Infante Luis Fernando of Spain
Infante Luis Fernando of Spain | |||||
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Born | Madrid, Spain | 5 November 1888||||
Died | 20 June 1945 Paris, France | (aged 56)||||
Burial | Église du Cœur Immaculé de Marie | ||||
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Orléans-Galliera | |||||
Father | Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera | ||||
Mother | Infanta Eulalia of Spain |
Luis Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Infante of Spain (5 November 1888 – 20 June 1945) was a French prince and Spanish infante who lost his title.
Biography
Early life and education
Luis Fernando was born in Madrid, the younger son of Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera and of his wife, Infanta Eulalia of Spain.
In 1899 Luis Fernando and his older brother
Marriage rumors and exile
On 17 July 1914 The New York Times reported the marriage of Luis Fernando to Beatrice Harrington.[3] The newspaper was mistaken, however; the groom was actually Don Luis de Borbón, Duke of Ansola.
In October 1924 Luis Fernando was expelled from France.
Unable to reside either in Spain or France, Luis Fernando moved to Lisbon. In March 1926 he was arrested at the Portuguese-Spanish border disguised as a woman.[5] Some smuggled goods were found in his possession, but no drugs. In 1927 he allegedly travelled to Italy in the company of Portuguese poet António Botto.[6]
In 1929 it was reported that Luis Fernando was engaged to Mabelle Gilman Corey, a Broadway actress and the former wife of William E. Corey, a steel magnate.[7] The marriage never took place.
Marriage
In July 1930 an engagement was announced between Luis Fernando and
Marie's nephew,
On 19 September 1930 Luis Fernando and Marie married in a civil ceremony in a London registry office.[11] On 4 October 1930 they were married in a religious ceremony in the Cathedral of San Siro in Sanremo on the Italian Riviera.[12] After their wedding Luis Fernando and Marie lived in Sanremo in a house given to Luis Fernando by his mother.[11] In February 1935 Luis Fernando was again expelled from France.[13] He had been arrested in a vice squad raid.
Luis Fernando's wife Marie died in 1943.[14] He spent the next two years in a Paris nursing home where he died in 1945.[7] He is buried at the Église du Cœur Immaculé de Marie, 51bis rue de la Pompe, in Paris.
Legacy
Two books about Luis Fernando have been published. El infante maldito and Rey de las Maricas (The King of Queers, a title he used in jest after his official titles were removed). Both were written by Jose Carlos Garcia Rodriguez.[citation needed] Another related book, Los fantasmas de Eulalia by José Infante, reviews his mother's feelings toward her youngest son's sexuality. Infante writes that despite Eulalia's liberal views, especially with regard to female independence, she handled him cruelly.[15]
Arms
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Coat of arms as Infante of Spain
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Coat of arms after the royal title and decorations were stripped
1924-1945
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Bernardo Rodríguez Caparrini, "A Catholic Public School in the Making", Paedagogica Historica 39 (December 2003): 743.
- ^ Elisabeth de Gramont, Years of Plenty, translated by Florence and Victor Llona, New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931, p. 114.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "A Spanish Prince’s Bad Conduct", The Times (11 October 1924): 9; "Alfonso Strips Prince Louis of Rights of Infante of Spain", The New York Times (11 October 1924): 17; "Expelled", Time (20 October 1924).
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ António Botto, Canções e Outros Poemas, Quasi Edições, Vila Nova de Famalicão, 2008, p. 14
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Proposed Marriage of a French Princess", The Times (26 July 1930): 11; "Princess, 73, Pleads for Right to Be Happy", The New York Times (26 July 1930): 4.
- ^ "Proposed Marriage of a French Princess", The Times (28 July 1930): 11; "Aged French Princess Wins Right to Marry", The New York Times (27 July 1930): 14.
- ^ a b "Princess, 73, Weds Prince, 41, in London", The New York Times (20 September 1930): 11.
- ^ "Royal Couple Wed Again", The New York Times (5 October 1930): 29.
- ^ "France Ousts a Prince", The New York Times (17 February 1935): 8.
- ^ "Marie, Bourbon-Orleans", The New York Times (18 July 1943): 34.
- ^ Infante, José. Los fantasmas de Eulalia. Ediciones del genal.
Further reading
- José Carlos García Rodríguez. El infante maldito. La biografía de Luis Fernando de Orleans, el más depravado príncipe Borbón. Barcelona: Espasa (Grupo Editorial Planeta), 2012. ISBN 978-84-670-0428-1.
- Mateos Sáinz de Medrano, Ricardo. Los desconocidos Infantes de España: Casa de Borbón. Barcelona: Thassàlia, 1996. ISBN 84-8237-054-5.