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Princess Berthe de Rohan

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Berthe de Rohan
Duchess of Madrid
Consort of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne
and
the Legitimist pretender to the French throne
Pretence28 April 1894 – 18 July 1909
Born(1868-05-21)21 May 1868
Teplitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died19 January 1945(1945-01-19) (aged 76)
Vienna, Greater German Reich
Spouse
(m. 1894; died 1909)
Names
French: Marie-Berthe Françoise Félicie Jeanne
German: Maria-Bertha Franziska Felicia Johanne
HouseRohan
FatherArthur of Rohan, Prince of Rochefort
MotherCountess Gabriela of Waldstein-Wartenberg

Berthe de Rohan (French: Marie-Berthe Françoise Félicie Jeanne de Rohan, Princesse de Rohan; 21 May 1868 – 19 January 1945) was a Princess of Rohan and member of the House of Rohan by birth. She was born in Teplitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Through her marriage to Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne, Berthe became a member of the House of Bourbon and titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

Early life

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Marie-Berthe Françoise Félicie Jeanne was the ninth and youngest child of Prince Arthur of Rohan (1826-1885) (son of Prince Benjamin de Rohan-Rochefort-Guéménée and Princess Stephanie of Croÿ) and his wife, Countess Maria Gabriela of Waldstein-Wartenberg (1827-1890) (daughter of Count Christian Vinzenz Ernst von Waldstein-Wartenberg and Countess Maria Franziska of Thun und Hohenstein).[1]

Marriage

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Berthe married Carlos de Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, second son, eldest son of Juan de Bourbon, Count of Montizón and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, on 28 April 1894 in Prague.

After the death of his first wife Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, their union was encouraged by his mother Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (1824–1906), but produced no issue.

Death

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Berthe died in relative obscurity in Vienna, Greater German Reich, at the age of 76. She was buried in Klosterkirche, Döbling, Austria.[2]

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Ancestry

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References

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Princess Berthe de Rohan
Born: 21 May 1868 Died: 19 January 1945
Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
— TITULAR —
Queen consort of Spain
Carlist
28 April 1894 – 18 July 1909
Vacant
Title next held by
Maria das Neves of Portugal
— TITULAR —
Queen consort of France
Legitimist
28 April 1894 – 18 July 1909