Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou

Who is Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou?

Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, born Alfonso Jaime Marcelino Manuel Víctor María de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú, is a member of the Royal House of Bourbon, and one of the current pretenders to the defunct French throne as Louis XX. He is recognized as the "Head of the House of Bourbon" and rightful claimant to the French crown by the Legitimist faction of French royalists, who also considered him as the senior male heir of Hugh Capet, being the senior descendant of King Louis XIV of France through his grandson King Philip V of Spain. Louis Alphonse is a great-grandson of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and second cousin of King Philip VI of Spain. Through his mother, he is also a great-grandson of Spain's former dictator Francisco Franco and is expected to succeed to the Dukedom of Franco held by his grandmother, Carmen Franco.

The title "Duke of Anjou" was the last French title held by Philip V of Spain prior to his accession. It had long merged with the French crown, last granted by Louis XV to his grandson Louis Stanislas. Legitimist pretenders use this style as a courtesy title.