Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Sixtus Ferdinand Maria Ignazio Alfred Robert von Bourbon-Parma (* August 1, 1886 at Schloss Wartegg in Rorschacherberg on Lake Constance , Switzerland ; † March 14, 1934 in Paris ) was a nobleman from the Bourbon-Parma house , Belgian officer and namesake of the diplomatic Sixtus affair in World War I , in which he unsuccessfully mediated between France and Austria-Hungary .
Life
Prince Sixtus was the son of the last Duke of Parma, Robert I (1848-1907) and his second wife Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959), daughter of King Michael I of Portugal from the House of Braganza and his wife Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg . His sister was the Empress Zita of Austria .
On March 14, 1919, Prince Sixtus married Princess Hedwig de la Rochefoucauld (1896–1986), daughter of Duke Armand von Doudeauville and his wife Princess Luiza Radziwill in Paris . From the marriage a daughter emerged:
- Isabella Marie Antoinette Louise Hedwig (1922–2015)
- ⚭ 1943–1966 Count Roger Alexander Lucien de la Rochefoucauld (1915–1970, murdered), son of Count Pierre Paul (1887–1970) and his wife Countess Henriette Marguerite Marie de la Roche (1892–1980).
Sixtus' nephew, Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma (1930-2010), inherited the claims to the throne of the Carlist counter-kings of the Spanish Bourbons, but renounced after the effective re-establishment of the Spanish monarchy after 1975 in favor of the reigning King Juan Carlos I from the Bourbon line of Queen Isabella II.
literature
- Alexander Demblin (ed.): August Demblin: Minister against Kaiser. Notes by an Austro-Hungarian diplomat about Foreign Minister Czernin and Kaiser Karl. Publishing house Böhlau. Vienna 1997. ISBN 3-205-98762-4 .
- Tamara Griesser-Pecar: The Sixtus Mission. Amalthea Publishing House. Vienna 1988. ISBN 3-85002-245-5 .
- Jan Mikrut (ed.): Emperor Karl I (IV.) As a Christian, statesman, husband and father. Dom Publishing House. Vienna 2004. ISBN 3-85351-188-0 .
Web links
- Entry on Sixtus von Bourbon-Parma in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Declarations by Count Czernin. In: Fremd-Blatt with military supplement Die Vedette , morning edition, No. 88/1918 (LXXII. Year), April 3, 1918, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourbon-Parma, Sixtus of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourbon-Parma, Sixtus Ferdinand Maria Ignazio Alfred Robert von (full name); Bourbon-Parma, Sixtus Ferdinand von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wartegg Castle, Rorschacherberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1934 |
| Place of death | Paris |