Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville, Grandee of Spain, died 20 May 2025, aged 81. He was a scion of the Royal House of Borbon, a kinsman of the Spanish royal family. He was a businessman and was involved in banking, real estate, and other commercial ventures.
Francisco de Borbón y Escasany has died at his home in Madrid at the age of 81. The Duke of Seville was part of the Marbella of the eighties.
He was born at Madrid 16 Nov 1943, and married 1stly, 7 Jul 1973 (div 1989) Beatrix Gfn von Hardenberg (1947-2020); married 2ndly, 19 Oct 1991 (div 1994) Isabel Eugenie Karanitsch (born 23 Nov, 1959); and married 3rdly, 2 September, 2000 Maria de los Angeles Vargas-Zuñiga y de Juanes (born 1954).
The Duke survived his younger brother, Alfonso, by ten days. The Duke of Seville was a cousin of King Emeritus Juan Carlos, and he died at his home in Madrid. The news was announced by his son-in-law, Julián Porras Figueroa, in a message broadcast through his social networks where he gave details about the place where the funeral will be held.
"It is with immense sorrow that I inform you that tonight my father-in-law, Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, died in Madrid. Thank God we were able to be with him until the last moment. Tomorrow from 12:00 we will be at the San Isidro Funeral Home and at 6:30 p.m. a mass will be celebrated for his soul. The burial will be on Thursday at 12:00 in the cemetery of the Sacramental de San Justo," wrote Julián Porras.
The Duke of Seville had issue from his first marriage, Olivia de Borbón (born 1974), Cristina de Borbón (1975-2020), and Francisco de Borbón, now Duke of Seville (born 21 January, 1979).
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