Royal Profile: Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma

Princess Marie-Thérèse Cécile Zita Charlotte of Bourbon-Parma was born 28 July 1933 as the third child, and second daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset {Source}. She had an older sister, an older brother,  two younger sisters and a younger brother and their families{Source}:

1. Princess Marie Françoise of Borbon-Parma, Princess von Lobkowicz (1928)
1. Prince Eduard August von Lobkowicz (m. 1959)
1. Prince Marie Edouard-Xavier  von Lobkowicz (1960-1984, murdered)
2. Prince Marie Robert Emanuel von Lobkowicz  (1961-1988, brain tumor)
3. Prince Marie Charles-Henri von Lobkowicz (1964)
4. Princess Marie Gabrielle  von Lobkowicz (1967)
2. Carlos Hugo, Prince of Bourbon-Parm (1930-2010)
1. Princess Irene of The Netherlands (1939, m. 1964, div 1981)
1. Prince Carlos of Bourbon Parma, The Duke of Parma (1970)
1. Brigitte Klynstra (never married)
1. Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren Klynstra de Bourbon-de Parme (1997)
2.  Annemarie Cecilia Gualthérie van Weezel (m. 2010)
   1. Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (2012)
   2. Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma (2013)
   3. Carlos Enrique Leonard, Hereditary Prince of Bourbon-Parma (2016)
2. Princess Margarita María Beatriz of Bourbon Parma (1972)
1. Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn  (m. 2001-2006, div.)
2. Tjalling Siebe ten Cate  (m. 2008)
   1. Julia ten Cate (2008)
   2. Paola ten Cate (2011)
3. Prince Jaime Bernardo of Bourbon Parma (1972)
1.  Viktoria Cservenyak (m. 2013)
   1. Princess Zita Clara of Bourbon-Parma (2014)
   2. Princess Gloria Irene of Bourbon-Parma (2016)
4. Princess María Carolina Cristina of Bourbon Parma (1974)
1. Albert Alphons Ludgerus Brenninkmeijer (m.2012)
   1. Alaïa-Maria Brenninkmeijer (20 May 2014)
   2. Xavier Brenninkmeijer (16 December 2015)
3. Princess Cecilia Maria of Borbon-Parma (1935)
4. Princess Marie des Neiges of Borbon-Parma (1937)
5. Prince Sixte Henri of Borbon-Parma (1940)

She grew up with her siblings in a chateau in Lignières , France. She grew up in France, with a Spanish, French, English, and German linguistic background. Like most women with her aristocratic background, she was well educated, having attended both Oxford and Sorrbonne, studying Philosphy, and Political Science, with a focus on specializing in Islamic nations's legal and political history. After graduation, she spent many years working as a professor of sociology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Princess Marie-Thérèse  of Bourbon-Parma died on 26 March 2020, after complications from COVID-19. She was one of a few known royals to have battled the virus, but the first to die from the virus. Others know to be currently battling the virus include The Prince of Monaco and Archduke Karl von Habsburg.

She never married nor had children. She is survived by her older sister and her family, the family of her older brother, and three younger siblings. One of her paternal first cousins was Queen Ana of Romania, It's likely the funeral will be a private affair.