Countess Madeleine of Lignieres

From redevance
HRH The Dowager Duchess of Parma
Titles Dowager Duchess of Parma

Countess of Lignieres

Reign 25 November 1974 - 7 May 1977
Coronation 30 May 1975
Predecessor Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
Successor Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Biographical Information
Born 23 March 1898

Paris, France

Died 1 September 1984 (aged 86)

San Martino, Parma, Italy

Spouse Duke Xavier of Parma

(m. 1927; w. 1977)

Issue Princess Maria Francisca

Carlo IV

Princess Maria Theresa

Princess Cecilia

Princess Maria de Neve

Prince Sixtus

Name Marie Madeleine Yvonne
House Bourbon-Busset (by birth)

Bourbon-Parma (by marriage)

Father Georges, Count of Lignieres
Mother Marie Josephine de Quillien
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Maria Francisca 19 August 1928 Prince Edouard of Lobkowicz (m. 1959); has issue
Carlo IV 8 April 1930 18 August 2010 (aged 80) Princess Irene of the Netherlands (m. 1964); had issue
Princess Maria Theresa 28 July 1933 26 March 2020 (aged 86) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Cecilia 12 April 1935 1 September 2021 (aged 86) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Maria de Neve 29 April 1937 Unmarried and without issue
Prince Sixtus 22 July 1940 Unmarried and without issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1898-1927 Countess Madeleine of Lignieres
  • 1927-1974 Princess Madeleine of Parma
  • 1974-1977 Madeleine, Duchess of Parma
  • 1977-1984 Madeleine, Dowager Duchess of Parma

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Georges, Count of Lignieres Henri, Count of Lignieres

Adrienne de Nesle

Eugene, Count of Lignieres

Idalie de Courtebonne
Marquis Adrien of Nesle
Eugenie de Lonlay

Viscount Antoine of Lignieres

Marguerite Louise de Lordat
Marquis Louis Albert of Courtebonne
Charlotte Henriette do Cocherel
Marquis Joseph Augustin of Harcourt
Blanche de Narbonne-Pelet
Marquis Alexandre of Lonlay
Anne Louise de Pillevoine

Marie Josephine de Quillien Viscount Rene of Quillien

Marie Leonie Gautier

Viscount Charles Fidele of Quillien

Marie Marguerite de la Faluere
Claude Gautier
Claudine Vespre

Alexandre de Quillien

Marie Francoise de Kermovan
Antoine de la Faluere
Agathe de Beaumont
Etienne Gautier
Eugenie Bonnel-Labarthe
Joseph Vespre
Elisabeth Gourd