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Berthe de Rohan
Duchess of Madrid
Consort of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne and the Legitimist claimant to the French throne
Pretence	28 April 1894 – 18 July 1909
Born	(1868-05-21)21 May 1868 Teplitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	19 January 1945(1945-01-19) (aged 76) Vienna, Greater German Reich
Spouse	Carlos, Duke of Madrid ​ ​ (m. 1894; died 1909)​
Names French: Marie-Berthe Françoise Félicie Jeanne German: Maria-Bertha Franziska Felicia Johanne
House	Rohan
Father	Arthur of Rohan, Prince of Rochefort
Mother	Countess Gabriela of Waldstein-Wartenberg

Berthe de Rohan (French: Marie-Berthe Françoise Félicie Jeanne de Rohan, Princesse de Rohan; 21 May 1868 – 19 January 1945) was a Princess of Rohan and member of the House of Rohan by birth. She was born in Teplitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Through her marriage to Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne, Berthe became a member of the House of Bourbon and titular Queen consort of Spain, France, and Navarre.

Early life

Marie-Berthe Françoise Félicie Jeanne was the ninth and youngest child of Prince Arthur of Rohan (1826-1885) (son of Prince Benjamin de Rohan-Rochefort-Guéménée and Princess Stephanie of Croÿ) and his wife, Countess Maria Gabriela of Waldstein-Wartenberg (1827-1890) (daughter of Count Christian Vinzenz Ernst von Waldstein-Wartenberg and Countess Maria Franziska of Thun und Hohenstein).^[1]

Marriage

Berthe married Carlos de Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, eldest son of Juan de Bourbon, Count of Montizón and his wife Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, on 28 April 1894 in Prague.

After the death of his first wife Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, their union was encouraged by his mother Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (1824–1906), but produced no issue.

Death

Berthe died in relative obscurity in Vienna, Greater German Reich, at the age of 76. She was buried in Klosterkirche, Döbling, Austria.^[2]

Gallery

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  Berthe's father: Prince Arthur of Rohan (1826-1885)
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  Berthe's mother: Princess Gabriele of Rohan, née Countess of Waldstein-Wartenberg (1827-1890)
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  Portrait of Berthe de Rohan (1894) by Ettore De Maria Bergler
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  Photo of Princess Berthe (1897)

Ancestry

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