Carlos, Duke of Madrid


Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid was the senior member of the House of Bourbon from 1887 until his death. He was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VII from 1868 , and the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France under the name Charles XI after the death of his father in 1887.

Carlos was born in Ljubljana, the capital of Carniola in what is now Slovenia, the elder son of Juan, Count of Montizn and of his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of AustriaEste. His name in full was Carlos Mara de los Dolores Juan Isidro Jos Francisco, Quirico Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael. As an infant he lived with his family briefly in London where his younger brother Alfonso was born. After their father, considered too liberal for Carlist tastes, left their mother, the boys lived with her in Modena. Her brother Duke Francis V of Modena was largely responsible for the education of the boys and was the chief influence in their early lives. Carlos was known for his traditionalist views, much different from those of his father.

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