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Louis Alphonse de Bourbon

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Also known as Luis Alfonso de Borbón y de Martinez, Louis XX

legitimist pretender to the French throne

Key facts

Pretence
30 January 1989 – present
Predecessor
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz
Heir apparent
Luis de Borbón
Born
Luis Alfonso Gonzalo Víctor Manuel Marco de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú , ( 1974-04-25 ) 25 April 1974 (age 52) , Madrid , Spain
Spouse
María Margarita Vargas Santaella ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 5 November 2004</span>"}]]}'>2004 ) ​
Issue
Eugenia de Borbón y Vargas Luis de Borbón y Vargas Alfonso de Borbón y Vargas Henri de Borbón y Vargas
House
Bourbon
Father
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz
Mother
Carmen Martínez-Bordiú
Religion
Roman Catholic

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Luis
Gender
male
Citizenship
Spain
Place of birth
Madrid
Occupation
businessperson
Languages spoken
French
Religion
Catholicism
Military rank
corvette captain
Image
19 janvier 2020 (72) crop.jpg
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date of birth
1974-04-25
name in native language
Louis de Bourbon
birth name
Luis Alfonso de Borbón y de Martinez
has works in the collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Commons category
Louis Alphonse de Bourbon
social media followers
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Encyclopedic overview

Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou (Spanish: Luis Alfonso Gonzalo Víctor Manuel Marco de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú; born 25 April 1974) is regarded by French Legitimists as the head of the House of Bourbon and the rightful claimant to the defunct throne of France under the name Louis XX. His claim is based on his descent from Louis XIV (r. 1643–1715) through his grandson Philip V of Spain. Philip renounced his claim to the French throne under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The rival Orleanist pretenders argue that this, as well as being born a Spanish citizen, makes Louis Alphonse ineligible for the throne.

Louis Alphonse is patrilineally the senior great-grandson of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. His grandfather Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, renounced his rights to the Spanish throne for himself and his descendants owing to his deafness. The crown of Spain has descended to his second cousin, King Felipe VI. Through his mother, he is also a great-grandson of Spain's caudillo (dictator) General Francisco Franco; and through his father, a great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Since the death of his father in 1989, he has used the courtesy title of Duke of Anjou.

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