Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma

Xavier
Duke of Parma
Xavier in 1970
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma
Tenure15 November 1974 – 7 May 1977
PredecessorRobert Hugo
SuccessorCarlos Hugo
Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne
as Javier I
Tenure29 September 1936 – 7 May 1977
PredecessorAlfonso Carlos I
SuccessorCarlos Hugo I or Enrique V
Born(1889-05-25)25 May 1889
Villa Pianore, Lucca, Kingdom of Italy
Died7 May 1977(1977-05-07) (aged 87)
Zizers, Switzerland
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1927)
IssuePrincess Marie Françoise, Princess of Lobkowicz
Prince Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza
Princess Marie Thérèse
Princess Cécile Marie, Countess of Poblet
Princess Marie des Neiges, Countess of Castillo de la Mota
Prince Sixtus Henry, Duke of Aranjuez
Names
Francis Xavier Charles Maria
HouseBourbon-Parma
FatherRobert I, Duke of Parma
MotherInfanta Maria Antónia of Portugal
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Xavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, known in France before 1974 as Prince Xavier de Bourbon-Parme, known in Spain as Francisco Javier de Borbón-Parma y de Braganza or simply as Don Javier (25 May 1889 – 7 May 1977), was head of the ducal House of Bourbon-Parma. He is best known as dynastic leader of Carlism and the Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain, since 1936 as a regent-claimant and since 1952 as a claimant, appearing under the name Javier I. Since 1974, he was pretender to the defunct throne of Parma. He is also recognized as involved in the so-called Sixtus Affair of 1916–1917 and in the so-called Halifax-Chevalier talks of 1940.