage team, operating deep behind German lines. After the end of World War II, he was deployed to Indochina in order to fight against the Viet Minh. He was captured and spent eleven months as a prisoner-of-war. Prince Michel was one of 3,000 prisoners to survive of the 12,000 French prisoners taken by the Viet Minh. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honour, for his services during the war, and was also awarded the British Military Cross and the Croix de guerre.
He was married in a civil wedding at Paris on May 23, 1951, and religiously at Chaillot on June 9, 1951, to Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel, daughter of Prince Joseph de Broglie-Revel and his wife, Marguerite de La Cour de Balleroy, with whom he had issue. They were divorced in 1999.
He was married at Manalapan, Florida, U.S.A., to Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, previously the wife of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and a daughter of King Umberto II of Italy and of Princess Marie José of Belgium.
Prince Michel spent the latter part of his life dividing his time between his house in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and his house in Palm Beach, Florida.
His funeral was held Sunday, July 15, 2018 at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris.
His family fled France following the German invasion and settled in the United States. He joined the US Army at the age of seventeen and was parachuted into Nazi-occupied France as part of a three-man sabotage team, operating deep behind German lines. After the end of World War II, he was deployed to Indochina in order to fight against the Viet Minh. He was captured and spent eleven months as a prisoner-of-war. Prince Michel was one of 3,000 prisoners to survive of the 12,000 French prisoners taken by the Viet Minh. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honour, for his services during the war, and was also awarded the British Military Cross and the Croix de guerre.
He was married in a civil wedding at Paris on May 23, 1951, and religiously at Chaillot on June 9, 1951, to Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel, daughter of Prince Joseph de Broglie-Revel and his wife, Marguerite de La Cour de Balleroy, with whom he had issue. They were divorced in 1999.
He was married at Manalapan, Florida, U.S.A., to Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, previously the wife of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and a daughter of King Umberto II of Italy and of Princess Marie José of Belgium.
Prince Michel spent the latter part of his life dividing his time between his house in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and his house in Palm Beach, Florida.
His funeral was held Sunday, July 15, 2018 at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris.
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