Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma
| Princess Diana | |||||
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| Princess Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern | |||||
| Born | 22 May 1932 Paris, French Third Republic | ||||
| Died | 7 May 2020 (aged 87) Hamburg, Germany | ||||
| Spouses | Prince Franz Josef von Hohenzollern (1955-1961; divorced) Hans Joachim Oehmichen (1961-1995; his death) | ||||
| Issue | Prince Alexander von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Gaetano Oehmichen Maria Oehmichen | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Parma (by birth) Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Mother | Princess Margarete von Thurn und Taxis | ||||
Princess Diana Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (Diane Marguerite de Bourbon-Parme in French; 22 May 1932 – 7 May 2020) was a French aristocrat and member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family.[1] She was the second royal to have reportedly died from COVID-19.
Biography
Princess Diana was born in Paris on 22 May 1932, and was the of daughter of Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma, youngest child of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Princess Margarete von Thurn und Taxis, a member of the German princely House of Thurn and Taxis.[2] On 15 March 1955 she married Prince Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael of Hohenzollern, son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, in a civil ceremony London.[3] They later had a Catholic ceremony on 16 April 1955 in Krauchenwies. She gave birth to a son, Alexander, in 1957.[3] She and Prince Franz Josef divorced in 1961 after it was revealed that the prince was not Alexander's biological father.[4] The divorce was finalized on 19 January 1961 in Stuttgart.[3] On 21 March 1961 she married her son's biological father, Hans Joachim Oehmichen in Stuttgart.[3] They had two more children, Gaetano and Maria, and had their marriage consecrated in the Catholic Church in 1992. Her first marriage was officially annulled by the Catholic Church on 17 January 1980.[4][3] Her second husband died in 1995.
Princess Diana died in Hamburg on 7 May 2020 from COVID-19 during pandemic in Germany, becoming the second royal to die from the disease, after her first cousin Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma who died in March 2020.[4]
References
- ^ "¿Quién es la última princesa fallecida por coronavirus y cuál es su vínculo con la Familia Real española?" [Who is the last princess who died of coronavirus and what is her link with the Spanish Royal Family?]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 7 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Duchy of Parma". Almanach de Gotha. Almanach de Saxe Gotha. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Lundy, Darryl. "Diane Marguerite di Borbone, Principessa di Parma". The Peerage. Darryl Lundy. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Nuevo luto en la familia de Borbón-Parma: la princesa Diana, fallecida por coronavirus (in Spanish)
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