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coat old bourbon , a jerusalem chief . of arms of the house of bourbon-busset : georges de bourbon-busset , count de lignières 1 september 1984 paris marie jeanne de kerret de quillien paris , france duchess of parma 23 march 1898 xavier , duke of parma bussetancien.png madeleine de bourbon
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madeleine de bourbon

madeleine de bourbon-busset -lrb- 23 march 1898 -- 1 september 1984 in paris -rrb- was the titular duchess of parma -lrb- from 1974 -rrb- and was also carlist queen of spain -lrb- from 1952 -rrb- as the consort of xavier of bourbon , the carlist pretender to the spanish throne .
she was born of a cadet branch of the bourbon counts of busset , male-line descendants of louis de bourbon -lrb- 1437-1482 -rrb- , `` prince du sang '' , bishop of liège , allegedly by a liaison with catherine de gueldres .
her father was georges de bourbon-busset , count de lignières -lrb- 1860-1932 -rrb- , and her mother marie jeanne `` née '' de kerret-quillien -lrb- 1866-1958 -rrb- .
prince xavier , a younger son of robert of parma , and madeleine were wed 12 november 1927 at the château de lignières in cher .
the couple took up residence in the bourbonnais where xavier managed madeleine 's farm lands .
the marriage was accepted as dynastic at the time by neither prince elias of bourbon-parma -lrb- xavier 's elder half-brother , then acting head of the house of bourbon-parma -rrb- , nor by the senior bourbons of the spanish branch -lrb- alphonso xiii -rrb- , but was later recognized by the parmesan duke robert hugo , and by the carlist pretender alfonso carlos , duke of san jaime .
in 1936 duke alfonso carlos , the last undisputed head of the carlist movement , appointed her husband xavier as carlist `` regent '' .
madeleine actively supported her husband 's political activities and social views .
madeleine is the author of `` catherine de médicis '' , published in france in 1940 .
the couple had issue : princess maria francisca of bourbon-parma , born 19 august 1928 and princess lobkowicz by marriage .
carlos hugo of bourbon , duke of parma , born 8 april 1930 , died 18 august 2010 former carlist pretender .
princess maria teresa of bourbon-parma , born 28 july 1933 .
princess cecilia maria of bourbon-parma , born 12 april 1935 .
princess marie des neiges of bourbon-parma , born 29 april 1937 .
prince sixtus henry of parma , born 22 july 1940 , carlist pretender .
