Order of Prohibited Legitimacy

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Order of Prohibited Legitimacy Ordine di Vietata Legittimità
The Cross of the Order of Prohibited Legitimacy
Awarded by The Carlist Pretender to the Spanish Throne
Type	dynastic order
Founded	16 April 1923
Royal house	House of Bourbon-Parma
Ribbon
Awarded for	Service to the Carlist Cause
Status	Active
Founder	Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid
Sovereign	Disputed: Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma
Statistics
First induction	José Selva Mergelina, 5th Marquis de Villores
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Merit of Saint Louis
Venera of the Order with its original design preserved by the branch in obedience to Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma

The Order of Prohibited Legitimacy (

Since the death of Jaime, the claimants to the Carlist dynastic legitimacy have acted as Grand Masters of the Order. Jaime was succeeded as Sovereign of the Order by his cousin, Alfonso Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este in 1931. Alfonso died in 1936 without any male heir. His wife, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, designated her nephew, Prince Xavier, Hereditary Duke of Parma, as his successor. Prince Xavier was succeeded by his son Prince Carlos Hugo, Hereditary Duke of Parma in 1977.

Prince Carlos Hugo, along with his sister

• Infante Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1923-1931)
• Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1931-1936)
• Prince Xavier, Duke of Parma (1936-1977)
• Prince Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1977-1979, 2003-2010; disputed after 1979)
• Prince Sixtus Henry, Duke of Aranjuez (1979–present; disputed)
• Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (2010–present; disputed)

Knights

• José Selva Mergelina, 5th Marquis de Villores, Spanish Carlist politician
• Julio de Urquijo e Ibarra, Count of Urquijo, Spanish Carlist politician
• José Roca y Ponsa, Spanish Catholic priest
• Josep de Suelves i de Montagut, 9th Marquis de Tamarit, Spanish Carlist politician
• Esteban de Bilbao Eguía, Spanish Carlist and Francoist politician
• Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Spanish dramatist and novelist
• Melchor Ferrer Dalmau, Spanish historian and Carlist militant
• Claro Abánades López, Spanish journalist
• José Luis Zamanillo González-Camino, Spanish politician
• Dolores Gortázar Serantes, Spanish writer
• Manuel Fal Conde, 1st Duke of Quintillo, Spanish Carlist politician and Catholic activist
• Rafael Gambra Ciudad, Spanish philosopher and Carlist politician
• Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay^[6]
• Osvaldo Lira, Chilean Catholic priest and theologian
• José María Zavala Castella, Spanish Partido Carlista politician
• José Miguel Gambra Gutiérrez, Spanish academic and politician
• Jose Maria Valiente Soriano, Spanish politician^[7]
• Princess Marie des Neiges of Bourbon-Parma, French aristocrat and scientist

References