Carlos (de Borbón-Parma) de Bourbon de Parme

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Biography

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (born 27 January 1970) is the current head of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well a member of the Dutch Royal Family. He is generally considered as the pretender to the defunct throne of Parma under the name Carlo V[1] (English: Charles V), and by sections of the Carlist movement as the pretender to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos Javier II (English: Charles Xavier II).

Prince Carlos was born in Nijmegen in the Netherlands as the eldest child of the late Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Princess Irene of the Netherlands. He has two younger sisters Princess Margarita and Princess Carolina, and one younger brother Prince Jaime. Carlos spent his youth in several countries including the Netherlands, Spain, France, England, and the United States. In 1981, when he was eleven, his parents decided to divorce. Together with his mother and his siblings he then moved to Soestdijk Palace (Baarn), the longtime residence of the recently abdicated queen of the Netherlands. He lived at the palace for a number of years with his grandparents, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

Personal life

Relationship with Brigitte Klynstra and son

Prince Carlos had an affair with Brigitte Klynstra, the stepdaughter of Count Adolph van Rechteren Limpurg, Lord of Enghuizen. During this relationship he fathered an illegitimate son; although he does not deny that the child is his, he does not recognise him legally: Carlos Klynstra (born 20 January 1997, Nijmegen)

Marriage with Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel

On 7 October 2009 it was announced through his mother's private secretary that Prince Carlos would marry Annemarie Cecilia Gualthérie van Weezel. The civil marriage took place on 12 June 2010 at Wijk bij Duurstede. The church wedding was to have taken place at the La Cambre Abbey in Ixelles on 28 August, but it was postponed owing to his father's illness. Prince Carlos Hugo died shortly afterwards. Annemarie (born The Hague, 18 December 1977) is the daughter of Hans Gualthérie van Weezel and Ank de Visser. Her father was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Christian Democratic party, member of the European Council in Strasbourg, and the Dutch ambassador in Luxembourg. Gualthérie van Weezel’s paternal grandfather is Jan Hans Gualthérie van Weezel, who was the head of the police in The Hague and member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel went to secondary school in Strasbourg and obtained an LLM degree at the University of Utrecht. Subsequently she completed a post-graduate study in Radio- and Television journalism at the University of Groningen. Gualthérie van Weezel works as a parliamentary journalist in The Hague and Brussels for the Dutch public channel NOS. In Brussels, she met Prince Carlos for the first time. On 2 August 2010, it was revealed that the health of his father, the Duke of Parma, was quickly deteriorating due to cancer. As a consequence, the church wedding of the prince Carlos and his fiancée was delayed. Via the official announcement about the state of his decease, the Duke announced Carlos to be the next Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma.[6] Just before his death the Duke of Parma created Annemarie Countess of Molina in his capacity as sovereign in pretence. Prince Carlos's father died on 18 August 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 80; Carlos subsequently became the next Duke of Parma and Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma. The new Duke of Parma and Annemarie were married on 20 November 2010 in La Cambre Abbey. Together they have one child, a daughter: HRH Princess Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria of Bourbon-Parma (born 9 May 2012, The Hague). Princess Luisa was baptised in Parma by the Bishop of Parma, Enrico Solmi, in October 2012.

Titles and honours

Titles

When Carlos was a ducal prince, his father bestowed the substantive title Principe di Piacenza (Prince of Piacenza) upon him on 2 September 1996, as well later on the Carlist title Duque de Madrid (Duke of Madrid) on 28 September 2003. The Madrid title, as well as the Piacenza title were bestowed on him by his father in his pretended capacity as Duke of Parma and Carlist King of Spain. These titles are not generally recognized as they are bestowments by a sovereign in pretence. In 1996 however, Carlos was incorporated into the Dutch Nobility by Queen Beatrix, with the highest noble title Prins de Bourbon de Parme (Prince of Bourbon-Parma) and styled Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid (His Royal Highness). He does not belong to the House of Orange-Nassau or the limited Dutch Royal House, but as a grandson of Queen Juliana and nephew of the present Queen Beatrix, he is an official member of the more extended Dutch Royal Family. With the death of his father, Carlos became titular Duke of Parma and Piacenza as current Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma.

Honours

As Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma, Carlos is Grand Master of four dynastic orders:

• Grand Master of the Sacred Angelic Imperial Constantinian Order of St. George (Parmesan order, Sacro Angelico Imperiale Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio)
• Grand Master of the Order of St. Louis for Civil Merit (Real Ordine del Merito sotto il titolo di San Lodovico)
• Grand Master of the Order of the Legitimidad Proscrita (Ordine de la Legitimidad Proscrita)
• Grand Master of the Order of St. George for Military Merit (Ordine al merito militare di San Giorgio di Lucca)

He is also member of the following order:

• Knight of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos,_Duke_of_Parma

Acknowledgments

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