Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon

Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon claims to be the senior descendant of the House of Bourbon and thus the pretender to the throne of the defunct Kingdom of France. His family, the "Bourbons of India," claim to be legitimate descendants of the House of Bourbon, descended from Jean Philippe de Bourbon, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, an exiled French noble who served in Mughal Emperor Akbar's court. The family is also known as "Bourbon-Bhopal", a name derived from the City of Bhopal in central India where their last few generations have resided and worked in the royal court of the princely Bhopal State. Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon, the current Head of the family is a lawyer and a part-time farmer by profession, he was born on 29 July 1958. He is married to Elisha Pacheco and has three children: Frederick, Michelle, and Adrian. His mission is to preserve for history the political, cultural and religious contribution of the Bourbons of India in the subcontinent and prevent this important contribution from being relegated to a footnote in history books.[1]

Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon
Balthazar Napoleon lV de Bourbon of Bourbon-Bhopal with his family 2013
Born (1958-07-29) 29 July 1958
Noble familyHouse of Bourbon

Soukat Mahal

On May 22, 2013, the Ambassador of France to India visited Bhopal and met with Balthazar of Bourbon at a function and in a statement declared, "It is extraordinary to have a Bourbon here today!"[2][3]

In his historical novel, Le Rajah Bourbon,[4] whose publication spurred a renewed interest in this claim to the French throne, Prince Michael of Greece claimed that Balthazar Napoleon IV is the eldest in line to the French Throne.[5][6][7][8] Prince Michael of Greece says he would be willing to organize a DNA test to verify De Bourbon's claim of kinship.[9]

See also

References
  1. Bourbon-Bhopal, The Royal "House of Bourbon" in India Official Website
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-22/bhopal/37936002_1_balthazar-napoleon-baroque-music-laxmikant-sharma
  4. (Michel de Grèce 2007)
  5. Found in India the last king of France, 2 March 2007, The Guardian
  6. The next King of France? An Indian!, 21 August 2007, Manchester Evening News
  7. Bourbon of Indian vintage, 10 Jan. 2008, Los Angeles Times
  8. The lost Bourbon, in India, 4 March 2007, The Hindu
  9. Bourbon of Indian vintage, 10 Jan. 2008, Los Angeles Times

Bibliography

Further reading

Fiction
  • Michel de Grèce (March 2007). Le Rajah Bourbon. Jean-Claude Lattès. ISBN 978-2-7096-2922-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Non-fiction
  • d'Orcet, Claude Sosthène Grasset (July 1892). "Les Bourbons des Indes". La Revue britannique (in French): 5–30.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • de Bourbon, Salvadore (2003). Lucien Jailloux (ed.). Les Bourbons de l'Inde: souvenirs de Salvadore de Bourbon. Mickaël Le Guen, translator. Christian. ISBN 978-2-86496-095-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Desai, Bharat (15 March 1996). "House of the Bourbons: A Branch of the former French royal family lives with its glorious past and obscure present". India Today. 21 (1). Thomson Living Media India Ltd. pp. 13 et seq.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • de Warren, Raoul; de Lestrange, Aymon (1990). Les prétendants au trône de France (in French). L'Herne. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-2-85197-281-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Diver, Katherine H.; Diver, Maud (1942). "Bhopal". Royal India: a descriptive and historical study of India's fifteen principal states and their rulers (republished by Ayer Publishing, 1971 ed.). Duell, Sloan, and Pearce. ISBN 978-0-8369-2152-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ferrand, Gabriel (September–October 1905) [1905]. "Les Bourbons de l'Inde". Revue de Paris (in French): 189–202.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hamid, Razia; Sultan, Rafat (1986). "Bourbons". Nuqoosh-e-Bhopal. Bhopal: Babul Uloom.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Khan, Shaharyar M. (2000). "The Bhopal Bourbons". The begums of Bhopal: a dynasty of women rulers in Raj India. I.B.Tauris. pp. 60–66. ISBN 978-1-86064-528-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kincaid, Charles Augustus (1908). The Tale of the Tulsi Plant and Other Stories. Bombay: The Times of India Office.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kincaid, Charles Augustus (1 September 1946). "Bourbons of Bhopal". Illustrated Weekly of India.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kincaid, William (1883). Historical Sketch of The Indian Branch of The Bourbon Family : together with a genealogical table from the time that the founder, John Philip Bourbon, landed in India. Sehore.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Also published as: Kincaid, William (January 1887). "The Indian Bourbons". Asiatic Quarterly Review: 164–177.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Malcolm, John (1824). A memoir of Central India. II. London: Kingsbury, Parbury & Aleen.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Maclagan, Edward (1932). "The Indian Bourbons". The Jesuits and the Great Mogul. Burns, Oates & Washbourne.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rousselet, Louis (1879). Les royaumes de l'Inde (in French). Paris: Hachette. pp. 139–143.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rousselet, Louis (1882). Le Fils du connétable (in French). Paris: Hachette.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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