Madeleine de Bourbon
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| Madeleine | |
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| Duchess of Parma | |
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| Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon-Busset: old Bourbon, a Jerusalem chief. | |
| Spouse | Xavier, Duke of Parma |
| Full name | |
| Marie Madeleine Yvonne de Bourbon | |
| Father | Georges de Bourbon-Busset, Count of Lignières |
| Mother | Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien |
| Born | 23 March 1898 Paris, France |
| Died | 1 September 1984 (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Burial | Lignières Castle |
Madeleine de Bourbon (23 March 1898 – 1 September 1984 in Paris) was the Duchess of Parma (from 1974) and was also Carlist queen of Spain (from 1952) by virtue of marriage to Xavier of Parma, the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne,.
She was born of a cadet branch of the Bourbon-Busset: her father was Georges, Count of Lignières, and her mother Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien.
Prince Xavier, a younger son of Robert of Parma, and Madeleine were married 12 November 1927 in Lignières, France.
In 1936, Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, the last undisputed head of the Carlist movement, appointed her husband Xavier as Regent.
The couple had issue:
- Princess Maria Francisca of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 19 August 1928 and princess Lobkowicz by marriage.
- Carlos Hugo of Parma, Duke of Parma, born 8 April 1930, died 18 August 2010 former Carlist pretender.
- Princess Maria Teresa of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 28 July 1933.
- Princess Cecilia Maria of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 12 April 1935.
- Princess Marie des Neiges of Parma, Infanta of Spain, born 29 April 1937.
- Prince Sixtus Henry of Parma, Infante of Spain, born 22 July 1940, actual Carlist pretender.
| Madeleine de Bourbon Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 23 March 1898 Died: 1 September 1984 | ||
| Titles in pretence | ||
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| Vacant Title last held by Maria das Neves of Portugal |
— TITULAR — Queen of Spain 20 May 1952 – 7 May 1977 |
Succeeded by Irene of the Netherlands |
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