OBITUARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14580, 20 July 1909, Page 7

OBITUARY.

DON CARLOS, DUKE 01 MADRID. I res 3 Association— By Telegraph— Copyright ROME, July 19. (Received July 19, at 11 p.ni.) _ Ths death of Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid, occurred at- Veres, in Italy. The cauee of death was apoplexy. Don Carlos, who was born in 1848. claimed the Crown of Spain on the ground ■hat Isabella, daughter of Ferdinand VII ami Christina, and mother of Alfonso Xlf. wa.i debarred from the succession owiii" lo the. Salic law. Like his grandfather and uncle, who, as Charles V and Charles \l, fought for 1 heir rights (the former during seven years and the latter during !oin ; ' - ve: "' 6 )' ' Jon Carlo-? tool; tin arms in 1872. and rein-nod as Charles Vli over the greater part of Northern Spain until 1876, \»!icn, twing surrounded by Iho force.? of Alfonso XII, who had recently been proclaimed King at Madrid, ho retired into J'ranee. As the undisputed senior male heir of tho House of liourbon, Don Carlos would have had a distinct right to the throne of France in the event of a monarchical restoration, but though frequently invited by the. Royalists of that country to put forward his claim, he always abstained from doing so. His hair is Don Jaime, who was torn in 1870. and v.-ho is an officer in tho Russian army.