Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
Infant Francisco de Paula Antonio of Spain, Duke of Cádiz Spanish Francisco de Paula Antonio de Borbón, Duque de Cádiz ( born March 10, 1794 in Madrid; † August 13, 1865 same place ) was a member of the Spanish royal family of the house of Bourbon.
Life
Francisco was the youngest son of Charles IV of Spain (1748-1819) and his wife Princess Maria Louise of Bourbon -Parma (1751-1819), youngest daughter of Duke Philip of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla and Princess Marie Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon.
On June 12, 1819 Francisco married his niece Princess Luisa in Madrid Carlota of Naples and Sicily ( 1804-1844 ), eldest daughter of King Francis I of Naples and the Two Sicilies and his second wife, the Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. From this marriage eleven children were born, eight of whom reached adulthood:
- Francisco de Asís (1820-1821)
- Isabella Ferdinanda (1821-1897) ∞ 1841 Ignatius Count de Gurowski
- Francis of Assisi (1822-1902) ∞ 1846 Queen Isabella II of Spain
- Enrique Maria Fernando (1823-1870) ∞ 1848 Hélène de Castellvi
- Louisa (1824-1900) ∞ 1847 José Osorio de Moscoso
- Felipe Duarte (1826-1830)
- Josefina Ferdinanda (1827-1920) ∞ 1848 José Güell y pension
- Teresa (1828-1829)
- Fernando (1832-1854)
- Maria Christina (1833-1902) ∞ Infant Sebastian Gabriel de Bourbon
- Amelia del Pilar (1834-1905) ∞ Prince Adalbert Wilhelm of Bavaria, as well as Crown Prince of Greece
In 1851 the Duke of Cadiz was a left-handed marriage with a Doña Teresa Arredondo. From the relationship was a son, Richard Marie de Borbon, Duke of San Ricardo (1851-1873), out.