H. M. became the Head of the Bourbon Family, in
1936, after the death without issue of Prince Alphonse Charles (1849-1936)
who, as Head of the Legitimist line in Spain, bore the title of Duke of
San Jaime and as Chief of the Bourbon Family (Charles XII, roi de France
de droit in 1931), bore the title of Duke of Anjou. Upon his death and
having recognised him as Chief and Head of the Bourbon Family, King Alphonse
XIII, already in exile, became the Head of the Family, thus the plain Arms
of France in his Bookplate. |
Name: S.M. Don
Alfonso XIII, Rey de España
Insc.: Alfonso XIII
Blasoning:1. Aragon; 2. Sicile; 3. Autriche; 4. Bourgogne (issu
de France); 5. Parme (Farnése); 6. Toscane (Médicis); 7.
Bourgogne (ancien); 8. Brabant; 9. Flandre; 10. Tirol. Over all: Leon,
Castille et Grenade surmounted by an escutcheon of France. Pending the
insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Artist: A. de Riquer
Opus/Year:
Tech.: C3 Etching
Format: |
Infant Charles de Bourbon y Farnesio (1716-1788)
was the eldest son of Philip V, King of Spain and of his second wife, Elizabeth
Farnesio. He succeeded his maternal great-uncle Antonio Farnesio, as Duke
of Parma and Plaisance in 1731. Being also great-grandson of Margaret Médicis,
daughter of Cosme II, grand-duke of Tuscany (d. 1621), married to Edward
I, duke of Parma, Infant Don Carlos was also recognised as heir of the
grand-duchy of Tuscany, in 1737. Thus the arms of the Farnese, dukes of
Parma and those of the Médicis, grand-dukes of Tuscany. By the Treaties
that ended the War of the Polish Succession, Charles had to abandon the
Duchy of Parma and his pretensions to Tuscany, which were given to Francis,
duke of Lorraine, future emperor Francis I of Austria. Charles de Bourbon
in turn was given the Crown of the Two-Sicilies and the tiltle of King
of Jerusalem by the Pope (1738).
In 1759, he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand
VI (1725-59), as King of Spain, under the name Charles III. Upon his accession
to the throne of Spain Charles III, abandoned the arms of Anjou (Naples)
and those of Jerusalem, maintaining however those of Parme (Farnése)
and of Tuscany (Médicis). Amongst his descendants are Monseigneur
Prince Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, H.M. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
and HRH Infant Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, styled Duke of Calabria
and Count of Caserta. |
Name: S. M.
Carlos VII, Rey de Napoles (1735-1759), de Sicilia (1738-1759) y de Jerusalem
Insc.:Anonymous
Artist:
Opus/Year:
Tech.: C2 or C1 (?) Blasoning:1. Bourgogne (ancien, sans bordure) et Autriche; 2.
Leon et Castille; 3. Aragon et Sicile; 4. Autriche; 5. Anjou (moderne);
6. Bourgogne (ancien); 7. Brabant; 8. Flandre; 9. Tirol ; 10. Anjou ancien
(Naples) sans le lambel; 11. Jerusalém; aux flancs, dexter, Parme
(Farnése) mal representé, et Portugal; sinister, Toscane
(Médicis). Sur le tout, Anjou (moderne). Pending are the crosses
of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, the Golden Fleece,
St. Januarius and the Holy Ghost.
The Farnese, dukes of Parma, bore the arms of
Portugal, since Rainuncio I, duke of Parma, who by being the great-grandson
of Emmanuel I, King of Portugal, through Infant Dom Duarte, was pretendant
to the throne of Portugal in the dynastic crisis of 1580. He undoubtedly
detained the genealogical representation of King Emmanuel I, but was outtaken
by Philip II, King of Spain who became King of Portugal, although having
less rights. His line is today representended by Monseigneur Prince Louis
Alphonse, Duke d'Anjou, as the eldest male descendant of Queen Elizabeth
Farnese, who is also the Head of the Bourbon Family. |
