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Balthazar Napoleon lV de Bourbon of Bourbon-Bhopal with his family 2013
Soukat Mahal

Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon claims to be the senior descendant of the House of Bourbon and thus the pretender to the throne of the defunct Kingdom of France. His family, the "Bourbons of India," claim to be legitimate descendants of the House of Bourbon, descended from Jean Philippe de Bourbon, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, an exiled French noble who served in Mughal Emperor Akbar's court. The family is also known as "Bourbon-Bhopal", a name derived from the City of Bhopal in central India where their last few generations have resided and worked in the royal court of the princely Bhopal State. Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon, the current Head of the family is a lawyer and a part-time farmer by profession, he was born on 29 July 1958. He is married to Elisha Pacheco and has three children: Frederick, Michelle, and Adrian. His mission is to preserve for history the political, cultural and religious contribution of the Bourbons of India in the subcontinent and prevent this important contribution from being relegated to a footnote in history books.[1]

On May 22, 2013, the Ambassador of France to India visited Bhopal and met with Balthazar of Bourbon at a function and in a statement declared, "It is extraordinary to have a Bourbon here today!"[2][3]

In his historical novel, Le Rajah Bourbon,[4] whose publication spurred a renewed interest in this claim to the French throne, Prince Michael of Greece claimed that Balthazar Napoleon IV is the eldest in line to the French Throne.[5][6][7][8] Prince Michael of Greece says he would be willing to organize a DNA test to verify De Bourbon's claim of kinship.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bourbon-Bhopal, The Royal "House of Bourbon" in India Official Website
  2. ^ http://www.ambafrance-in.org/April-2013-Note-from-the-Consul
  3. ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-22/bhopal/37936002_1_balthazar-napoleon-baroque-music-laxmikant-sharma
  4. ^ (Michel de Grèce 2007)
  5. ^ Found in India the last king of France, 2 March 2007, The Guardian
  6. ^ The next King of France? An Indian!, 21 August 2007, Manchester Evening News
  7. ^ Bourbon of Indian vintage, 10 Jan. 2008, Los Angeles Times
  8. ^ The lost Bourbon, in India, 4 March 2007, The Hindu
  9. ^ Bourbon of Indian vintage, 10 Jan. 2008, Los Angeles Times

Bibliography

  • "Indian lays claim to "Duke of France" title". Agence France-Presse. 15 April 2007a. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  • Calle, Marie-France (14 October 2007). "Un Indien serait en tête des héritiers au trône de France". Le Figaro (in French). France. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Chrisafis, Angelique (3 March 2007). "Found in India: the last king of France". The Guardian. UK. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Decloitre, Andre (2010). "Généalogie de la Maison Royale de France – Troisième branche: les Bourbons". Généalogies Royales et Princières (in French). {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "The Dublin review, Part 2". Burns and Oates. 1887. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Revise, Nicolas (12 April 2007). "Balthazar Napoléon III, le Bourbon "made in India" se rêve en duc de France". Aujourd'hui l'Inde (in French). Agence France-Presse. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Rousselet, Louis; Buckle, Charles Randolph (1875). India and its native princes: travels in Central India and in the presidencies of Bombay and Bengal (reprinted Asian Educational Services, 2005 ed.). London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN 978-81-206-1887-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Begam, Sultan Jahan (1918). Hayat-i-Qudsi: Life of the Nawab Gauhar Begum alias The Nawab Begum Qudsia of Bhopal. W. S. Davis, translator. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "Lost in France, found in India". The Telegraph. Kolkota, India. 5 March 2007a.
  • Tharoor, Ishaan (8 March 2007). "The Bourbon of Bhopal". TIME. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "France's king without a crown in India". The Taipei Times. Agence France-Presse. 10 January 2006a.
  • Seth, Mesrovb Jacob (1937). "Prince John Philip Bourbon at the Court of the Great Mogul". Armenians in India: from the earliest times to the present day (republished Asian Educational Services, 1992 ed.). Calcutta. ISBN 978-81-206-0812-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Tikekar, Aroon (1992). The Kincaids, two generations of a British family in the Indian civil service. Promilla & Co. ISBN 978-81-85002-13-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • van Kerrebrouck, Patrick (2004). La maison de Bourbon: 1256–2004. Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France (in French). Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-2-9501509-5-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Further reading

Fiction

Non-fiction

  • d'Orcet, Claude Sosthène Grasset (July 1892). "Les Bourbons des Indes". La Revue britannique (in French): 5–30. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • de Bourbon, Salvadore (2003). Lucien Jailloux (ed.). Les Bourbons de l'Inde: souvenirs de Salvadore de Bourbon. Mickaël Le Guen, translator. Christian. ISBN 978-2-86496-095-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Desai, Bharat (15 March 1996). "House of the Bourbons: A Branch of the former French royal family lives with its glorious past and obscure present". India Today. Vol. 21, no. 1. Thomson Living Media India Ltd. pp. 13 et seq. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • de Warren, Raoul; de Lestrange, Aymon (1990). Les prétendants au trône de France (in French). L'Herne. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-2-85197-281-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Diver, Katherine H.; Diver, Maud (1942). "Bhopal". Royal India: a descriptive and historical study of India's fifteen principal states and their rulers (republished by Ayer Publishing, 1971 ed.). Duell, Sloan, and Pearce. ISBN 978-0-8369-2152-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Ferrand, Gabriel (Septembre 1905–Octobre 1905) [1905]. "Les Bourbons de l'Inde". Revue de Paris (in French): 189–202. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hamid, Razia; Sultan, Rafat (1986). "Bourbons". Nuqoosh-e-Bhopal. Bhopal: Babul Uloom. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Khan, Shaharyar M. (2000). "The Bhopal Bourbons". The begums of Bhopal: a dynasty of women rulers in Raj India. I.B.Tauris. pp. 60–66. ISBN 978-1-86064-528-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Kincaid, Charles Augustus (1908). The Tale of the Tulsi Plant and Other Stories. Bombay: The Times of India Office. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Kincaid, Charles Augustus (1 September 1946). "Bourbons of Bhopal". Illustrated Weekly of India. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Kincaid, William (1883). Historical Sketch of The Indian Branch of The Bourbon Family : together with a genealogical table from the time that the founder, John Philip Bourbon, landed in India. Sehore. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    • Also published as: Kincaid, William (January 1887). "The Indian Bourbons". Asiatic Quarterly Review: 164–177. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Malcolm, John (1824). A memoir of Central India. Vol. II. London: Kingsbury, Parbury & Aleen. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Maclagan, Edward (1932). "The Indian Bourbons". The Jesuits and the Great Mogul. Burns, Oates & Washbourne. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Rousselet, Louis (1879). Les royaumes de l'Inde (in French). Paris: Hachette. pp. 139–143. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Rousselet, Louis (1882). Le Fils du connétable (in French). Paris: Hachette. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Genealogies

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