Carlos Luis de Borbón

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Carlos Luis de Borbón
Count of Montemolín
Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne as Carlos VI
Pretendence	18 May 1845 – 13 January 1861
Predecessor	Carlos V
Successor	Juan III
Born	(1818-01-31)31 January 1818 Madrid, Spain
Died	13 January 1861(1861-01-13) (aged 42) Trieste, Austrian Empire
Burial	Cathedral of St. Just, Trieste
Spouse	Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Names Carlos Luis de Borbón y Braganza
House	House of Bourbon
Father	Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain
Mother	Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal

Carlos Luis de Borbón (31 January 1818 – 13 January 1861) was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VI after his father's renouncement in 1845, when he took the title of Conde de Montemolín (Count of Montemolín).

Biography[]

Carlos was born at the Royal Palace in Madrid, the elder son of Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain and of his first wife, Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal. The Second Carlist War (1847–49) took place during his reign.

Marriage[]

On 10 July 1850, Carlos married his first cousin Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, fifth daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain. They would have no children.

In 1860, during a Carlist rising, he and his brother Infante Don Fernando were taken prisoners at San Carlos de la Rápita. They were later liberated.

In 1861, suddenly and unexpectedly, Carlos Luis, his wife Carolina and his brother Fernando died, probably from typhus. The three are buried in Trieste, in the chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo in the cathedral. He was succeeded in pretendence by his brother Juan, Count of Montizón.

Ancestry[]

External links[]

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