Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure of Orléans (24 February 1882 – 18 April 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and paternal great grandmother of King

Felipe VI of Spain Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed For ...

. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe d'Orléans (1838–1894),

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and claimant to the French throne as " Philippe VII". Her mother was

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(1848–1919), daughter of

Antoine, Duke of Montpensier Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orléans; 31 July 18244 February 1890), was a member of the French royal family in the House of Orléans. He was the youngest son of King Louis Philippe of France and his wife Maria A ...

, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.

Marriage and issue

On 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton,

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, UK, Infante Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949), and widower of

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. The couple lived in Madrid and had four children: * Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1908–1936). Killed in the

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fighting on the Nationalist side. *

Princess María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Princess Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (15 November 1909 – 11 May 1996) was a daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Princess Dolores was born into the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and was ...

(1909–1996). In 1937, she married Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907–1946) and had one surviving son,

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. She remarried to Carlos Chías Ossorio on 1950. *

Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (; María de las Mercedes Cristina Genara Isabel Luisa Carolina Victoria y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Orléans; 23 December 1910 – 2 January 2000) was a member of the Spanish royal fami ...

(1910–2000) who married

Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg; 20 June 1913 – 1 April 1993), was a claimant to the Spanish throne as Juan III. He was the third son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII o ...

and became the mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who abdicated in favor of his son in 2014. * Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1914–2005), who married

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Later life

In 1931, when the

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was proclaimed, the family left Spain for Italy and later Switzerland. In 1939, after the victory of

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in the

, they returned to Spain and settled in Seville.

Heraldry

File:Coat of arms of Louise of Orléans (1882–1958) as Spanish Infanta.svg, Coat of Arms of Princess Louise as Infanta of Spain

Ancestry

References

* ''Généalogie des rois et des princes'' by Jan-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998) {{DEFAULTSORT:Louise Of Orleans, Princess 1882 births 1958 deaths 19th-century French people 20th-century French people 19th-century French women 20th-century French women Princesses of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Princesses of France (Orléans) People from Cannes Children of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris Spanish infantas by marriage