Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville,
Grandee of Spain (born 16 November 1943), is the current
Duke of Seville and a distant relative of the
Spanish royal family.[1] He is a businessman and has been involved in banking, real estate and other commercial activities.[2][3][4] He is not a Carlist pretender because of morganatic ancestry.
After the death of his grandmother, Enriqueta de Borbón y Parade, he inherited the title of
Duke of Seville.[6] His father had renounced his own rights to succeed to the title in 1968.[1]
Olivia Enriqueta María Josefa de Borbón y Hardenberg (born 6 April 1974 in
London), entrepreneur and PR for jewelry brands; married to Julián Porras-Figueroa y Toledano (born 1982), with two children.
Cristina Elena de Borbón y Hardenberg (2 September 1975 in Madrid – 13 February 2020 in Madrid), chef and catering service operator.
He married for the second time on 19 October 1991 at
Vienna to Isabelle Eugénie Karanitsch (born 23 November 1959 in Vienna), daughter of Franz M. Karanitsch and Tatjana Cimlov Karacevcev. They had no children and divorced on 17 June 1993 in Madrid.
He married for the third time on 2 September 2000 at Marbella to María de los Ángeles de Vargas-Zúñiga y Juanes (born 19 November 1954), daughter of Manuel de Vargas-Zúñiga y la Calzada and María de los Ángeles de Juanes y Lago. They have no children together.
He retired from his position of Grand Master in 2008 and was succeeded by his cousin,
Carlos Gereda y de Borbón, Marqués de Almazán. The Duke of Seville was then given the title of Grand Master
Emeritus. In 2018, the Duke of Seville's son was elected as 50th Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (Malta-Paris obedience), succeeding Carlos Gereda y de Borbón.[10]
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Titles and styles
16 November 1943 – 22 October 1968: Don Francisco de Borbón y Escasany