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missed point. These dynasts want the republic to make at least an indirect ruling on the dynastic rivalry. This opinion, based on ancient customs, though not enforced, is enough to say that the republic agrees that the orleans branch is more junior. |
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When the Count of Chambord died on 24 August 1883, some of the Legitimists recognized Louis-Philippe's grandson, [[Philippe, Comte de Paris]], as the rightful heir. Others transferred their loyalty to members of the Spanish Royal Family who were descended from [[Philip V of Spain]], a grandson of [[Louis XIV of France]]. King Philip renounced his claim to the French throne as part of [[Treaty of Utrecht]] recognizing him as King of Spain. Legitimists regard this as invalid, because, under the fundamental law of French monarchy, neither a king nor his heirs can renounce the claim to a throne they hold but do not possess. Louis Alphonse is the current claimant, in the view of this group. |
When the Count of Chambord died on 24 August 1883, some of the Legitimists recognized Louis-Philippe's grandson, [[Philippe, Comte de Paris]], as the rightful heir. Others transferred their loyalty to members of the Spanish Royal Family who were descended from [[Philip V of Spain]], a grandson of [[Louis XIV of France]]. King Philip renounced his claim to the French throne as part of [[Treaty of Utrecht]] recognizing him as King of Spain. Legitimists regard this as invalid, because, under the fundamental law of French monarchy, neither a king nor his heirs can renounce the claim to a throne they hold but do not possess. Louis Alphonse is the current claimant, in the view of this group. |
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===The claims of Orléans=== |
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Since the extinction of the elder line of the House of Bourbon (descended from [[Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy|Louis, Duke of Burgundy]]), following the death without heirs of the Count of Chambord in 1883, the Bourbons of Spain became the senior branch of the Bourbons, and thus bear the full arms of France (usually in a crest on all arms of Spain). |
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In 1988, a French court dismissed Henri d'Orleans in his request to ban the use of the undifferenced arms of France by Alphonse de Bourbon, father of Louis de Bourbon, noting "that according to ancient customs, the plain arms were reserved to the seniors; cadets must introduce a [[cadency|break]] in their image. Thus, the princes of the House of Orleans, a younger branch of the Bourbons, were entitled only to the arms of the Bourbons (the arms of France) with a label of silver." |
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[[Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France|Henri d'Orleans]] was also dismissed March 29, 2000 in an application before the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris to take surname of '''Bourbon-Orleans''', confirmed by a decision of the 1st Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris in February 2001, approved by the Court of Cassation in September 2003. |
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==Titles and honours== |
==Titles and honours== |
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Prince Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou[1][2] (French: Louis Alphonse Gonzalve Victor Emmanuel Marc de Bourbon; Spanish: Luis Alfonso Gonzalo Víctor Manuel Marco de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú; born 25 April 1974, Madrid) is the Head of the House of Bourbon. By the Legitimist movement, which considers the renunciation of Philip V of Spain invalid, Louis Alphonse is the rightful pretender to the former French throne as the head of the French Royal House. Per tradition he is styled Prince and Duke of Anjou (although these titles have no legality anymore in the French republic).[3] Louis Alphonse is a great-grandson of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and first cousin once removed of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. He is also a great-grandson of former head of state of Spain, General Francisco Franco. According to Legitimist usage, dynasts who are French nationals are accorded the style Prince of the Blood (prince du sang).
Life
Louis Alphonse was born in Madrid, the second son of Alfonso, and of his wife Doña María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco. Alfonso was at that time the dauphin according to those who supported the claim of his father, Infante Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Segovia, to the French throne. On 20 March 1975, the Infante Jaime (Jacques-Henri VI), Duke of Anjou and Segovia, died. Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz thus became head of the French Royal House according to the legitimists. As such, he took the title Duke of Anjou. On 19 September 1981, the Duke of Anjou gave Louis Alphonse the title Duke of Touraine.
Louis Alphonse's parents divorced in 1982. The religious marriage was annulled in 1986. His mother has since remarried civilly twice; he had two half-sisters Mathilda (deceased) and Marella and a half-brother Frederick, all born before her mother's marriage to Jean-Marie Rossi and a half-sister, Cynthia Rossi, born afterwards. On 7 February 1984, Louis Alphonse's older brother Francisco died as the result of a car crash. From that date Louis Alphonse has been considered to be the heir apparent to his father, according to the Legitimists. As such, he was given the additional title Duke of Bourbon on September 27 of that year. In 1987, the Spanish government declared that the title Duke of Cádiz would not be hereditary (as this title is traditionally attached to the Crown). As such when Louis Alphonse's father died, he did not inherit it.
On 30 January 1989, his father died in a skiing accident in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Louis Alphonse became "Chef de la Maison de Bourbon" (Head of the French Royal House of Bourbon) and took the title Duke of Anjou. He is considered the pretender to the French throne by adherents of the Legitimist movement. Louis Alphonse studied economics. He worked several years for BNP Paribas, a French bank in Madrid. Although he regularly visited France, where his mother lived for several years, he continued to live in Spain.
His engagement to marry Venezuelan heiress María Margarita Vargas Santaella (Marie Marguerite) was announced in November 2003. They were married civilly in Caracas on 5 November 2004 and religiously on 6 November 2004 in La Romana, Dominican Republic. None of the members of the Spanish Royal Family attended the wedding. Though no official reason was given, it is not a secret that the King of Spain does not like his cousin's claim to the French throne and the fact that Luis Alfonso signed the wedding invitation as Duke of Anjou did not sit well with the king.[4] The couple lived in Venezuela beginning 2005, where he worked at Banco Occidental de Descuento, before moving to the United States. They currently reside in New York.
In June 2006, Louis Alphonse refused to attend his mother's third wedding, because he does not agree with her way of life as a celebrity and her separation from her previous husband, a man whom he greatly respects.[5]
Louis Alphonse and Marie Marguerite had their first child, a daughter, named Eugénie on 5 March 2007 at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was baptised at the papal nunciature in Paris in June 2007. Legitimists recognise her as Princess Eugénie of Bourbon; in Spanish her name is Doña Eugenia de Borbón y Vargas.
The couple had twin boys, Louis and Alphonse on 28 May 2010.[6] Louis has been given the title of Duke of Burgundy (duc de Bourgogne), and Alphonse the title of Duke of Berry (duc de Berry). Prince Louis, as Dauphin of France, will succeed his father as head of the French Royal House. In Spanish, the boys are Don Luis and Don Alfonso de Borbón y Vargas.
Legitimist pretender
Historical Background
His supporters call themselves Legitimists (légitimistes), one of three claimant parties to the deposed throne of France. The term was originally applied to those who supported Charles X of France after his deposition as King of France by his cousin, Louis-Philippe on 9 August 1830. Charles X and his eldest son, Dauphin Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, abdicated the throne, but Charles' supporters maintained that he was the "legitimate" king. Louis-Philippe had been Duke of Orléans so his supporters were called Orléanists. Some Legitimists transferred their loyalty to Henri, comte de Chambord, grandson of Charles X, following his abdication, but held that the abdications were invalid, recognizing Charles X and later his son Louis-Antoine as the legitimate kings until their deaths before recognizing the Count of Chambord.
When the Count of Chambord died on 24 August 1883, some of the Legitimists recognized Louis-Philippe's grandson, Philippe, Comte de Paris, as the rightful heir. Others transferred their loyalty to members of the Spanish Royal Family who were descended from Philip V of Spain, a grandson of Louis XIV of France. King Philip renounced his claim to the French throne as part of Treaty of Utrecht recognizing him as King of Spain. Legitimists regard this as invalid, because, under the fundamental law of French monarchy, neither a king nor his heirs can renounce the claim to a throne they hold but do not possess. Louis Alphonse is the current claimant, in the view of this group.
The claims of Orléans
Since the extinction of the elder line of the House of Bourbon (descended from Louis, Duke of Burgundy), following the death without heirs of the Count of Chambord in 1883, the Bourbons of Spain became the senior branch of the Bourbons, and thus bear the full arms of France (usually in a crest on all arms of Spain).
In 1988, a French court dismissed Henri d'Orleans in his request to ban the use of the undifferenced arms of France by Alphonse de Bourbon, father of Louis de Bourbon, noting "that according to ancient customs, the plain arms were reserved to the seniors; cadets must introduce a break in their image. Thus, the princes of the House of Orleans, a younger branch of the Bourbons, were entitled only to the arms of the Bourbons (the arms of France) with a label of silver."
Henri d'Orleans was also dismissed March 29, 2000 in an application before the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris to take surname of Bourbon-Orleans, confirmed by a decision of the 1st Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris in February 2001, approved by the Court of Cassation in September 2003.
Titles and honours
Louis Alphonse is currently the Head of the House of Bourbon,[7] and claims the following titles[citation needed]:
- Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta
- Titular Duke of Anjou
- Titular Duke of Touraine
- Titular Duke of Bourbon
- Titular King of France
- Titular King of Navarre
- De jure King of France (as pretender)
Ancestors
See also; Descendants of Louis XIV of France.
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Patrilineal descent
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Louis is the Head of the House of Bourbon, the senior-surviving branch of the Capetian dynasty and thus, of the Robertians. Louis' patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations. It follows the Kings of France, the Dukes of Bourbon and before them, again the Kings of France. The line can be traced back more than 1,400 years and is one of the oldest in Europe.
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Notes
- ^ His name is given in this style by Olga S. Opfell in Royalty who wait: the 21 heads of formerly regnant houses of Europe (2001), p. 11.
- ^ His name as described in his Biography at the website of the Institut Duc d’Anjou
- ^ Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans et autres c. Prince Alphonse de Bourbon , 21 Dec 1988. JCP 89.II.21213.
- ^ de Dampierre, a cuchillo contra Carmen Martínez Bordíu
- ^ relaciones
- ^ Los Duques de Anjou anuncian el nacimiento de sus hijos Luis y Alfonso
- ^ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100041471/french-royalists-celebrate-the-birth-of-twin-sons-to-louis-xx-rightful-king-of-france/
Bibliography
- Thierry Ardisson. Louis XX. Contre-enquête sur la monarchie., Olivier Orban, 1986, ISBN 2-85565-334-7
- Apezarena, José. Luis Alfonso de Borbón: Un príncipe a la espera. Forthcoming.
- Cassani Pironti, Fabio. Bref crayon généalogique de S.A.R. la Princesse Marie-Marguerite, Duchesse d'Anjou, née Vargas Santaella, Le Lien Légitimiste, n. 16, 2007.
- Opfell, Olga S. 'H.R.H. Louis-Alphonse, Prince of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou: Royal House of France (House of Bourbon," Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2001. 11-32.
External links
- Institut de la Maison de Bourbon of which he is Président d'honneur under the appellation: Mgr le Prince Louis, duc d’Anjou[1]
- Institut Duc d'Anjou