Luis Alfonso de Borbón news and pictures 1: September 2003 - March 2006

[Dulce Elena]

No, she wasn't there. I saw him with an older lady beside him. Which makes me question the engagement. If she is his fiancée, shouldn't she be making at least a few appointments with him? The wedding seems like a very easy occassion as compared to other functions where the onus is more on him.

[Aubisse]

Wasn't the lady his grandmother, the duchess of Franco. Can anyone send some picture of LA in this wedding ?
Thanks :-)

[ceci]

Originally posted by Aubisse@May 24th, 2004 - 4:45 am
Please do not forget that Monseigneur le duc d'Anjou had a rather tragic faimily life. His parents divorced, his grandparents were also divorced. He lost his brother, he lost his father.
He became head of the House of Bourbon when he was very young. So, according to me, what he really needs now is a happy family life. And a wife ready to love him, ready to spend all her life with him and to educate their children in the holly catholic faith.

I totally agree. Luis Alfonso had a sad chilhood and I hope his wife can give him all the love his need. At least she seems to be a sweet girl for me

[xicamaluca]

Originally posted by Aubisse@May 25th, 2004 - 10:00 am
Wasn't the lady his grandmother, the duchess of Franco. Can anyone send some picture of LA in this wedding ?
Thanks :-)

I leave you some pics of LA in the wedding :)

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[Dulce Elena]

Oy! Why the beard ??? LOL

[ceci]

Louis-Alphonse de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou (2ndR), arrives, 08 June 2004 at Saint-Denis basilica, where the tiny heart of Louis XVII, the son of the beheaded king Louis XVI and queen Marie-Antoinette, was put in a royal crypt outside of Paris. Louis-Charles, the so-called "lost dauphin" who would have reigned as Louis XVII, died of tuberculosis at the age of 10 on June 8, 1795 in a windowless cell in the French capital's Temple prison, where he had been incarcerated with his parents before they were guillotined.


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[mari0915]

I know that he is related to the Spanish royal family, but how is he the predenter to the French throne? Wasn't his dad a spanish duke?

Originally posted by mari0915@Jun 9th, 2004 - 2:56 pm
I know that he is related to the Spanish royal family, but how is he the predenter to the French throne? Wasn't his dad a spanish duke?

Luis Alfonso's father, Don Alfonso de Borbon y Dampierre, was the elder son of the late HRH Infante Don Jaime of Spain.

Jaime was the second son of Alfonso XIII. He renounced his right to the throne in 1933 because he was mute and deaf. Two years later, he married an Italian noblewoman. The marriage was not equal (but that didn't matter because he had already renounced his rights and the rights of his descendants.)

Alfonso married Franco's granddaughter Carmen. Franco created him HRH and duke of Cadiz. Luis Alfonso is their younger son.

The duke of Cadiz was a first cousin on Juan Carlos, whose father, HRH Infante Don Juan, Count of Barcelona, was the third son of Alfonso XIII.

[Aubisse]

<The marriage was not equal (but that didn't matter because he had already > <renounced his rights and the rights of his descendants.)>
-> according to spanish laws, the marriage may has been unequal. (anyhow the bride's father was a duke and he wasn't italian but french). According to french laws there is no unequal mariage. The heir of the french throne is the head of the Bourbon family.

Originally posted by Aubisse@Jun 10th, 2004 - 4:10 am
<The marriage was not equal (but that didn't matter because he had already > <renounced his rights and the rights of his descendants.)>
-> according to spanish laws, the marriage may has been unequal. (anyhow the bride's father was a duke and he wasn't italian but french). According to french laws there is no unequal mariage. The heir of the french throne is the head of the Bourbon family.

Luis Alfonso is not the heir to the French throne - he descends from Philippe. Duke of Orleans, who renounced his rights (and the rights of his decendants) to the French throne, when he became King of Spain.

Emanuela's father was an Italian duke - not royalty. However, Jaime had already renounced his rights and the rights of his descendants 2 years before he married.

[Aubisse]

Originally posted by Marlene@Jun 10th, 2004 - 9:58 am
Luis Alfonso is not the heir to the French throne - he descends from Philippe. Duke of Orleans, who renounced his rights (and the rights of his decendants) to the French throne, when he became King of Spain..

He descends fom Philippe, Duke of Anjou, not Duke of Orleans.

I will not discuss the renounciation story with you. See heraldica.org to have the full Orleans vs Anjou story.

[Aubisse]

Originally posted by xicamaluca@Jun 7th, 2004 - 6:10 pm
I leave you some pics of LA in the wedding :)

Thank you very much in deed. By the way the beard seems cut now

[semisquare]

its alright to say he is beautiful.....cause its true. does he speak a couple of languages?

[karolinabraganza]

www.hola.com has an article and photos from the petition des mano between louis-alphonso and margarete. can someone post pictures?

[Aubisse]

Originally Posted by semisquare

its alright to say he is beautiful.....cause its true. does he speak a couple of languages?

At least spanish, french and english

[mashed potatoes]

Is someone able to guide through to registration for Hola! I don't speak spanish, so english translation would be very helpful. I assume its free. Hola! should just be totally open to the public as Hello magazine is. Anyways, guidance through registration would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[mashed potatoes]

Has a wedding date been set? When is it? Where will it be held?

[semisquare]

hypothetical question-what if Louis decides not to marry her, can the wedding be called off or would her fathers money get in the way and prevent that from happen?

[ally_cooper]

Has a wedding date been set? When is it? Where will it be held?

Louis Alphonse will marry november, 6th in the church "San Estanislao de Cracovia" in La Romana (Dominican Republic). The celebrations day will start november 4th in the beach. Vitorio y Luchino will be the designers of the bride dress.