François d\' Assise Bourbon

François d' Assise Bourbon , born with the royal palace from Aranjuez the May 13rd 1822 and died with the castle of Epinay-sur-Seine the April 17th 1902, was king consort, under the title of François Ier of Spain , of 1846 with 1868.

Second wire (become elder) of infant François of Paule of Spain and of the princess Louise of Deux-Siciles, girl of the king François I {{er}} of Deux-Siciles), it is titrated Duc of Cadiz and infant of Spain by his/her uncle the king Ferdinand VII of Spain.

Although homosexual proven (it is called " Paquita" ) in 1846 he marries, for dynastic reasons, his German cousin the queen Isabelle II of Spain (girl of Ferdinand VII), which grants the title of king and the qualification of Majesty to him. They will have eleven children, of which five only arrived at the adulthood:

  • Isabelle (1851-1931), which will marry Gaëtan de Bourbon (1846-1871), royal prince of the Deux-Siciles and Girgenti (without posterity).

  • Alphonse (1857-1885), which will become king d' Espagne in 1874.
  • Marie del Pilar (1861-1879)
  • Marie of Paz (1862-1946), which will marry prince Louis-Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859-1949).
  • Eulalie (1864-1958), which will marry Antoine of Orleans (1866-1930), infant of Spain and duke of Galliera.

Starting from 1864 king François chairs the Council of Ministers.

The revolution of 1868 the constrained one with the exile, it takes the title of courtesy of “count of Moratalla”.

In 1874 monarchy is restored, but in favor of its Alphonse son, who becomes the king Alphonse XII of Spain.

The death of the “count de Chambord” in 1883 makes of François de Bourbon the new “first prince of the blood” of the legitimists French, 5th entitled to succeed after his/her four cousins of the elder branch, Jean, Charles, Jacques and Alphonse of Bourbon.

It settles with the castle of Épinay-sur-Seine, in France, which it bought in 1881.

François de Bourbon dies there on April 17th, 1902. The castle will be sold in 1906 and will become the town hall of Epinay-sur-Seine.

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