Félix of Bourbon-Parma | |||||
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Prince consort of Luxembourg | |||||
Tenure | 6 November 1919 – 12 November 1964 | ||||
Born |
Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria-Hungary |
28 October 1893||||
Died | 8 April 1970 Fischbach Castle, Luxembourg |
(aged 76)||||
Burial | Notre-Dame Cathedral | ||||
Spouse | Charlotte of Luxembourg | ||||
Issue |
Jean of Luxembourg Princess Elisabeth Princess Marie-Adélaide Princess Marie Gabriele Prince Charles Princess Alix |
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House | House of Bourbon-Parma | ||||
Father | Robert I of Parma | ||||
Mother | Maria Antonia of Portugal | ||||
Religion | Catholicism |
Full name | |
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Félix Marie Vincent |
Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma (Félix Marie Vincent; 28 September 1893 in Schwarzau am Steinfeld – 8 April 1970 in Schloss Fischbach), later Prince Félix of Luxembourg, was the husband of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and the father of her six children, including Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was the longest serving consort of Luxembourg.
Prince Félix was one of the 24 children of the deposed Robert I, Duke of Parma, being the duke's sixth child and third son by his second wife, Maria Antonia of Portugal. His maternal grandparents were Miguel of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
He was also the younger brother (by sixteen months) of Empress Zita of Austria. Of the twelve children of Duke Robert's first marriage to Maria-Pia of the Two Sicilies, three died as infants, six had learning difficulties, and only three married. Despite loss of his throne, Duke Robert and his family enjoyed considerable wealth, traveling in a private train of more than a dozen cars among his castles at Schwarzau am Steinfeld near Vienna, Villa Pianore in northwest Italy, and the magnificent Château de Chambord in France.
Less than four months after Robert's death in 1907 the Grand Marshal of the Austrian Court declared six of the children of his first marriage legally incompetent, at the behest of Duchess Maria Antonia. Nonetheless, Robert's primary heir was Elias, Duke of Parma, (1880–1959), the youngest son of the first marriage and the only one to father children of his own. Duke Elias also became the legal guardian of his six elder siblings. Although Félix's elder brothers, Prince Sixte and Prince Xavier, eventually sued their half-brother Duke Elias to obtain a greater share of the ducal fortune, they lost in the French courts, leaving Prince Félix with modest prospects.