| Francisco de Borbón y Borbón | |
| Spouse: | Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel María García de Lóbez y Salvador |
| Issue: | Francisco de Borbón y Escasany Alfonso Carlos de Borbón y Escasany Enrique de Borbón y García de Lóbez |
| Noble Family: | Bourbon |
| House-Type: | Dynasty |
| Father: | Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre |
| Mother: | Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Santander, Spain |
| Death Place: | Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
Francisco de Paula Enrique María Luis de Borbón y Borbón (16 November 1912 – 18 November 1995) was a Spanish aristocrat and a distant relative of the Spanish royal family.[1] He had a brilliant and outstanding military career as a Lieutenant General and commander of the cavalry in the Spanish Army.
He was born in Santander as the youngest child and second son of Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre (1882–1953) and his wife, Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, 4th Duchess of Seville (1888–1967). He descended from a morganatic line of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon and was a relative of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. He renounced his rights to succeed to his mother's ducal title in 1968, in favour of his eldest son.[1] [2]
He was married on 4 October 1942 at Madrid to Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel (13 October 1925 in Málaga – 16 May 1962 in Málaga), daughter of Ignacio Escasany y Ancell and Enriqueta de Miquel y Mas, 2nd . The couple had two sons:
∞ Countess Beatrice Wilhelmine Paula von Hardenberg (28 June 1947 in Donaueschingen – 14 March 2020 in Marbella),[4] daughter of Count Günther von Hardenberg and Princess Maria Josepha Egona zu Fürstenberg, on 7 July 1973 at Baden-Baden, and divorced on 30 June 1989 in Madrid, with issue:
∞ Julián Porras-Figueroa Toledano (born 3 October 1982 in Castilla la Mancha) on 4 October 2014 at Marbella, with issue:
∞ Isabelle Eugénie Karanitsch (born 23 November 1959 in Vienna), daughter of Franz M. Karanitsch and Tatjana Cimlov Karacevcev, on 19 October 1991 at Vienna, and divorced on 17 June 1993 in Madrid, without issue.
∞ María de los Ángeles de Vargas-Zúñiga y Juanes (born 19 November 1954 in Lugo), daughter of Manuel de Vargas-Zúñiga y la Calzada and María de los Ángeles de Juanes y Lago, on 2 September 2000 at Marbella, without issue (however, she has two children from a previous marriage to Ernesto Díaz Bastien).
∞ María Luisa Yordi y Villacampa (born 15 April 1949 in Madrid), daughter of Lucian Yordi and María Luisa Villacampa, on 2 July 1971 at Madrid, with issue:
∞ María Eugenia Silva Hernández-Mancha (born 13 January 1976 in Madrid), daughter of Antonio Silva Jaraquemada and María Eugenia Hernández Mancha, with issue:
∞ Juan Bosco de Ussía Hornedo, son of Alfonso de Ussía y Muñoz-Seca and María del Pilar Hornedo y Muguiro, on 20 June 2008 at Guadalajara, with issue:
Francisco married for the second time on 15 March 1967 at Madrid to María Josefa García de Lóbez y Salvador (11 December 1928 in Madrid – 28 March 2002 in Madrid), daughter of Nicolas García and Dolores Salvador. They had one son:
During his tenure, the order suffered a schism which led to the development of two obediences, termed the Malta Obedience and the Paris Obedience. He continued to lead the Malta Obedience until his death in 1995. Under his leadership, a 1986 attempt to reunite the two obediences proved unsuccessful; they were subsequently reunited in 2008, after his death.
Francisco's patriline is the line from which he is descended from father to son.
Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations, which means that Francisco is a member of the House of Bourbon.