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Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

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Born
  
24 February 1882Cannes, France (
1882-02-24
)

Burial
  
Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador, Seville

Issue
  
Prince CarlosDolores, Princess Augustyn Józef CzartoryskiInfanta Mercedes, Countess of BarcelonaEsperanza, Princess Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

Father
  
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

Died
  
18 April 1958, Seville, Spain

Spouse
  
Children
  
Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Parents
  
Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

Siblings
  
Amélie of Orléans, Princess Hélène of Orléans

Similar
  
Prince Carlos of Bourbon, Princess María de las Merce, Princess Marie Isabelle o, Prince Philippe - Count of, Princess Maria de la Esperanz

Princess louise of orl ans princess of the bourbon two sicilies


Louise d'Orléans (24 February 1882 – 18 April 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

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Louise was the youngest daughter 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.

Marriage and issue

On 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, Infante Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949), and widower of Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Infanta of Spain. The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children:

  • Prince Don Carlos of Bourbon- Two Sicilies (1908–1936). Killed in the Spanish Civil War fighting on the Nationalist side.
  • Princess Doña María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1909–1996). In 1937, she married Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907–1946) and had one surviving son, Adam. She remarried to Carlos Chías Ossorio on 1950.
  • Princess Doña María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910–2000) who married Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and became the mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who abdicated in favor of his son in 2014..
  • Princess Doña María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1914–2005), who married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza.
  • Later life

    In 1931, when the Spanish Republic was proclaimed, the family left Spain for Italy and later Switzerland. In 1939, after the victory of Franco in the Spanish civil War they returned to Spain and settled in Seville.

    Titles

  • 21 February 1882 - 16 November 1907: Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Orléans.
  • 16 November 1907 - 18 April 1958: Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Bourbon-Two Sicillies, Princess of Orleans
  • References

    Princess Louise of Orléans Wikipedia