Early life Alice was born in
Pau, near the Spanish border, just after the
Third Carlist War. After the war, her family lived in Paris until 1881, when her parents separated. Alice was raised by her mother at the
Tenuta Reale in Tuscany and attended the Sacre Coeur convent in
Florence. Later, she and her sister Beatrice completed their education at the
Trinità dei Monti in
Rome.
First marriage of the Houses of
Schönburg and
Bourbon. Alice met Prince Friedrich of
Schönburg-Waldenburg, a Bavarian army officer, in 1896. They were married in
Venice on 26 April 1897 by Cardinal Sarto (the future
Pope Pius X). During the
Boxer Rebellion and the
Russo-Japanese War, Alice was a Russian Red Cross nurse with the approval of Empress
Alexandra Feodorovna. During these campaigns, she befriended
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, the future Tsaritsa of Bulgaria.
Second marriage In late 1903, Alice fled her marriage, citing Friedrich's violent behavior in an interview with the newspaper ''L'Indépendance Belge''. A civil divorce was granted in
Dresden based on "assault and violence". The marriage was subsequently annulled by the
Holy See on 26 May 1906. On 2 June 1906, Alice married Lino del Prete in
Viareggio. Alice had ten children. Her eldest son, Karl Leopold (1902–1992), was followed by children with Lino del Prete: Margarita (1904), Giorgio (1905), Cristina (1907), Beatriz (1908), Luisa (1909), Francisca (1911), Ernestina (1915), Francisco (1918), and Valentina (1922). Alice spent her later years in Italy. She survived all her siblings and died in Viareggio on 20 January 1975, aged 98. ==Gallery==