Princess Berthe of Rohan
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Berthe de Rohan (21 May 1868, Teplitz
Teplice
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, Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Bohemia
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, Austria–Hungary – 19 January 1945, Vienna
Vienna
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, Greater German Reich
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) was the ninth and youngest child of Prince Arthur of Rohan and his wife Countess Gabriela of Waldstein-Wartenberg. Berthe was a Princess of Rohan and member of the House of Rohan by birth. Through her marriage to Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Infante Carlos María de los Dolores Juan Isidro José Francisco Quirin Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Borbón y Austria-Este, Duke of Madrid was the senior member of the House of Bourbon from 1887 until his death...

, Carlist
Carlism
Carlism is a traditionalist and legitimist political movement in Spain seeking the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne. This line descended from Infante Carlos, Count of Molina , and was founded due to dispute over the succession laws and widespread...

 claimant to the Spanish throne, Berthe was titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

Marriage

Berthe married Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Carlos, Duke of Madrid
Infante Carlos María de los Dolores Juan Isidro José Francisco Quirin Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Borbón y Austria-Este, Duke of Madrid was the senior member of the House of Bourbon from 1887 until his death...

, second son, eldest son of Juan, Count of Montizón
Juan, Count of Montizón
Don Juan Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, Count of Montizón was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain from 1860 to 1868, and the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France from 1883 to 1887.- Youth and marriage :...

 and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este
Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este
Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este was a member of the House of Austria-Este and Archduchess and Princess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Modena by birth. Daughter of Francis IV of Modena and his niece, Beatrix II of Modena...

, on 28 April 1894 in Prague
Prague
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. Their union produced no issue.

Titles and styles

  • 21 May 1868 – 28 April 1894: Her Highness Princess Berthe of Rohan
  • 28 April 1894 – 18 July 1909: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Madrid, Princess of Rohan
  • 18 July 1909 – 19 January 1945: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Madrid, Princess of Rohan

Ancestry

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