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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][4] He is not a Carlist pretender because of morganatic ancestry.
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5th Duke of Seville | |
Preceded by | Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville |
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Born | Madrid, Spain | 16 November 1943
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Parent(s) | Francisco de Borbón y Borbón Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel |
He was born in Madrid as the eldest child of Francisco de Borbón y Borbón (1912–1995),[5] who was the younger son of Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre and Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville.[1] His mother was Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel (1925–1962), daughter of Ignacio Escasany y Ancell and Enriqueta de Miquel y Mas, 2nd Marquesa de Pobla de Claramunt .[1]
His paternal grandparents were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Infante Enrique of Spain.[1] The Duke of Seville is a member of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon and is a relative of King Felipe VI of Spain, since both are descendants of King Charles IV of Spain.
After the death of his grandmother, Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, he inherited the title of Duke of Seville.[6] His father had renounced his own rights to succeed to the title in 1968.[1]
He was married on 7 July 1973 at Baden-Baden to Countess Beatrice Wilhelmine Paula von Hardenberg (28 June 1947 in Donaueschingen – 14 March 2020 in Marbella),[7] daughter of Count Günther von Hardenberg [ de ] and his wife, Princess Maria Josepha of Fürstenberg (granddaughter of Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg).[8] The couple had three children and divorced on 30 June 1989 in Madrid.[1]
They had two daughters and one son:[1]
He married for the second time on 19 October 1991 at Vienna to Isabelle Eugénie Karanitsch (born 23 November 1959 in Vienna), daughter of Franz M. Karanitsch and Tatjana Cimlov Karacevcev. They had no children and divorced on 17 June 1993 in Madrid.
He married for the third time on 2 September 2000 at Marbella to María de los Ángeles de Vargas-Zúñiga y Juanes (born 19 November 1954), daughter of Manuel de Vargas-Zúñiga y la Calzada and María de los Ángeles de Juanes y Lago. They have no children together.
The Duke of Seville was elected as 48th Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (Malta obedience) on 5 October 1996 at Santa Maria della Passione in Milan, Italy. He succeeded his father, who had been Grand Master of the Order since 1956.
He retired from his position of Grand Master in 2008 and was succeeded by his cousin, Carlos Gereda y de Borbón, Marqués de Almazán. The Duke of Seville was then given the title of Grand Master Emeritus. In 2018, the Duke of Seville's son was elected as 50th Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (Malta-Paris obedience), succeeding Carlos Gereda y de Borbón.[10]
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