Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, who is the cousin of
Spain’s King Felipe IV, has become the first royal to pass away due to
coronavirus complications.
According to People, María Teresa” who was dubbed the ‘Red Princess’
because of her outspoken views” died in Paris on Thursday, March 26.
The princess was a professor at Sorbonne University in Paris, and at
Complutense University in Madrid. The princess, a loyal advocate of
women’s rights throughout her life was never married.
Her brother Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez,
announced on Facebook that she died after contracting COVID-19.
Along with a photo of the princess, the prince wrote: ‘S.A.R. Don
Sixto Enrique de Borbón communicates that this Thursday, March 26, 2020,
has passed away in Paris, at eighty-six years old, his sister Maria
Teresa de Bourbon Parma and Bourbon Busset, victim of coronavirus
COVID-19.’