Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma

Xavier
Duke of Parma
Xavier in 1970
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma
Tenure	15 November 1974 – 7 May 1977
Predecessor	Robert Hugo
Successor	Carlos Hugo
Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne as Javier I
Tenure	29 September 1936 - 7 May 1977
Predecessor	Alfonso Carlos I
Successor	Carlos Hugo I or Enrique V
Born	(1889-05-25)25 May 1889 Villa Pianore, Lucca, Kingdom of Italy
Died	7 May 1977(1977-05-07) (aged 87) Zizers, Switzerland
Burial	Solesmes Abbey
Spouse	Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset ​ ​ (m. 1927)​
Issue	Princess Marie Françoise, Princess of Lobkowicz Prince Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza Princess Marie Thérèse Princess Cécile Marie, Countess of Poblet Princess Marie des Neiges, Countess of Castillo de la Mota Prince Sixtus Henry, Duke of Aranjuez
Names Francis Xavier Charles Maria
House	Bourbon-Parma
Father	Robert I, Duke of Parma
Mother	Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Xavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, known in France before 1974 as Prince Xavier de Bourbon-Parme, known in Spain as Francisco Javier de Borbón-Parma y de Braganza or simply as Don Javier (25 May 1889 – 7 May 1977), was head of the ducal House of Bourbon-Parma. He is best known as dynastic leader of Carlism and the Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain, since 1936 as a regent-claimant and since 1952 as a claimant, appearing under the name Javier I. Since 1974, he was pretender to the defunct throne of Parma. He is also recognized as involved in the so-called Sixtus Affair of 1916–1917 and in the so-called Halifax-Chevalier talks of 1940.