it, Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta
es, Margarita Maria Teresa Enriqueta , spouse = , issue = Blanca, Archduchess Leopold Salvator of Austria
Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid
Infanta Elvira
Infanta Beatriz, Princess of Roviano
Alicia, Princess Friedrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg , father =

Charles III, Duke of Parma , image = Charles III, Duke of Parma.JPG , caption = , birth_date = , birth_place = Villa delle Pianore, Lucca, Duchy of Parma , death_date = , death_place = Parma, Duchy of Parma , house = Bourbon-Parma , spouse = Princess Louise Mari ...

, mother =

Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (21 September 1819 – 1 February 1864) was a duchess and later a regent of Parma. She was the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of King Charles X of France and Princess Caroline o ...

, house =

Bourbon-Parma The House of Bourbon-Parma ( it, Casa di Borbone di Parma) is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, whose members once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Guastalla, and Lucca. The House descended from the French C ...

, religion = Roman Catholicism Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma ( it, Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta, Principessa di Parma; 1 January 1847 – 29 January 1893) was the eldest child and daughter of

and

, the eldest daughter of

Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry (24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820) was the third child and younger son of Charles X, King of France, (whom he predeceased) by his wife Maria Theresa of Savoy. In June 1832, two years after the overthro ...

and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies. Margherita was thus a great-granddaughter of Charles X of France. She was born in

Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one ...

, Duchy of Parma. She was a

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Henri, comte de Chambord Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (french: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as He ...

, disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the

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to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Through her marriage to Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este,

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claimant to the Spanish throne.

Early life

She was born in

, Duchy of Parma, was the eldest child and daughter of

and

, the eldest daughter of

and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies. Margherita was thus a great-granddaughter of Charles X of France. She was a

, disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the

to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883.

Marriage

Margherita married Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este, eldest son of Juan de Borbón y Braganza and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, on 4 February 1867 at Schloss Frohsdorf in

Frohsdorf Lanzenkirchen is a market town in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Lanzenkirchen is situated on the river Leitha, south of the city Wiener Neustadt, at the foot of the Rosaliengebirge mountain ...

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence ...

Issue

* Blanca de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1868–1949) : ∞

Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (Leopold Salvator Maria Joseph Ferdinand Franz von Assisi Karl Anton von Padua Johann Baptist Januarius Aloys Gonzaga Rainer Wenzel Galius von Österreich-Toskana) (15 October 1863 – 4 September ...

, had issue. * Jaime de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1870–1931) * Elvira de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1871–1929) died unmarried, but with illegitimate issue who bore the name ''de Bourbon''. * Beatriz de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1874-1961) : ∞

Fabrizio Massimo, Principe di Roviano Fabrizio is an Italian first name, from the Latin word "Faber" meaning "smith" and may refer to: * Fabrizio Barbazza (born 1963), Italian Formula One driver * Fabrizio Barca (born 1954), Italian politician * Fabrizio Brienza (born 1969), Italian mo ...

, had issue. * Alicia de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1876–1975) : ∞ Friedrich, Prince von Schönburg-Waldenburg, had issue. : ∞ Lino del Prete, had issue. Margherita died on 29 January 1893, in

Viareggio Viareggio () is a city and ''comune'' in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 62,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after Lucca. It is known as a seaside resort as ...

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. Carlos remarried the following year to Princess Marie-Berthe of Rohan-Rochefort.

Ancestry

References

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