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Genealogy of the Royal Family of the Netherlands1, 2
House Orange-Nassau
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HM King WillemI Frederik of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HSH Hereditary Prince Willem Frederik of Orange and Nassau)
Since 1802: HSH Fürst Willem Frederik of Fulda, Hereditary Prince of Orange and Nassau
Since April 9th, 1806: HH Prince Willem Frederik of Orange and Fürst of Nassau, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg
Since December 2nd, 1813: HRH Sovereign Prince WillemI Frederik of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
Since his abdication: HM King Willem Frederik Count of Nassau
* Paleis Huis ten Bosch near The Hague, August 24th, 1772
† Palace at 36 Unter den Linden (aka “Niederländisches Palais”), Berlin, December 12th, 1843
Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, August 24th, 1772. Governor of Breda, 1790 (deprived of his commission when he went into exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands, January 18th, 1795). Fürst of Fulda, 1802. Fürst of Nassau-Dillenburg, Count of Spiegelberg, April 9th, 1806 (deposed as Fürst of Fulda and Nassau-Dillenburg at the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine and the Grandduchy of Berg in 1806). Regained Nassau-Dillenburg partly on November 26th, 1813 and completely on July 14th, 1814. Exchanged Nassau-Dillenburg for Luxembourg, June 9th, 1815. Sold Spiegelberg to the King of Hanover in 1819. Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands (proclaimed: Amsterdam, December 2nd, 1813; inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, March 30th, 1814). Governor-General of the Southern Netherlands, August 1st, 1814 – March 16th, 1815. King of the Netherlands (proclaimed: March 16th, 1815; inaugurated: Brussels, September 21st, 1815). Grand Duke of Luxembourg, June 9th, 1815. Abdicated as King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg: Paleis Het Loo near Apeldoorn, October 7th, 1840.
General of the Infantry of the Republic of the United Netherlands, 1790 (deprived of his commission when he went into exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands, January 18th, 1795). General of the Army of Prussia, 1806-1807. Lieutenant-Fieldmarshal of the Army of Austria, 1809.
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Garter, August 22nd, 1814. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1816.
Married:
Royal Palace, Berlin, October 1st, 1791:
HRH Princess Friederike Luise Wilhelmine of Prussia (“Mimi”)
* Corner-house at the Neue Markt/Schwerdtfegerstraße, Potsdam, November 18th, 1774
† Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, October 12th, 1837
Palace of Prince Albrecht of Prussia, 102 Wilhelmsstraße, Berlin, February 17th, 1841:
Henrica (“Henriëtte”) Adriana Ludovica Flora Gravin d’Oultremont de Wégimont
(Since her marriage styled as: Countess of Nassau)
* Maastricht, February 28th, 1792
† Schloß Rahe, Laurensberg near Aix-la-Chapelle, October 26th, 1864
Lady in waiting to HM Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands, 1817-1837.
Children from the first marriage:
HM King Willem II Frederik George Lodewijkof the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc. (“Guillot”)
Stillborn son
* Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, August 18th, 1795
HRH Prince Willem FrederikKarel of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (“Frits”)
(Born as: HSH Prince Willem Frederik Karel of Orange-Nassau)
* Royal Palace, Berlin, February 28th, 1797
† Huis “De Paauw”, Wassenaar, September 8th, 1881
Member of the Council of State, 1815 (resigned his commission: 1862). Minister of War, 1826-1829.
Colonel of the Infantry, 1813. Lieutenant-General of the Infantry and Grandmaster of the Artillery, 1814. Admiral, 1829. Fieldmarshal, 1840 (resigned his commissions: 1868). Colonel of the Infantry of Prussia. Honorary General-Colonel of the Infantry of Prussia. Colonel of the Cavalry of Russia.
National Grandmaster of the Freemasons in the Netherlands, 1816
Married:
Royal Palace, Berlin, May 21st, 1825:
HRH Princess Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie of Prussia
* Schloß, Königsberg (today: Kaliningrad), February 1st, 1808
† Huis “De Paauw”, Wassenaar, December 6th, 1870
Children from this marriage:
HRH Princess Wilhelmina Frederica Alexandrine Anna Louiseof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
(In Sweden styled as Queen Lovisa)
* Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, August 5th, 1828
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 30th, 1871
Married:
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, June 19th, 1850:
HM King Carl XV Ludvik Eugen of Sweden and Norway (“Kron-Kalle”)
(Born as: HRH Prince Carl Ludvik Eugen of Sweden, Duke of Skåne)
(Since March 8th, 1844:) HRH Crown Prince Carl Ludvik Eugen of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Skåne
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, May 3rd, 1826
† Palace, Malmö, September 18th, 1872
Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, March 8th, 1844. Viceroy of Norway, February 7th, 1856. Prince-Regent of Sweden, 1857.
King of Sweden and Norway, July 8th, 1859 (crowned: Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 3rd, 1860 and Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, August 5th, 1860).
HRH Prince WillemFrederik Nicolaas Karel of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, July 6th, 1833
† Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, November 1st, 1834
HRH Prince Willem FrederikNicolaas Albert of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (“Frits”)
* Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, August 22nd, 1836
† Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, January 23rd, 1846
HRH Princess Wilhelmina Frederica Anna Elisabeth Marieof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
* Huis “De Paauw”, Wassenaar, July 5th, 1841
† Schloß Monrepos, Amt Heddesdorf near Neuwied, June 22nd, 1910
Married:
(civil) Huis “De Paauw” and (religious) Dorpskerk, Wassenaar, July 18th, 1871:
HSH Fürst Wilhelm Adolph Maximilian Carl zu Wied, Graf zu Isenburg
(Born as: HSH Prince Wilhelm Adolph Maximilian Carl zu Wied)
* Neuwied, August 22nd, 1845
† Schloß Monrepos, Amt Heddesdorf near Neuwied, October 22nd, 1907
5th Fürst zu Wied, March 5th, 1864. Member of the House of Lords of Prussia. Member of the Colonial Council of Prussia.
Honorary General of the Cavalry of Prussia.
Knight of the Order of St. John.
HSH Princess Wilhelmina Frederica Louise Pauline Charlotte of Orange-Nassau
* Berlin, March 1st, 1800
† Freienwalde, December 22nd, 1806
Stillborn child
* Berlin, August 30th, 1806
HRH Princess Wilhelmina Frederica Louise Charlotte Marianneof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
(Born as: HSH Princess Wilhelmina Frederica Louise Charlotte Marianne of Orange-Nassau)
* Palace of HH The Prince of Orange (= her father) at 36 Unter den Linden (later aka “Niederländisches Palais”), Berlin, May 9th, 1810
† Schloß Reinhartshausen, Erbach i.d. Rheingau, May 29th, 1883
Married:
Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, September 14th, 1830:
HRH Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia (“Abbat”)
* Schloß, Königsberg (today: Kaliningrad), October 4th, 1809
† Palace at 102 Wilhelmsstraße, Berlin, October 14th, 1872
Second Lieutenant, October 4th, 1819. First Lieutenant, March 31st, 1827. Captain, October 4th, 1828. Chief of the Imperial Russian Regiment Kurassiers # 7, June 9th, 1829. Colonel of the 1st Dragoon Regiment Insterburg, March 30th, 1831. Major-General and Commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade, March 3rd, 1833 and Commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Brigade, May 30th, 1835. Lieutenant-General, April 7th, 1840. Commander of the 5th Division at Frankfurt an der Oder, September 8th, 1840 – October 2nd, 1844. General of the Cavalry, March 23rd, 1852. Inspector of the 2nd Army, March 17th, 1863. Honorary Commander of the Cavalry Regiment # 60, December 7th, 1864. Honorary Commander of the 1st Guards Regiment, October 4th, 1869. General-Colonel and Commander of the 4th Cavalry Division, July 18th, 1870. General-Fieldmarshal, June 16th, 1871. Imperial Russian General-Fieldmarshal, September 8th, 1872.
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, October 4th, 1819. Grand Cross of Albrecht the Bear of Anhalt, October 2nd, 1835. Chain of the Order of the Black Eagle, September 28th, 1841. Service Cross, October 17th, 1844. Swords of the Order of the Red Eagle, December 24th, 1862. Order Pour le mérite, July 31st, 1866. Iron Cross 1st Class, October 19th, 1870. Oakleafs of the Order Pour le mérite, December 31st, 1870.
(Divorced: Berlin, March 28th and The Hague, August 31st, 1849)
Illegitimate child:
Johannes Willem van Reinhartshausen
* Cefalu, Sicily, October 30th, 1849
† Schloß Reinhartshausen, Erbach i.d. Rheingau, December 25th, 1861
(Granted the surname “van Reinhartshausen” by HH Duke Adolph of Nassau in 1855)
(Father: Johannesvan Rossum, * The Hague, August 21st, 1808, † Schloß Reinhartshausen, Erbach i.d. Rheingau, April 10th, 1872)
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HM King WillemII Frederik George Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc. (“Guillot”)
(Born as: HSH Prince Willem Frederik George Lodewijk of Orange-Nassau)
Since April 9th, 1806: HSH Hereditary Prince Willem Frederik George Lodewijk of Orange and Nassau
Since December 2nd, 1813: HSH Hereditary Prince WillemFrederik George Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
Since March 16th, 1815: HRH Prince WillemFrederik George Lodewijk Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, December 6th, 1792
† Tilburg, March 17th, 1849
Hereditary Prince of Fulda, 1802-1806. Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, April 9th, 1806 – May 31st, 1815. Hereditary Prince of the Netherlands, December 2nd, 1813. Minister of War, 1814-1817. Prince of Orange (= Crown Prince of the Netherlands), March 16th, 1815. Member of the Council of State, 1815. Vice-President of the Council of State, 1829. President of the Council of Ministers, 1829-1830.
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, October 7th, 1840 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, November 28th, 1840).
Lieutenant-Colonel of the British Army in Spain and Aide-de-Camp of Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, 1811-1813. General of the Infantry, December 22nd, 1813. Inspector-General of the Army, 1814-1817. Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 1830-1839. Fieldmarshal, August 25th, 1831.
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Knight of the Order of the Bath.
Married:
(Orthodox) Great Chapel and (Protestant) White Hall, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, February 21st n.s., 1816:
HIH Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia
* St. Petersburg, January 18th n.s., 1795
† Huis “Buitenrust”, The Hague, March 1st, 1865
Children from this marriage:
HM King Willem III Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijkof the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.
HRH Prince Willem AlexanderFrederik Constantijn Nicolaas Michiel of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (“Sascha”)
* Paleis Soestdijk, August 2nd, 1818
† Funchal, Madeira, February 20th, 1848
Colonel of the Infantry, 1828. Lieutenant-General and Inspector of the Cavalry, 1840.
HRH Prince Willem Frederik Hendrikof the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (“The Sailor”)
* Paleis Soestdijk, June 13th, 1820
† Schloß Walferdange, Luxembourg, January 13th, 1879
Stadtholder of Luxembourg, February 5th, 1850.
Naval Cadet, 1830. Sub-Lieutenant of the Navy, 1836. Captain of the Navy, 1840. Rear-Admiral, 1847. Vice-Admiral, 1851. Lieutenant-Admiral, 1852. Admiral and Fieldmarshal (with the right to bear the marshal’s baton belonging to his father HM King Willem II), January 7th, 1879. Squadron Commander of the Navy of Russia.
Married:
Grand-Ducal Palace, Weimar, May 19th, 1853:
HH Princess Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony
* 5 St. Pieter’s Nieuwstraat, Ghent, May 20th, 1830
† Schloß Walferdange, Luxembourg, May 1st, 1872
Neues Palais, Potsdam, August 24th, 1878:
HRH Princess Marie Elisabeth Luise Friederike of Prussia
* Marmor Palais, Potsdam, September 14th, 1855
† Schloß Albrechtsberg near Dresden, June 20th, 1888
HRH Prince Willem Alexander Frederik Ernst Casimirof the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Paleis Soestdijk, May 21st, 1822
† Palace of HRH The Prince of Orange (= his father), Koningsplein, Brussels, October 22nd, 1822
HRH Princess Wilhelmina Marie Sophie Louiseof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
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HM King WillemIII Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Prince WillemAlexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau)
Since October 7th, 1840: HRH Prince WillemAlexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Palace of HRH The Prince of Orange (= his father), Straat van de Raad van Brabant, Brussels, February 19th, 1817
† Paleis Het Loo near Apeldoorn, November 23rd, 1890
Member of the Council of State, February 19th, 1838. Prince of Orange (= Crown Prince of the Netherlands), October 7th, 1840.
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, March 17th, 1849 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, May 12th, 1849).
Colonel of the Infantry, 1827. Lieutenant-General of the Infantry, 1840. Colonel of the Infantry of Austria. Colonel of the Cavalry of Prussia. Colonel of the Cavalry of Russia.
Married:
Marmor Saal, Königliches Palais, Stuttgart, June 18th, 1839:
HRH Princess Sofia Friederike Mathilde of Württemberg
* Neues Königliches Palais, Stuttgart, June 17th, 1818
† Paleis Huis ten Bosch near The Hague, June 3rd, 1877
(Secret separation: The Hague, December 25th, 1855)
(civil) Appartments of Fürstin Helena and (religious) Chapel, Schloß Arolsen, Arolsen, January 7th, 1879:
HSH Princess Adelheid EmmaWilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont
* Schloß Arolsen, Arolsen, August 2nd, 1858
† Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, March 20th, 1934
Queen-Regent of the Netherlands, November 14th-23rd, 1890 (for her husband; inaugurated: Parliament, The Hague, November 20th, 1890) and November 23rd, 1890 – August 31st, 1898 (for her daughter; inaugurated: Parliament, The Hague, December 8th, 1890).
Children from the first marriage:
HRH Prince WillemNicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (“Wiwill”)
Since March 17th, 1849: HRH Prince WillemNicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Paleis at the Plein, The Hague, September 4th, 1840
† 19 Rue Auber, Paris, June 11th, 1879
Prince of Orange (= Crown Prince of the Netherlands), March 17th, 1849. Member of the Council of State, September 4th, 1861.
Lieutenant of the Cavalry, 1853. Sub-Lieutenant of the Navy. Inspector of the Cavalry and the Military Police, March 13th, 1861. General of the Infantry and Lieutenant-Admiral, February 19th, 1863 (resigned his commissions: January 20th, 1877). Colonel of the Infantry of Russia.
HRH Prince Willem Frederik MauritsAlexander Hendrik Karel of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Paleis at the Plein, The Hague, September 15th, 1843
† Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, June 4th, 1850
HRH Prince Willem AlexanderKarel Hendrik Frederik of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
Since June 11th, 1879: HRH Prince Willem AlexanderKarel Hendrik Frederik Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, August 25th, 1851
† 6 Kneuterdijk, The Hague, June 21st, 1884
Prince of Orange (= Crown Prince of the Netherlands) and Member of the Council of State, June 11th, 1879.
Second Lieutenant of the Cavalry, 1861. Lieutenant of the Artillery and Sub-Lieutenant of the Navy, 1867. Major-General at the General Staff and Honorary Rear-Admiral, 1877. Colonel of the Cavalry of Russia.
National Grandmaster of the Freemasons in the Netherlands, 1882.
Child from the second marriage:
HM Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Mariaof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
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HM Queen WilhelminaHelena Pauline Maria of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Princess WilhelminaHelena Pauline Maria of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau)
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, August 31st, 1880
† Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, November 28th, 1962
Heir Pressumptive to the Dutch Throne, June 21st, 1884.
Queen of the Netherlands, November 23rd, 1890 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, September 6th, 1898; abdicated: Royal Palace, Amsterdam, September 4th, 1948).
Married:
(civil) Paleis Noordeinde and (religious) Grote of St. Jacobs Kerk, The Hague, February 7th, 1901:
HH Duke Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst of Mecklenburg
Since January 27th, 1901: HH Duke Hendrik Wladimir Albrecht Ernst of Mecklenburg
Since February 7th, 1901: HRH Prince HendrikWladimir Albrecht Ernst of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg
* Schloß Schwerin, Schwerin, April 19th, 1876
† Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, July 3rd, 1934
Granted the Dutch nationality, January 27th, 1901. created HRH Prince of the Netherlands, February 7th, 1901. Member of the Council of State, 1901. President of the Dutch Red Cross, 1908.
Honorary Major-General and Honorary Rear-Admiral, 1901. Honorary Lieutenant-General and Honorary Vice-Admiral, 1904. Honorary Lieutenant-General of Mecklenburg. Honorary Lieutenant-General of Prussia. Honorary Vice-Admiral of Germany, December 1908.
Children from this marriage:3
Miscarriage
Paleis Het Loo near Apeldoorn, November 9th, 1901
Stillborn son
* Paleis Het Loo near Apeldoorn, May 4th, 1902
Miscarriage
Paleis Het Loo near Apeldoorn, July 23rd, 1906
HM Queen Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelminaof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
Miscarriage
January 23rd, 1912
Miscarriage
Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, October 20th, 1912
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HM Queen Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg)
Since January 7th, 1937: HRH Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, April 30th, 1909
† (pneumonia) Paleis Soestdijk, March 20th, 2004
Heir Pressumptive to the Dutch Throne, April 30th, 1909. Member of the Council of State, April 30th, 1927. President of the Dutch Red Cross, 1934-1948. Granted the title Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, January 7th, 1937. Princess-Regent of the Netherlands, October 14th – December 1st, 1947 and May 14th – August 30th, 1948 (for her mother).
Queen of the Netherlands, September 4th, 1948 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, September 6th, 1948; abdicated: Royal Palace, Amsterdam, April 30th, 1980).
Married:
(civil) Townhall and (religious) Grote of St. Jacobs Kerk, The Hague, January 7th, 1937:
HSH Prince Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Since November 27th, 1936: HSH Prince Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Since January 7th, 1937: HRH Prince BernhardLeopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
(Born as: Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Graf von Biesterfeld)
* Jena, June 29th, 1911
† Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht, December 1st, 2004
Granted the style and title HSH Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld by HSH The Fürst of Lippe, February 24th, 1916. Granted the Dutch nationality, November 27th, 1936. Created HRH Prince of the Netherlands, January 7th, 1937. Member of the Council of State, 1937-1980.
Major-General of the Army and Rear-Admiral of the Navy, 1942. Lieutenant-General of the Army and Vice-Admiral of the Navy, 1943. Commander-in-Chief of the Interior Armed Forces, 1944-1945. Inspector-General of the Army, 1945-1970. Inspector-General of the Navy, 1946-1970. General of the Army, Lieutenant-Admiral of the Navy and General of the Air Force, 1948. Inspector-General of the Air Force, 1953-1970. Inspector-General of the Armed Forces, 1970 (had to resign his commission: 1976). Honorary Air Marshall of the British Royal Air Force. Honorary Air Commodore of the New Zealand Air Force.
Children from this marriage:4
HM Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgardof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
HRH Princess IreneEmma Elisabeth of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
* Paleis Soestdijk, August 5th, 1939
Married:5
Chapel Borghese, Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, April 29th, 1964:
HRH Duke Charles Hugues Xavier Marie Sixte Louis Robert Jean Georges Benoît Michel of Parma and Piacenza
(Born as: HRH Prince Hugues Xavier Marie Sixte Louis Robert Jean Georges Benoît Michel of Bourbon-Parma)
Since June 28th, 1963: HRH Prince Charles Hugues Xavier Marie Sixte Louis Robert Jean Georges Benoît Michel of Bourbon-Parma
* Paris, April 8th, 1930
(He was officially renamed Charles Huguesby judgement of the Court of Appeal of La Seine, France, June 28th, 1963)
Granted the titles Prince of Asturias and Duke of San Jaime by his father, May 5th, 1957. Assumed the title Duke of Madrid, February 1964. Heir Apparent to the Headship of the Ducal Family of Parma, November 25th, 1974.
Assumed Carlist leadership, August, 1975. Head of the Ducal Family of Parma, May 7th, 1977. Abandoned his Carlist claims in 1979. Re-asserted his Carlist claim and assumed the title Count of Montemolin, Arbonne, September 28th, 2003.
(Divorced: Utrecht, May 26th, 1981. The divorce was registered in The Hague, May 27th, 1981)
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