Bourbon-Parma
Second daughter for Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma and Tjalling ten Cate
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno, and her husband Tjalling ten Cate welcomed their second child and daughter, Paola Cecilia Laurentien ten Cate, born last Friday 25 February 2011 at 6.05 p.m. at Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. Both mother and daughter are doing fine.
Funeral of the Duke of Parma and Inauguration of his Son as Duke
Yesterday, 28 August 2010, saw the funeral of the late Duke of Parma, Carlos Hugo Prince de Bourbon Parma, at the Steccata Basilica, Parma.
Besides the new Duke, his son and heir Carlos Xavier and spouse Duchess Annemarie, daughter Princess Margarita with spouse Tjalling ten Cate, her twin brother Prince Jaime and Princess Maria Carolina as well as three sisters of the deceased, almost the entire Dutch Royal Family, 15 strong, attended the funeral of this warm modest man and beloved uncle. HM Queen Beatrix did not attend but was represented by TRH The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima.
Death of the Duke of Parma
His Royal Highness Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, titular Duke of Parma and Piacenza and the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain, died at 8 a.m. yesterday, 18 August 2010, in Barcelona. He was 80 years old.
He was born Prince Hugues Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (he officially changed his name to Carlos Hugo in 1963) in Paris on 8 April 1930, three years after the wedding of his parents, Prince Xavier (son of Duke Roberto I, the last reigning Duke of Parma, and his second wife, Duchess Maria Antonia) and Princess Madeleine, born Countess of Bourbon-Busset.