Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón, Duke of Galliera
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Don Alfonso de Orleans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli, Duke of Galliera
(born 2 January 1968) is a Spanish
Duke and a racing team owner.
He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife
, Spain
. The first son of Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (elder son of Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera and of Carla Parodi Delfino) and Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli (daughter of Vincenzo Ferrara-Pignatelli and of Francesca Pulci-Doria).
Alfonso is the owner and president of Racing Engineering
which he founded in 1999. As his father died when he was seven, Alfonso inherited the title of Duke of Galliera from his grandfather Infante Alvaro. Despite being a descendant of Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as a Roman Catholic he is not in the line of succession to the British throne
.
Véronique Goeders, daughter of Jean-Marie Goeders and Anne-Marie Grosjean on 28 March 1994. After seven years of marriage, they divorced in 2001.
They had one child:
Duke of Galliera
The Duke of Galliera was an Italian noble title created in 1812 by Emperor Napoleon I of France for Josephine of Leuchtenberg, daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais, on the occasion of her marriage with Oscar, Crown Prince of Sweden...
(born 2 January 1968) is a Spanish
Spain
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Duke and a racing team owner.
He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital , second-most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the 21st largest city in Spain, with a population of 222,417 in 2009...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The first son of Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (elder son of Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera and of Carla Parodi Delfino) and Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli (daughter of Vincenzo Ferrara-Pignatelli and of Francesca Pulci-Doria).
Alfonso is the owner and president of Racing Engineering
Racing Engineering
Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, in a state-of-the-art factory, where all car preparation and race team organization is based....
which he founded in 1999. As his father died when he was seven, Alfonso inherited the title of Duke of Galliera from his grandfather Infante Alvaro. Despite being a descendant of Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as a Roman Catholic he is not in the line of succession to the British throne
Line of succession to the British Throne
The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...
.
Marriage and family
Alfonso married the BelgianBelgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
Véronique Goeders, daughter of Jean-Marie Goeders and Anne-Marie Grosjean on 28 March 1994. After seven years of marriage, they divorced in 2001.
They had one child:
- Don Alonso Juan de Orléans-Borbón y Goeders (b. 15 July 1995 at ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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)