Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia
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The Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique Alberto Alfonso Victor Acacio Pedro Maria de Borbón y Battenberg) (June 23, 1908- March 20, 1975), was the second son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. He was born in the royal palace of Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia.
Because he was deaf-mute as the result of a childhood operation, he renounced his rights to the Spanish throne for himself and his descendants on June 23, 1933. He then became Duke of Segovia. In 1941, however, he proclaimed himself the legitimate heir to the French throne and head of the House of Bourbon, as was known as the Duke of Anjou. He was known to the French legitimists as Henri VI (since 1957, he signed all documents as Jacques Henri).
Jaime married in Rome on March 4, 1935 Victoire Jeanne Joséphine Emmanuelle de Dampierre (born 8 November 1913), daughter of the French nobleman Don Roger de Dampierre, 2° Duke of San Lorenzo and Viscount of Dampierre, Nobleman of Viterbo (1892-1975) and of the Italian princess Donna Vittoria Ruspoli (1892-1982), and they had two sons, named for Jaime's hemophiliac brothers, Alfonso and Gonzalo:
- HRH Don Alfonso Jaime Marcelino Manuel Victor Maria de Borbón y de Dampierre (French citizen as Alphonse de Bourbon), Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936–1989).
- HRH Don Gonzalo Victor Alfonso José Bonifacio Antonio Maria y de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Dampierre (French citizen as Gonzalve de Bourbon), Duke of Aquitaine (1937-2000). He married three times, but his only daughter is an illegitimate one he legally recognized:
- Stephanie Michelle de Borbon, (b. 19 June 1968) who married Richard Carl McMasters II on 27 July 1995 in West Palm Beach, Florida. They have five children, two of whom were born before their marriage:
- Nicholas Alexander de Borbon (b. 21 January 1994 at Riviera Beach, Florida)
- Christian Sebastian de Borbon (b. 5 June 1995 at Riviera Beach, Florida)
- Jaime Alfonso McMasters (b. 24 October 1996 at West Palm Beach, Florida)
- Richard Carl McMasters III (b. 22 May 1998 at West Palm Beach, Florida)
- Alexander Leandro Joaquin Gonzalo McMasters de Borbon (21 September 2004 at Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, Florida)
- Stephanie Michelle de Borbon, (b. 19 June 1968) who married Richard Carl McMasters II on 27 July 1995 in West Palm Beach, Florida. They have five children, two of whom were born before their marriage:
Don Jaime and Emmanuelle de Dampierre Ruspoli divorced on 1947 in Bucharest (recognized by the Italian courts in 1949 but never recognized in Spain) and, on August 3, 1949 in Innsbruck, Don Jaime remarried to divorced singer Charlotte Luise Auguste Tiedemann (1919-1979). However, at the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church and of the French legitimists, Emmanuelle de Dampierre remained always his wife.
On December 6, 1949, Don Jaime took back his renunciation of the throne of Spain. On May 3, 1964, he took the title Duke of Madrid as head of the carlist branch of the Spanish succession (recognized as King Jaime IV of Spain by a sizable group of Carlists). On July 19, 1969, Don Jaime definitively renounced the Spanish succession in favour of his nephew, current King Juan Carlos I of Spain, by petition of his son Alfonso de Borbón.
Don Jaime died on St. Gall Cantonal Hospital in Switzerland on March 20, 1975. He's buried at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
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| House of Bourbon Born: 23 June 1908 Died: 20 March 1975 |
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| Preceded by Alfonso XIII/Alphonse II |
* NOT REIGNING * King of Spain Carlist claimants to the throne of Spain (1941-1975) |
Succeeded by Alfonso XIV/Alphonse III |
| * NOT REIGNING * King of France Legitimist claimants to the throne of France (1941-1975) |
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