Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
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Marie Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset (born March 23, 1898 - died September 1, 1984 in Paris) became Duchess of Parma in 1974 and was also Carlist Queen of Spain by her marriage to Francisco Javier de Borbón-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, a Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne.
She was born of a cadet branch of the Bourbon-Busset and her father was titled Count of Lignières.
Prince Xavier, a younger son of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Madeleine were married November 12, 1927 in Lignières, France. In 1936, Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, the last undisputed head of the Carlist dynasty, appointed her husband Xavier as Regent.
The couple had six children:
- María Francisca, Infanta of Spain, Princess of Parma, born August 19, 1928. Princess Lobkowicz by marriage.
- Carlos Hugo, titular Duke of Parma, born April 8, 1930.
- María Teresa, Infanta of Spain, Princess of Parma, born July 28, 1933.
- Cecilia, Infanta of Spain, Princess of Parma, born April 12, 1935.
- María de las Nieves, Infanta of Spain, Princess of Parma, born April 29, 1937.
- Sixto Enrique, Infante of Spain, Prince of Parma, born July 22, 1940. Carlist Regent.
