Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala (born 23 June 1974), Duchess of Guernica, is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma.
Princess Carolina was born at 23 June 1974 in Nijmegen. She has two older brothers Prince Carlos, the heir apparent of the House of Bourbon-Parma, and Prince Jaime. She also has one older sister Princess Margarita. She was baptised at...
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Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala (born 23 June 1974), Duchess of Guernica, is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma.
Princess Carolina was born at 23 June 1974 in Nijmegen. She has two older brothers Prince Carlos, the heir apparent of the House of Bourbon-Parma, and Prince Jaime. She also has one older sister Princess Margarita. She was baptised at the castle of Lignières in France with Prince Claus of the Netherlands and Princess Christina of the Netherlands as her godparent.
In 1981, when she was six, her parents decided to divorce. She moved together with her mother and her brothers and sister to the Soestdijk Palace (Baarn), the then residence of the queen of the Netherlands. They lived at the palace for a number of years with her grandparents, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Consort Bernhard. Later on they lived for a while in a villa at Wijk bij Duurstede.
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