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Jaime de Borbón y Borbón-Parma

Vevey, 1870 – Paris, 2 Oct 1931

13 facts2 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born1870, VeveyRecords disagree1 source
  • TitleCarlist pretender to the Spanish throneor Legitimist pretender to the French thronenot verified1 source
  • TitleLegitimist pretender to the French throneor Carlist pretender to the Spanish thronenot verified1 source
  • Died2 Oct 1931, Parisor 1933Records disagree1 source
  • FatherCarlos de Borbón y Austria-Estenot verified1 source
  • MotherPrincess Margherita of Parmanot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1870

    Born in Vevey

  2. 2 Oct 1931

    Dies in Paris

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Vevey.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1870s · Jaime is born in Vevey

In the news1873

Gründerkrise economic crash began

In 1873, Germany experienced the Gründerkrise, a severe economic crisis that caused significant financial instability following a period of post-unification industrial boom.

Getting around

Postal coach travel times reduction

In 1850, a postal stagecoach journey between Bern and Schwarzenburg took three hours, a time reduced to two hours and ten minutes by 1888.

At the table

Food as a major household expense

During the industrialization period, food became a major household expense, with working-class families spending 62 percent of their budget on food, primarily bread and coffee.

The Franco-Prussian War and a united Germany. Prussia defeated France, and the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.In Europe · 1870–1871

The Franco-Prussian War and a united Germany. Prussia defeated France, and the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

Anton von Werner · public domain

What people wore

Distinctive herdsmen accessories

Appenzell herdsmen wore unique earrings called Ohreschueffe, consisting of a miniature cream ladle attached to a snake's head chain. They also displayed wealth through silver watch-chains adorned with actual coins and medals.

Music

Small village dance bands in the 1800s

In the mid-to-late 19th century, small bands of 5 to 6 musicians often performed for dances using instruments like clarinets, violins, trumpets, cornets, horns, trombones, and double basses. Musicians sometimes carried their instruments on foot between villages to play at festivals and carnival days.

Daily life

Cooking over an open fire

Cooking often took place over an open fire, which filled small, cramped kitchens with smoke because there was no chimney. Families frequently prepared polenta and used dried chestnuts as a staple food during winter months.