Infante Fernando of Bourbon and Braganza were Carlos IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma; her maternal grandparents were King John VI of Portugal and his wife, Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain. Genealogy of the Bourbon Dynasty: He was raised in an atmosphere imbued with traditional values of loyalty to the monarchy and the Church. When Fernando VII was widowed for third time in 1829, it had no legitimate issue that could succeed him after his death. Given his advanced age and failing health, was unlikely marriage contrajese again, which became the infant Carlos, father of Infante Fernando, heir to the throne. Around the infant,
Nicholas Bourbon (the elder) Nicholas Bourbon (the elder) Nicholas Bourbon (; 1503 or 1505 - after 1550) was a French court preceptor and poet. He wrote a collection of poems called "Nugae" (Latin for 'trifles'), which are known as the "Bagatelles" in French. He is the great-uncle of Nicholas Bourbon (1574–1644), a member of the Académie française. Bourbon was born in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, France. He went to England in 1535 to pay homage to Henry VIII of England and his second Queen Consort Anne Boleyn in gratitude for help received from them while under persecution in France. He later wrote a series of poems in