Biography Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón

1 biography

1.1 life , education
1.2 marriage rumors , exile
1.3 marriage

biography
early life , education

luis fernando born @ madrid, younger son of infante infante antonio, duke of galliera , of wife, infanta eulalia of spain. baptised names luis fernando maría zacarías; name zacarías in honour of saint zechariah on feast day luis fernando born. in 1899 luis fernando , older brother alfonso sent england educated jesuits @ beaumont college. remained there until 1904. elisabeth de gramont, duchess of clermont-tonnerre, chronicled various aspects of parisian life in four-volume memoirs, wrote him: infante divertingly cynical little creature ever amused paris. slim, pallid, round- , restless-eyed bird, sullen looking, lovely hands of coëllo infanta, promenaded lubricous little royal person drawing-room awful bouges , then, ingratiatingly , affectionately, sink abandoned child @ feet of dame , lament lot.

marriage rumors , exile

on july 17, 1914, new york times reported marriage of luis fernando beatrice harrington. newspaper mistaken, however; groom don luis de borbón, duke of ansola.

in october 1924 luis fernando expelled france. purportedly involved in trade of illegal drugs. in response king alfonso xiii of spain deprived him of privileges infante of spain.

unable reside either in spain or france, luis fernando moved lisbon. in march 1926 arrested @ portuguese-spanish border disguised woman. smuggled goods found in possession, no drugs. in 1927 allegedly travelled italy in company of portuguese homosexual poet antónio botto.

in 1929 reported luis fernando engaged mabelle gilman corey, broadway actress , former wife of william e. corey, steel magnate. marriage never took place.

marriage

in july 1930 engagement announced between luis fernando , marie constance charlotte (august 25, 1857, verrières-le-buisson - july 15, 1943, paris), grand daughter of louis auguste , widow of prince henri amédée de broglie , owner of château de chaumont. luis fernando 41 years old, while marie 72 years old.

marie s nephew, françois de cossé, 11th duke of brissac, brought lawsuit on behalf of family before tribunal de grande instance of seine try stop wedding. claimed aunt mentally incompetent. marie claimed had thought marriage twelve years ago, had delayed on account of grandchildren. court determined nephew had no legal right oppose marriage of aunt. appointed commission of 3 doctors investigate marie s mental state , confirmed judicial administrator appointed on july 7 manage marie s estate.

on september 19, 1930, luis fernando , marie married in civil ceremony in london registry office. on october 4, 1930, married in religious ceremony in cathedral of san siro in sanremo on italian riviera. had no children. after wedding luis fernando , marie lived in sanremo in house given luis fernando mother. in february 1935 luis fernando again expelled france. had been arrested in vice squad raid.

luis fernando s wife marie died in 1943. spent next 2 years in paris nursing home died in 1945. buried @ eglise du coeur immaculé de marie, 51bis rue de la pompe, in paris.