Princess Alice of Parma (1849–1935)

Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (Italian: Alicia Maria Carolina Ferdinanda Rachael Giovanna Filomena; 27 December 1849, Parma, Duchy of Parma – 16 November 1935, Schwertberg, Austria) was the youngest daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies. Alice was thus a great-granddaughter of Charles X of France. Alice was a niece of Henri, comte de Chambord, disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883.

Marriage and issue

On 11 January 1868 Alice married Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835–1908) at Schloss Frohsdorf in Lanzenkirchen, Austria. Ferdinand and Alice had ten children:

• Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany (1868–1935). He renounced his titles on 29 December 1902 and took the name Leopold Wölfling. He married thrice.
• Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany (1870–1947)
• Archduke Josef Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany (1872–1942). He married first Rosa Kaltenbrunner and, after divorcing her, he married second Gertrud Tomanek, by whom he had issue. Both marriages were morganatic.
• Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany (1874–1948). Married Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and had issue.
• Archduke Heinrich Ferdinand Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1878–1969). Major General in the Austrian Army. Married morganatically to Maria Karoline Ludescher and had issue.
• Archduchess Anna Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany (1879–1961). Married Johannes, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein.
• Archduchess Margareta, Princess of Tuscany (1881–1965)
• Archduchess Germana, Princess of Tuscany (1884–1955)
• Archduke Robert Ferdinand Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1885–1895)
• Archduchess Agnes Maria, Princess of Tuscany (1891–1895)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 27 December 1849 – 11 January 1868: Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma
• 11 January 1868 – 17 January 1908: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Bourbon-Parma
• 17 January 1908 – 16 November 1935: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Bourbon-Parma

Ancestry

External links

• Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Alix di Borbone, Principessa di Parma". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p11456.htm#i114560. Retrieved 2008-11-23. 
• Paul Theroff. "PARMA". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725072853/http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/parma.html. Retrieved 2008-11-23.