HER GIVEN NAMES:
Maria Paloma Diana Irene
HER BIRTHDAY:
April 5th 1967
HER PLACE OF BIRTH:
Madrid, Spain
HER TITLES:
Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Dona de Borbon y Orleans
Archduchess of Austria (Habsburg)
Princess of Hungary
HER BAPTISM:
08. April 1967 in Madrid
HER PARENTS:
Duke Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcelo of Calabria (*16.01.1938)
Princess Anne Marguerite Brigitte Marie of Orleans (*04.12.1938)
HER GODPARENTS:
Don Manuel Prado y Colon de Carvajal (friend of her parents)
Dona Paloma Eulate, Marquesa de Zuya (friend of her parents)
HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
1) Cristina Isabella Maria Luisa, Princess of Bourbon-Sicily (*15.03.1966)
2) Pedro Giovanni Maria Alejo Saturnino y Todos los Santos, Duc of Noto (*16.10.1968)
3) Ines Marie Alice Anne Isabelle, Princess of Bourbon-Sicily (*20.04.1971)
4) Victoria Maria Aline Carolina de la Santissima Trinidad y Todos los Santos, Princess of Bourbon-Sicily (*24.05.1976)
from left to right: Cristina, Ines, Pedro, Maria Paloma, Victoria
HER HUSBAND:
Archduke Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold of Austria, born June 29th 1958 in Katana, Belgian Kongo
the official engagement photo
HER WEDDING:
July 13th 1996 in La Toledana, Ciudad Real, Spain
HER CHILDREN:
1) Johannes Rudolph Antonio Maria, Archduke of Austria, born October 29th 1997
2) Ludwig Christian Franziskus Maria, Archduke of Austria, born November 16th 1998
3) Isabelle, Archduchess of Austria, born September 14th 2000
GODPARENTS OF HER CHILDREN:
Her father-in-law Archduke Rudolf of Austria and her mother Duchess Anne of Calabria for her 1st son Johannes (baptized in December 1997)
Her sister Cristina and her sister-in-law Princess Maria Anna Galitzine for her 2nd son Ludwig (baptized in January 1999)
Rocio Galatas and Prince Jorge or Gustavo de Elembherg for her 3rd child Isabelle (baptized on November 18th 2000)
HER PARENTS-IN-LAW:
Archduke Rudolf Syringus Peter Karl Franz Joseph Robert Otto Antonius Maria Pius Benedikt Ignatius Laurentius Justiani Marcus
d'Aviano of Austria (*05.09.1919)
married 1st to Xenia, Countess Besobrasow (*11.06.1929, +1968) in 1953
married 2nd to Anna Gabriele Maria Theresia Kaspara, Fürstin von Wrede (*1940) in 1971
HER BROTHERS-IN-LAW:
Pedro Lopez-Quesada y Fernandez Urrutia (*26.07.1964) married her sister Cristina on July 15th 1994
Archduke Carl Peter Otto Serge Joseph Paul Leopold Heinrich of Austria (*13.10. or 05.11.1955) married to Fürstin Alexandra von
Wrede (*1970) in 1998
Archduke Johannes Carl Ludwig Clemens Maria Joseph Marcus d'Aviano Leopold of Austria (*11.12.1962, +1975)
HER SISTERS-IN-LAW:
Archduchess Maria Anna Charlotte Zita Elisabeth Regina Therese of Austria (*19.05.1954), married to Prince Pjotr Galitzine in 1981
(*1955)
Archduchess Catharina Maria Johanna Zita Sophie Kaspara (or Katharina-Maria Johanna Zita Josepha Maria Antonia Roberta
Ottonia Pia Anna Ignatia Marcus d'Aviano?) of Austria (*14.09.1972), married to Count Massimiliano Secco di
Aragona (*1967) in 1998
HER NEPHEWS:
Dimitri, Prince Galitzine (*1990)
Ionn, Prince Galitzine (*1992)
Jaime de Borbon y Landaluce (*1993)
Constantino, Conte Secco d'Aragona (*10.07.2000)
HER NIECES:
Xenia, Princess Galitzine (*1983)
Tatjana, Princess Galitzine (*1984)
Alexandra, Princess Galitzine (*1986)
Maria, Princess Galitzine (*1988)
Victoria Lopez-Quesada y de Borbon (*17.01.1997)
HER GODCHILDREN:
Countess Leonie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (*22.08.1997)
Conte Constantino Secco d'Aragona (*10.07.2000; MTD)
HER ADDRESS: Hanenberg 11, 6833 Weiler, Vorarlberg, Austria
HER ANCESTORS
HER PICTURE GALLERY
in summer 1999
in autumn 1999
SPECIAL THANKS TO
- Jerome for the information of her godparents and her baptism!
- Joachim for the information about her second son!
- Anuschka, Claudia and Edith for the photos!
CREATED: May 1999
UPDATED: January 21st 2001
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