Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Don Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (Alfonso Jaime Marcelino Manuel Victor Maria de Borbón y de Dampierre) (French citizen as Alphonse de Bourbon) (1936–1989), also known as the Duke of Cádiz (as he was mostly called in Spain) and Duke of Anjou, was a claimant to the French throne.
He was the elder son of the Infante Jaime of Spain (the eldest surviving son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain) and his wife Emmanuelle de Dampierre. His father renounced all dynastic rights to the Spanish throne a number of times starting in 1933, for himself and future descendants, because of a hearing and speaking disability, but later proclaimed himself the legitimate heir to the French throne and head of the House of Bourbon.
Jaime's claim to the French throne is based on his status as the senior descendant in unbroken male line of Louis XIV, through Louis' grandson Philippe, who became Felipe V of Spain. Felipe V had renounced his claims to the French throne under the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), but some French legitimists claim that this renunciation was invalid under French law.
In 1972, Alfonso contracted a marriage with General Franco's granddaughter, María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú. For a time, Franco toyed with the idea of naming Alfonso as his successor, before designating Juan Carlos as the future monarch. The couple had two sons before divorcing in 1982:
- Don Francisco Alfonso Jaime Cristobal Victor José Gonzalo Cecilio de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú. Born in 1972, died as the result of a car crash in 1984.
- Don Luis-Alfonso Gonzalo Victor Manuel de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú (French citizen as Louis de Bourbon) (born 1974). He continues his father's and grandfather's claim as the current Pretender Duke of Anjou, head of the House of Bourbon, and to some French monarchists, His Most Christian Majesty Louis XX by the Grace of God King of France.
The Duke of Anjou and Cádiz died in a skiing accident in Beaver Creek, Colorado on January 30, 1989.
| House of Bourbon Born: 1936; Died: 1989 |
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| Preceded by: Jaime IV/Jacques II |
* NOT REIGNING * King of Spain Carlist claimants to the throne of Spain (1975-1989) |
Succeeded by: Luis II/Louis XX |
| * NOT REIGNING * King of France Legitimist claimants to the throne of France (1975-1989) |
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