Princess Marie Françoise of Parma

Princess Marie-Françoise Antoinette Jeanne Madeleine of Bourbon-Parma is a French humanitarian and philanthropist. After escaping the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 with the assistance of Catholic Relief Services, she helped settle refugees in West Berlin who fled the Soviet Union. In the 1980s, while her husband, Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz, was serving as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's ambassador to Lebanon, she was involved in the construction and development of twelve medical and social centers owned by the Order. Princess Marie-Françoise founded the Malte Liban Association, a Catholic organization that raises money for medical clinics serving the poor in Lebanon, in 1987. She served as a delegate of the United Nations from 1990 to 1995.