Francisco de Paula Enrique María Luis de Borbón y Borbón (16 November 1912 – 18 November 1995) was a Spanish aristocrat and a distant relative of the

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.Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 550-554. (French). He had a brilliant and outstanding military career as a

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and commander of the cavalry in the

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Life and family

He was born in

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as the youngest child and second son of

Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre ( es, Francisco de Paula de Borbón y La Torre; 16 January 1882 – 6 December 1952) was a Spanish aristocrat, military officer ( Captaincy General) and member of parliament in Spain. He was a cousin of King ...

(1882–1953) and his wife, Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville (1888–1967). He descended from a

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line of the Spanish branch of the

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and was a relative of King

Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Nov ...

. He renounced his rights to succeed to his mother's ducal title in 1968, in favour of his eldest son.

Marriages and issue

He was married on 4 October 1942 at

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to Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel (13 October 1925 in

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– 16 May 1962 in Málaga), daughter of Ignacio Escasany y Ancell and Enriqueta de Miquel y Mas, 2nd . The couple had two sons: *

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(born 16 November 1943 in Madrid) : ∞ Countess Beatrice Wilhelmine Paula von

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(28 June 1947 in

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– 14 March 2020 in

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), daughter of Count Günther von Hardenberg and Princess Maria Josepha Egona zu

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, on 7 July 1973 at

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, and divorced on 30 June 1989 in Madrid, with issue: ::* Olivia Enriqueta María Josefa de Borbón y Hardenberg (born 6 April 1974 in

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) ::: ∞ Julián Porras-Figueroa Toledano (born 3 October 1982 in

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) on 4 October 2014 at Marbella, with issue: ::::* Flavia María Josepha Porras y de Borbón (born 30 November 2016) ::::* Fernando Enrique Porras y de Borbón (born 14 August 2018) ::* Cristina Elena de Borbón y Hardenberg (2 September 1975 in Madrid – 13 February 2020 in Madrid) ::* (born 21 January 1979 in Madrid) : ∞ Isabelle Eugénie Karanitsch (born 23 November 1959 in

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), daughter of Franz M. Karanitsch and Tatjana Cimlov Karacevcev, on 19 October 1991 at Vienna, and divorced on 17 June 1993 in Madrid, without issue. : ∞ María de los Ángeles de Vargas-Zúñiga y Juanes (born 19 November 1954 in

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), daughter of Manuel de Vargas-Zúñiga y la Calzada and María de los Ángeles de Juanes y Lago, on 2 September 2000 at Marbella, without issue (however, she has two children from a previous marriage to Ernesto Díaz Bastien). * Alfonso Carlos de Borbón y Escasany (born 10 February 1945 in Madrid) : ∞ María Luisa Yordi y Villacampa (born 15 April 1949 in Madrid), daughter of Lucian Yordi and María Luisa Villacampa, on 2 July 1971 at Madrid, with issue: ::* Alfonso Nicolás Enrique de Borbón y Yordi (born 16 November 1973 in Madrid) ::: ∞ María Eugenia Silva Hernández-Mancha (born 13 January 1976 in Madrid), daughter of Antonio Silva Jaraquemada and María Eugenia Hernández Mancha, with issue: :::* Alfonso de Borbón y Silva (born 1 April 2014 in Madrid) :::* Jerónimo de Borbón y Silva (born 14 June 2017 in Madrid) ::* Alejandra María Luisa de Borbón y Yordi (born 24 May 1976 in Madrid) ::: ∞ Juan Bosco de Ussía Hornedo, son of Alfonso de Ussía y Muñoz-Seca and María del Pilar Hornedo y Muguiro, on 20 June 2008 at

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, with issue: :::* Tristan de Ussía y Borbón (born 31 October 2011 in Madrid) :::* Santiago de Ussía y Borbón (born 31 October 2011 in Madrid) Francisco married for the second time on 15 March 1967 at Madrid to María Josefa García de Lóbez y Salvador (11 December 1928 in Madrid – 28 March 2002 in Madrid), daughter of Nicolas García and Dolores Salvador. They had one son: * Enrique Ignacio de Borbón y García de Lóbez (born 18 March 1970 in Madrid)

Order of Saint Lazarus

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** Grand Master (1956–1967 and 1973–1995); elected after the death of his father **

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(1935) During his tenure, the order suffered a

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which led to the development of two obediences, termed the ''Malta Obedience'' and the ''Paris Obedience''. He continued to lead the ''Malta Obedience'' until his death in 1995. Under his leadership, a 1986 attempt to reunite the two obediences proved unsuccessful; they were subsequently reunited in 2008, after his death.

Patrilineal descent

Francisco's patriline is the line from which he is descended from father to son.

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is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations, which means that Francisco is a member of the

. ;House of Bourbon #

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, c. 765–807 #

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, 800–834 #

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, 820–866 #

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, 866–923 #

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, 898–956 #

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, c. 939–996 #

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, 972–1031 #

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, 1008–1060 #

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, 1052–1108 #

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, 1081–1137 #

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, 1165–1223 #

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, 1187–1226 #

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, 1214–1270 #

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, 1256–1317 #

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, 1279–1342 #

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, 1319–1362 #

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, 1344–1393 #

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, 1376–1446 #

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, 1426–1478 #

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, 1470–1495 #

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, 1553–1610 #

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, 1601–1643 #

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, 1683–1746 #

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, 1716–1788 #

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, 1748–1819 #

Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles IV of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Parma , birth_date = , birth_place = Aranjuez, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_place = El Escorial Infante F ...

, 1794–1865 #

Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville , house =Bourbon , father =Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain , mother =Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies , birth_date = , birth_place =Seville, Spain , death_date = , death_place =Madrid, Kingdom of Spain , b ...

, 1823–1870 # Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Castellví, 1853–1942 #

, 1882–1952 #Francisco de Borbón y Borbón, 1912–1995

References

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