Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure of Orléans[citation needed] (24 February 1882 – 18 April 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and paternal great grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain.
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Princess Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | |||||
Born | Cannes, France | 24 February 1882||||
Died | 18 April 1958 Seville, Spain | (aged 76)||||
Burial | Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador, Seville | ||||
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House | Orléans | ||||
Father | Prince Philippe, Count of Paris | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans |
Louise was the youngest daughter[citation needed] of Philippe d'Orléans (1838–1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as "Philippe VII". Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans (1848–1919), daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.[citation needed]
Marriage and issue
editOn 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, Infante Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949), and widower of María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias.[citation needed] The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children:[citation needed]
- Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1908–1936). Killed in the Spanish Civil War fighting on the Nationalist side.
- Princess María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1909–1996). In 1937, she married Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907–1946) and had one surviving son, Adam. She remarried to Carlos Chías Ossorio on 1950.
- Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910–2000) who married Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and became the mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who abdicated in favor of his son in 2014.
- Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1914–2005), who married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza.
Later life
editIn 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, the family left Spain for Italy and later Switzerland. In 1939, after the victory of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War, they returned to Spain and settled in Seville.
Heraldry
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Coat of Arms of Princess Louise as Infanta of Spain
Ancestry
editAncestors of Princess Louise of Orléans |
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References
edit- Généalogie des rois et des princes by Jan-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)