Francisco de Borbón y Borbón

Francisco de Paula Enrique María Luis de Borbón y Borbón (16 November 1912 – 18 November 1995) was a Spanish aristocrat and a distant relative of the Spanish royal family.

[1][2] He had a brilliant and outstanding military career as a Lieutenant General and commander of the cavalry in the Spanish Army.

He descended from a morganatic line of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon and was a relative of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

He renounced his rights to succeed to his mother's ducal title in 1968, in favour of his eldest son.

[1][3] He was married on 4 October 1942 at Madrid to Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel (13 October 1925 in Málaga – 16 May 1962 in Málaga), daughter of Ignacio Escasany y Ancell and Enriqueta de Miquel y Mas, 2nd Marquesa de Pobla de Claramunt [es].