Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre graduated from the Spanish Infantry Academy in 1896 and served as an officer in Spanish Morocco. Despite swearing loyalty to the new Spanish Republic, he was removed from the military in June 1931. He took part in the Spanish Civil War on the Nationalist side, loyal to Francisco Franco.
After the rising of July 18, 1936, he entered the Nationalist Army as an Infantry Colonel, commanding the 7th "Pavia" Infantry Regiment. On May 14, 1938, he was promoted to Brigadier General. He ended the war as commander of the Army Corps of Cordoba. He was subsequently promoted to Division General in 1941 and Lieutenant General in February 1946.[1]
The symbolic value of this appointment was limited, however, by the fact that the Spanish Republic itself dissolved the royal orders in 1933.[2][3][4] The Order of Saint Lazarus in Spain was subsequently officially accepted by the Spanish Republican Government by decree dated 9 May 1940.[5]
Isabel Francisca de Borbón y Borbón (1908–1974), married Rinaldo Barucci (1900–1956), with issue
Enrique de Borbón y Borbón (1909–1915)
Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Borbón (1912–1995), married firstly Enriqueta Escasany y Miquel (1925–1962), then secondly María de Lóbez y Salvador (1928–2002), with issue from both marriages
Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre died in Madrid on 6 December 1952.[6]
^Peter Bander van Duren: Orders of Knighthood and Merit. The Pontifical, Religious and Secularised Catholic-founded Orders and their relationship to the Apostolic See
^Guy Coutant de Saisseval: Les Chevaliers et Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jérusalem de 1789 à 1930
^Erich Feigl: Der militärische und hospitalische Orden des hl. Lazarus von Jerusalem. Memento. Wien: Kanzleramt des Grosspriorates von Österreich des Ordre Militaire et Hospitalier de Saint-Lazare de Jerusalem 1974
^Boletin oficial del Estado num. 131 de fecha 10 de mayo de 1940, pg. 3177-3178.
