Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to pass away due to Covid-19 complications
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect people all over the world. In sad news this week, the first royal has died after testing positive for the virus.
Don Sixto Enrique de Borbón communicates that this Thursday, March 26, 2020, has passed away in Paris, at eighty-six years old, his sister Maria Teresa de Bourbon Parma and Bourbon Busset, victim of coronavirus COVID-19.
Don Sixto Enrique is very sorry and begs for prayers for his sister's eternal rest. Tomorrow Friday in Madrid will officiate a funeral the Rvdo. and H.E. Mr. D. José Ramón García Gallardo, officer of the Order of Proscribed Legitimacy.
Maria Theresa of Bourbon Parma was born on July 28, 1933, daughter of then Infante Don Francisco Javier de Bourbon y Braganza, Prince of Parma and Plasencia (who in 1952 would become Javier I, Legit King of Spain), and his wife Doña Magdalena de Borbón Busset.
Princess María Teresa de Borbón-Parma, the cousin of Spain’s King Felipe IV, has died at 86. According to People, María Teresa "was dubbed the 'Red Princess' because of her outspoken views." The princess was a professor at Sorbonne University in Paris, and at Complutense University in Madrid. The princess never married and was a loyal advocate of women's rights throughout her life.
Per People, María Teresa's brother, Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbón, the Duke of Aranjuez, shared a tribute to his sister on Facebook. Along with a photo of the princess, the prince wrote on March 26, "On this afternoon… our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon Parma and Borbon Busset, victim of the coronavirus COVID-19, died in Paris at the age of eighty-six." The family held a memorial service in Madrid on March 27.
