Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville

The Most Excellent
The Duke of Seville

Francisco de Borbón in September 2015, Souvigny (Allier, France)
Born (1943-11-16) 16 November 1943
Madrid, Spain
Title Duke of Seville
Grandee of Spain
Tenure 1968–present
Predecessor Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville
Spouse(s)
  • Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg
  • Isabelle Karanitsch
  • María de los Angeles de Vargas-Zuñiga
Parents

Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville, Grandee of Spain (born 16 November 1943), is the current Duke of Seville and a distant relative of the Spanish Royal Family.[1] He is a businessman and has been involved in banking, real estate and other commercial activities.[2][3]

Early life

Francisco was born in Madrid and is the eldest child of Francisco de Borbón y Borbón (1912–1995), who was the son of Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre and Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville.[1] Francisco's mother was Enriqueta Escasany y Miguel (1925–1962), the daughter of Ignacio Escasany y Ancell and Enriqueta de Miguel y Mas, the 2nd Marquesa de Pobla de Claramunt.[1]

His paternal grandparents were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville.[1] Francisco is a member of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon and is a relative of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, since both of them are male-line descendants of King Charles IV of Spain.

Duke of Seville

After the death of his grandmother, Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, Francisco inherited the title of Duke of Seville. His father had renounced his own rights to succeed to the title in 1968.[1]

Marriages and children

Francisco was married on 7 July 1973 at Baden-Baden to Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg (born 1947), daughter of Count Günther von Hardenberg and his wife Princess Maria Josepha of Fürstenberg.[4] The couple had three children and divorced in 1989.[1]

They have two daughters and one son:[1]

Francisco married for the second time on 19 October 1991 at Vienna to Isabelle Karanitsch (born 1959). They had no children and divorced in 1993. He married for the third time on 2 September 2000 at Marbella to María de los Angeles de Vargas-Zuñiga (born 1958). They have no children.

The Order of Saint Lazarus

Francisco was elected as the 48th Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) (Malta Obedience) on 5 October 1996 in Santa Maria della Passione, Milan, Italy. He succeeded his father, who had been Grand Master of the Order since 1959. Francisco retired from his position of Grand Master in 2008 and was succeeded by his cousin, Don Carlos Gereda y de Borbón, Marqués de Almazán. Francisco was then given the title of Grand Master Emeritus.

French succession

Since Francisco is a direct male-line descendant of King Louis XIV of France, he is in the legitimist line of succession to the French throne.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Honours

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

Notes and sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 550-554. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X
  2. Bloomberg profile
  3. Official website of Crédit des Alpes
  4. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Gräfliche Häuser, Band V. "Hardenberg". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1967, pp. 175-176.
  5. TLC television show info
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade
Duke of Seville
1968–present
Incumbent
Heir:
Olivia de Borbón y Hardenberg
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Felipe VI
Legitimist line of succession
to the French throne

5th position
Succeeded by
Francisco de Borbón y Hardenberg
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