Spain's Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to die from the novel coronavirus
Spain's Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to die from the novel coronavirus.
The 86-year-old was a cousin of Spain’s King Felipe IV. She died after contracting COVID-19, her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez, announced on Facebook.
“On this afternoon… our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon Parma and Borbon Busset, victim of the coronavirus COVID-19, died in Paris at the age of eighty-six,” the post reads.
Princess Maria Teresa's death comes just weeks after King Felipe IV of Spain tested negative for the virus.
She was born on July 28, 1933. Princess Maria Teresa studied in France and became a professor at Paris' Sorbonne as well as a professor of Sociology at Madrid's Complutense University, according to People.
She was known for her outspoken views and activist work, which led to her nickname the "Red Princess."
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