Princess Louise of Orléans

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Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure of Orléans[1] (24 February 1882 – 18 April 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and paternal great grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain.

Princess Louise
Princess Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Born(1882-02-24)24 February 1882
Cannes, France
Died18 April 1958(1958-04-18) (aged 76)
Seville, Spain
Burial
Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador, Seville
Spouse
(m. 1907; died 1949)
Issue
Names
French: Louise Françoise Marie Laure
HouseOrléans
FatherPrince Philippe, Count of Paris
MotherPrincess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

Louise was the youngest daughter [1] 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.[1]

Marriage and issue

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On 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.[1] The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children:[1]

Later life

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In 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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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Darryl Lundy (10 March 2007). "Louise Françoise Marie Laure d'Orléans, Prince de France". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  • Généalogie des rois et des princes by Jan-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)