Alfonso Carlos de Borbon
Don Alfonso Carlos (I.) de Borbón y Austria-Este , full name Don Alfonso Carlos Fernando José Juan Pío de Borbón y Austria-Este (born September 12, 1849 in London , England ; † September 29, 1936 in Vienna , Austria ) was known as the Duke of San Jaime and as the Duke of Anjou. Pretender from 1931 to 1936. He was the last male contender of the Carlist line to the Spanish and French throne.
Life
Alfonso Carlos was the second son of Juan (III.) Carlos de Borbón , Count of Montizón (1822-1887) and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (1824-1906), the youngest daughter of Archduke Francis IV , Duke of Modena and Reggio and Princess Maria Beatrix of Savoy . His paternal grandparents were Carlos María Isidro de Borbón and Doña Maria Francesca de Bragança , Infanta of Portugal.
On April 26, 1871, Don Alfonso Carlos married his cousin (second degree) Maria de las Neves de Bragança, Infanta of Portugal (1852-1941), daughter of the Portuguese King Miguel I and his wife Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim- Rosenberg . A son emerged from the harmonious marriage, but he died shortly after birth.
The Duke of San Jaime died in Vienna in 1936 and was buried in Puchheim Castle . From 1936 to 1952 there was no official pretender of the Carlist movement.
After Alfonso Carlos's death, Alfonso XIII was. Head of the family, the former King of Spain who went into exile in Rome , which theoretically could have resolved the split between the Spanish Bourbons into two feuding lines. However, many Carlists believed that Alfonso XIII. and his son Juan, Count of Barcelona , had disqualified themselves as leaders of the movement on the grounds of “legitimacy through action”. Alfonso Carlos, the last pretender of the Carlist branch of the Bourbons, had appointed Prince Javier (I.) de Borbón-Parma y Braganza (1889–1977) as regent shortly before his death , since he was the closest related Bourbon upheld the Carlist ideals.
literature
- Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings. A Royal Genealogy. Garnstone Press, London 1973, ISBN 0-900391-19-7 .
- Gerald Brenan : The History of Spain. About the social and political background of the Spanish Civil War. Karin Kramer, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-87956-034-X .
- Günter Cerwinka: The Don Alfonso affair and the dissolution of the Graz student corporations in 1875. A case study on the Austrian “Kulturkampf”. In: Historical yearbook of the city of Graz. 11/12, 1979/80, ZDB -ID 217827-8 , pp. 113-142.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jaime de Borbon |
 Head of the House of Bourbon, legitimist pretender to the throne of France 1931–1936 |
King Alfonso XIII from Spain |
First line: Carlos (V.) | Carlos (VI.) | Juan (III.) | Carlos (VII.) | Jaime (III.) | Alfonso Carlos
Second line: Francisco Javier | Carlos Hugo | Carlos Xavier
Counter-pretenders: Carlos (VIII.) | Juan (III./IV.) | Jaime (IV.) | Sixto
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borbon, Alfonso Carlos de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Don Alfonso Carlos Fernando José Juan Pío de Borbón y Austria-Este |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of San Jaime and Duke of Anjou |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1936 |
| Place of death | Vienna |