However, as his wife, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, was also a Roman Catholic, if they were to have children, they would be Catholic.
Ωστόσο, καθώς η σύζυγός του, η πριγκίπισσα Μαρί Λουίζ της μπέρμπον Πάρμας, ήταν επίσης Ρωμαιοκαθολική κι εάν επρόκειτο να έχουν τα παιδιά θα ήταν επίσης καθολικοί.