Francisco de Borbón y Borbón
Francisco de Borbón y Borbón | |
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Born |
Santander, Spain | 16 November 1912
Died |
18 November 1995 83) Madrid, Spain | (aged
Spouse |
Enriqueta Escasany y Miguel Maria de Lobez y Salvador |
Issue |
Francisco de Borbón y Escasany Alfonso Carlos de Borbón y Escasany Enrique de Borbón y de Lobez |
House | House of Bourbon |
Father | Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre |
Mother | Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Francisco Enrique de Borbón y Borbón, Grandee of Spain (16 November 1912 - 18 November 1995), was a Spanish aristocrat and a distant relative of the Spanish Royal Family.[1] He had a brilliant and outstanding military career as a Lieutenant General and commander of the cavalry in the Spanish army.
Biography
Francisco was born in Santander and was the eldest child of Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre (1882–1953) and Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville. He was descended from a morganatic line of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon and was a relative of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
Marriages and issue
Francisco was married in 1942 to Enriqueta Escasany y Miguel (1925–1962). The couple had two sons:
- Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville
- Alfonso Carlos de Borbón y Escasany
Francisco married for the second time in 1967 to Maria de Lopez y Salvador. They had one son.
- Enrique de Borbón y de Lobez
Distinctions
Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
- Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
- Grand Master (December 1959-1967 and 1973-1995); elected after the death of his father
- Coadjutor (1935)
During his tenure, the order suffered a schism which led to the development of two obediences, termed the Malta and Paris Obediences. 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
References
- ↑ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 550-554. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X