Princess Alice of Bourbon
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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Bargecchia, Italy
Margarita del Prete
Giorgio del Prete
Cristina del Prete
Beatriz del Prete
Luisa del Prete
Francisca del Prete
Ernestina del Prete
Francisco del Prete
Valentina del Prete
| Princess Alice of Bourbon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Alice of Bourbon Princess of Schönburg-Waldenburg | |||||
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| Born | 29 June 1876 Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | ||||
| Died | 20 January 1975 (aged 98) Bargecchia, Italy | ||||
| Spouse |
Lino del Prete
(m. 1906; died 1956) | ||||
| Issue | Karl of Schönburg-Waldenburg Margarita del Prete Giorgio del Prete Cristina del Prete Beatriz del Prete Luisa del Prete Francisca del Prete Ernestina del Prete Francisco del Prete Valentina del Prete | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Prince Carlos, Duke of Madrid | ||||
| Mother | Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma | ||||
Princess Alice of Bourbon (29 June 1876 – 20 January 1975) was the youngest child of Prince Carlos, Duke of Madrid, the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne, and his wife, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma.[1] Born in France and educated in Italy, during the early 20th century she was a war nurse for the Red Cross. Annulment of her first marriage, to a violent man, required papal approval, which she received in 1906; she remarried and had a total of ten children.
Early life
Alice was born in Pau, near the Spanish border, just after the Third Carlist War.[2] After the war, her family lived in Paris until 1881, when her parents separated. Alice was raised by her mother at the Tenuta Reale in Tuscany and attended the Sacre Coeur convent in Florence.[3] Later, she and her sister Beatrice completed their education at the Trinità dei Monti in Rome.[4]
First marriage
Alice met Prince Friedrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg, a Bavarian army officer, in 1896.[5] They were married in Venice on 26 April 1897 by Cardinal Sarto (the future Pope Pius X).[6]
During the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War, Alice was a Russian Red Cross nurse with the approval of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.[7] During these campaigns, she befriended Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, the future Tsaritsa of Bulgaria.[8]
Second marriage
In late 1903, Alice fled her marriage, citing Friedrich's violent behavior in an interview with the newspaper L'Indépendance Belge.[9] A civil divorce was granted in Dresden based on "assault and violence".[10] The marriage was subsequently annulled by the Holy See on 26 May 1906.[11]
On 2 June 1906, Alice married Lino del Prete in Viareggio.[12]
Alice had ten children. Her eldest son, Karl Leopold (1902–1992), was followed by children with Lino del Prete: Margarita (1904), Giorgio (1905), Cristina (1907), Beatriz (1908), Luisa (1909), Francisca (1911), Ernestina (1915), Francisco (1918), and Valentina (1922).[13]
Alice spent her later years in Italy. She survived all her siblings and died in Viareggio on 20 January 1975, aged 98.[14]
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