Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma

Infanta Margherita
Duchess of Madrid
Margherita in 1878
Consort of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne
Pretence3 October 1868 - 29 January 1893
Consort of the Legitimist claimant to the French throne
Pretence21 November 1887 - 29 January 1893
Born(1847-01-01)1 January 1847
Lucca, Duchy of Parma
Died29 January 1893(1893-01-29) (aged 46)
Viareggio, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1867)
IssuePrincess Blanca, Archduchess Leopold Salvator of Austria
Prince Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Madrid
Princess Elvira of Bourbon
Princess Beatrice, Princess of Roviano
Princess Alice, Princess Friedrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Names
French: Marguerite Marie Thérèse Henriette
Italian: Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta
Spanish: Margarita Maria Teresa Enriqueta
HouseBourbon-Parma
FatherCharles III, Duke of Parma
MotherPrincess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
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Coat of arms Princess Marguerite of Bourbon Parma

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (Italian: Margherita Maria Teresa Enrichetta, Principessa di Parma; 1 January 1847 – 29 January 1893) was the eldest child and daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry 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, Duchy of Parma. She was a niece of Henri, comte de Chambord, disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Through her marriage to Prince Carlos of Bourbon, Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne and Legitimist claimant to the French throne, Margherita was considered as the rightfull Queen of Spain from 1868 to 1893 and Queen of France from 1887 to 1893.