Full name: María Teresa Cecilia Zita Carlotta de Bourbon-Parma
Occupation: Professor

A member of the Bourbon-Parma royal family has died after contracting COVID-19. Princess Maria Teresa passed away in Paris at the age of 86, with the announcement made by her nephew, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma.
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma dies in Paris of coronavirus, CoVID19, at 86 years old. María Teresa de Borbón y Parma, Princess Maria Teresa was born in 1933 to parents, Prince Xavier and Madeleine de Bourbon, who had six children in total. She died without marrying or bearing children of her own, but is survived by a number of nieces and nephews, including Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Princess Margarita, Prince Jaime and Princess Maria-Caroline.
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MARCH 27, 2020 - 12:35 CET
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She grew up at the Old Bostz Castle, Besson, Bourbonnais. Having attended middle school in Tours, she went on to hold a doctorate in Hispanic studies from Paris-Sorbonne University and another doctorate in political sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid; she was a professor at both universities. She also studied Islam and how it related to women's rights. Also a Socialist activist and fought for women's rights.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Maria Teresa supported her brother, Carlos Hugo, in his fight to make the Spanish Carlist party more liberal. Her roots and views attracted many personalities, leading her to meet André Malraux, François Mitterrand, Yasser Arafat and Hugo Chávez, and earned her the nickname of 'Red Princess'.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected thousands of people across the globe, including royalty. Prince Albert of Monaco, 62, was confirmed to be the first head of state to have tested positive for the virus, while the Prince of Wales, 71, was also confirmed to have coronavirus this week, Mar 25, after displaying 'mild symptoms.'

Xavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, known in France before 1974 as Prince Xavier de Bourbon-Parme, known in Spain as Francisco Javier de Borbón-Parma y de Braganza or simply as Don Javier (25 May 1889 – 7 May 1977), was the head of the ducal House of Bourbon-Parma and Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain.
Burial: Solesmes Abbey
m. 1927
Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset (23 March 1898 – 1 September 1984 in Paris) was the titular Duchess of Parma (from 1974) and was also Carlist queen of Spain (from 1952) as the consort of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne.
Burial: Lignières Castle
Spouse: Xavier, Duke of Parma
Full name: Marie Madeleine Yvonne de Bourbon-Busset

Her brother Carlos Hugo De Bourbon-Parma #69865956
b.8 Apr 1930 Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
d.18 Aug 2010 (aged 80) Barcelona, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain

Dukes of Parma: In the crypt are the tombs of twenty-six members of the Farnese family including Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and his wife Infanta Maria of Portugal. Also the later (titular) Dukes of Parma and Piacenza (of the House of Bourbon-Parma) found here their final resting place. In a niche is a crystal urn containing the heart of Charles III, Duke of Parma.
On 28 August 2010, the body of Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, former Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma between 1977 and 2010 and ex-husband of Princess Irene of the Netherlands, was interred in the crypt.

On 29 September 2012, Carlos Hugo's granddaughter, Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma, first child of Carlos, Duke of Parma, was baptised at the church.
She was the 5th cousin, once removed of the current King of Spain, Felipe VI.

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was a French-Spanish activist and academic. She was a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family. She was a socialist activist, earning the nickname "Red Princess", and a monarchist who supported the Carlist movement. She is the first royal to have died of COVID-19.