Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Zita attends brother's wedding

November 11, 1927

Former Austrian empress Zita left her home in Spain to attend the wedding of her brother, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma.
The New York Times reports that Prince Xavier and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset were married in the "little town" of Lignières, France. The Archbishop of Bourges performed the Roman Catholic ceremony.
Among the guests were representatives of the King of the Belgians and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, who is married to Zita's brother, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma.
The bride is the daughter of the Count of Lignières, and a distant cousin of the her husband.

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