| Xavier | |||||
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| Duke of Parma | |||||
.jpg) Xavier in 1970 | |||||
| Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma | |||||
| Tenure | 15 November 1974 – 7 May 1977 | ||||
| Predecessor | Robert Hugo | ||||
| Successor | Carlos Hugo | ||||
| Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne as Javier I | |||||
| Tenure | 29 September 1936 – 7 May 1977 | ||||
| Predecessor | Alfonso Carlos I | ||||
| Successor | Carlos Hugo I or Enrique V | ||||
| Born | 25 May 1889 Villa Pianore, Lucca, Kingdom of Italy | ||||
| Died | 7 May 1977 (aged 87) Zizers, Switzerland | ||||
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| Issue | Princess 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 | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Father | Robert I, Duke of Parma | ||||
| Mother | Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal | ||||
| Religion | Roman 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.