Princess Marie des Neiges of Bourbon-Parma

Names
	French: Marie des Neiges Madeleine Françoise de Bourbon-Parme; Spanish: María de las Nieves Magdalena Francisca de Borbón-Parma

Princess Marie des Neiges
Princess Marie des Neiges
Countess of Castillo de la Mota
	Princess Marie des Neiges in 1970
Born	29 April 1937 (age 87); Paris, French Third Republic
Names
Names
	French: Marie des Neiges Madeleine Françoise de Bourbon-Parme; Spanish: María de las Nieves Magdalena Francisca de Borbón-Parma
House	Bourbon-Parma
Father	Prince Xavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza
Mother	Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
Occupation	ornithologist

Princess Marie des Neiges Madeleine Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Castillo de la Mota (Spanish: María de las Nieves de Borbón-Parma, French: Marie des Neiges de Bourbon-Parme; born 29 April 1937) is a French aristocrat, ornithologist, and Carlist activist. She is the youngest daughter of Prince Xavier, Duke of Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset. A progressive Carlist, she supported the liberal reforms to the party made by her elder brother, Prince Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, and rejected the conservative faction of the party created by her younger brother, Prince Sixtus Henry, Duke of Aranjuez. In her youth, she was a prominent socialite in Parisian society. Marie des Neiges has a doctorate in biology and worked as an ornithologist. She is a recipient of the Grand Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and the Grand Cross of the Order of Prohibited Legitimacy.

Active in events linked to the former Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, the Princess carries out activities linked to the memory of her late sisters, such as the presidency of the «Academic Senate of the Studium» or of the «Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma International Award».^[2] She also created an award, the "Doña Maria de las Nieves of Parma Award", given to people who have made significant contributions to their communities and the world at large.^[3]

^ "Genealogy of the House of Bourbon-Parma". Capet.
^ "LA INFANTA MARÍA DE LAS NIEVES PRESIDENTA DE LA ACADEMIA DE MONFERRATO". Carlismo Digital (in Spanish). 30 March 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Horta awarded Doña Maria de las Nieves de Parma Prize". Tatoli (Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[1] "Genealogy of the House of Bourbon-Parma". Capet.

[2] "LA INFANTA MARÍA DE LAS NIEVES PRESIDENTA DE LA ACADEMIA DE MONFERRATO". Carlismo Digital (in Spanish). 30 March 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[3] "Horta awarded Doña Maria de las Nieves de Parma Prize". Tatoli (Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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