Princess Tania de Bourbon Parme
French designer, businesswoman, and member of the House of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Tania Sophie of Bourbon-Parma (born 13 November 1961) is a French designer, businesswoman, and member of the House of Bourbon-Parma. She designs luxury goods, jewelry, and tableware. She has worked as a partner with the French luxury company S. T. Dupont and served as an advisor to Stephen Hung for his company The 13 Holdings Limited. One of her designs, the Louis XIII Fleur de Parme, was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most expensive lighter. Princess Tania is the founder and chairwoman of L'Art Autrement Dit, an organization that promotes French art to international buyers.
Early life and family
Tania was born on 13 November 1961 in Paris to Prince André of Bourbon-Parma and Marina Gacry. Her father, the son of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margaret of Denmark, was a younger brother of Queen Anne of Romania. A member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, she is a distant relative of the Spanish royal family and a descendant of the Capetian dynasty. She is a great-granddaughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma and a grandniece of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, the last Austrian empress.
When she was a child, her parents moved into her grandmother's house.
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