Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
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Infante Carlos of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria, KOGF
, KGCHS
(Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcel de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma) (born 16 January 1938 in Lausanne
) is the son of Don Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
, Duke of Calabria (1901–1964) and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
(born 1917).
. Infante Carlos is also one of three claimants to the Grand Magistery of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
; the other two claimants are Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon Duke of Castro.
Infante Carlos is the senior male-line descendant of Ferdinand IV and III of Naples and Sicily (Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
) and as such "first born legitimate heir of the Farnese" (primogenito legittimo farnesiano), as Ferdinand was designated by his father, King Charles III of Spain
, on 16 October 1759 (ten days after abdicating the Two Sicilies Crown). Although Ferdinand had two elder brothers, his eldest brother was mentally retarded and deemed unfit to inherit any crown; his next eldest brother
, meanwhile, was his father’s heir to the crown of Spain; treaty provisions prevented the union of the titles of Spain, Naples and Sicily under one person.
HRH Prince Carlo Tancredi di Borbone, grandfather of the Infante, is alleged to have renounced his rights by signing the famous Act of Cannes. It is important to remember that while Duke of Castro is a title that belong to the Head of the Royal House along with Duke of Parma, Piacenza, etc.; Duke of Calabria is the title that belong to the Crown prince just as the Spanish prince of Asturias or the prince of Wales in the U.K.
Carlos was created an Infante of Spain by King Juan Carlos of Spain by Royal Decree 2412 dated 16 December 1994, as the "Representative of a line linked historically to the Spanish Crown". If the renunciations by the sisters and aunts of the present king are considered to remain valid under Spain's current constitution, Carlos is also next in line for the Spanish throne after the children and grandchildren of Juan Carlos.
His family moved to Spain one year after his birth. In 1948, he was chosen by Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona to enter alongside then prince Juan Carlos a special school that the Count and dictator Francisco Franco
had prepared for the heir of the crown.
Carlos lives in Madrid with his family. He possesses agrarian properties in Toledo
and Ciudad Real
, as well as shares in important companies like Repsol and Telefonica
.
Infante Carlos is Dean-President of the Royal Council of the Military Orders of Santiago
, Calatrava
, Alcántara
and Montesa
and Grand Master of the Hispano-Neapolitan branch of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
, Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius, Grand Commander of the Military Order of Alcántara
, Protector of the Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza of Madrid, Maestrante of Sevilla, Zaragoza, Granada, Valencia and Ronda, Member of the Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza of Catalonia, Member of the Cofradía del Santo Cáliz of Valencia, and Patron-President of the Foundation of the Military Order's Hospital of Santiago de Cuenca (Patrono-Presidente de la Fundación de las Ordenes Militares Hospital de Santiago de Cuenca). He was appointed a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
in 1964, of which he is the doyen, and has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Spanish Orders of Military Merit with White Distinction, of Naval Merit and of Agricultural Merit, the Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
, and has received the Banda of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle among other Orders. Infante Carlos is also President of the Spanish Foundation of the United World College, President of the Patronato of the Naval Museum, President of the Spanish Confederation of Foundations, President of the Iberoamerican Confedration of Foundations, President of the Foundation of San Benito de Alcántara, and President of the Foundation for the Protection of Nature (Fundación Fondo para la Protección de la Naturaleza).
and Princess Isabel of Orléans-Braganza
. They met in Athens
in 1962, at the wedding of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sophia of Spain. They have five children:
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Prince Carlos's official title is: His Royal Highness Don Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcel de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria.
Following the traditional succession laws of the Kingdom of Navarre
, Carlos's mother Infanta Alicia, born a Princess of Bourbon-Parma, is the current claimant to the throne, which was formally united with the Kingdom of France
in the eighteenth century. She is also the closest known genealogical representative of King Edward the Confessor
, and the direct genealogical representative of King David I of Scotland
, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
, King Ferdinand II of Aragon
and Queen Isabella I of Castille, among other successions. After Infanta Alicia's death Carlos will presumably become the titular King of Navarre and represent her entire genealogical inheritance.
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...
, KGCHS
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade...
(Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcel de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma) (born 16 January 1938 in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
) is the son of Don Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964...
, Duke of Calabria (1901–1964) and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
Infanta Alicia, Dowager Duchess of Calabria is a daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma and Piacenza and his wife Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. Alicia was Duchess of Calabria through her marriage to Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria...
(born 1917).
Biography
Infante Carlos is one of two claimants of the dignity of Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies. The other claimant is his 2nd cousin Prince Charles de Bourbon, Duke of CastroPrince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro is one of two claimants to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Early life and education:...
. Infante Carlos is also one of three claimants to the Grand Magistery of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry. It was fictively established by Constantine the Great, though in reality it was founded between 1520 and 1545 by two brothers of the Angeli Comneni family. Members of the Angeli Comneni family remained...
; the other two claimants are Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon Duke of Castro.
Infante Carlos is the senior male-line descendant of Ferdinand IV and III of Naples and Sicily (Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand I reigned variously over Naples, Sicily, and the Two Sicilies from 1759 until his death. He was the third son of King Charles III of Spain by his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony. On 10 August 1759, Charles succeeded his elder brother, Ferdinand VI, as King Charles III of Spain...
) and as such "first born legitimate heir of the Farnese" (primogenito legittimo farnesiano), as Ferdinand was designated by his father, King Charles III of Spain
Charles III of Spain
Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...
, on 16 October 1759 (ten days after abdicating the Two Sicilies Crown). Although Ferdinand had two elder brothers, his eldest brother was mentally retarded and deemed unfit to inherit any crown; his next eldest brother
Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV was King of Spain from 14 December 1788 until his abdication on 19 March 1808.-Early life:...
, meanwhile, was his father’s heir to the crown of Spain; treaty provisions prevented the union of the titles of Spain, Naples and Sicily under one person.
HRH Prince Carlo Tancredi di Borbone, grandfather of the Infante, is alleged to have renounced his rights by signing the famous Act of Cannes. It is important to remember that while Duke of Castro is a title that belong to the Head of the Royal House along with Duke of Parma, Piacenza, etc.; Duke of Calabria is the title that belong to the Crown prince just as the Spanish prince of Asturias or the prince of Wales in the U.K.
Carlos was created an Infante of Spain by King Juan Carlos of Spain by Royal Decree 2412 dated 16 December 1994, as the "Representative of a line linked historically to the Spanish Crown". If the renunciations by the sisters and aunts of the present king are considered to remain valid under Spain's current constitution, Carlos is also next in line for the Spanish throne after the children and grandchildren of Juan Carlos.
His family moved to Spain one year after his birth. In 1948, he was chosen by Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona to enter alongside then prince Juan Carlos a special school that the Count and dictator Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
had prepared for the heir of the crown.
Carlos lives in Madrid with his family. He possesses agrarian properties in Toledo
Toledo, Spain
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...
and Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 74,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles to the north. A high capacity...
, as well as shares in important companies like Repsol and Telefonica
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...
.
Infante Carlos is Dean-President of the Royal Council of the Military Orders of Santiago
Order of Santiago
The Order of Santiago was founded in the 12th century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and Spain, Santiago , under whose banner the Christians of Galicia and Asturias began in the 9th century to combat and drive back the Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula.-History:Santiago de...
, Calatrava
Order of Calatrava
The Order of Calatrava was the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull confirming the Order of Calatrava as a Militia was given by Pope Alexander III on September 26, 1164.-Origins and Foundation:...
, Alcántara
Order of Alcántara
The Order of Alcántara , also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of León, founded in 1166 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1177.-Alcántara:...
and Montesa
Order of Montesa
The Order of Montesa is a Christian military order, territorially limited to the Kingdom of Aragon.-Templar background:The Templars had been received with enthusiasm in Aragon from their foundation in 1128...
and Grand Master of the Hispano-Neapolitan branch of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry. It was fictively established by Constantine the Great, though in reality it was founded between 1520 and 1545 by two brothers of the Angeli Comneni family. Members of the Angeli Comneni family remained...
, Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius, Grand Commander of the Military Order of Alcántara
Order of Alcántara
The Order of Alcántara , also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of León, founded in 1166 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1177.-Alcántara:...
, Protector of the Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza of Madrid, Maestrante of Sevilla, Zaragoza, Granada, Valencia and Ronda, Member of the Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza of Catalonia, Member of the Cofradía del Santo Cáliz of Valencia, and Patron-President of the Foundation of the Military Order's Hospital of Santiago de Cuenca (Patrono-Presidente de la Fundación de las Ordenes Militares Hospital de Santiago de Cuenca). He was appointed a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...
in 1964, of which he is the doyen, and has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Spanish Orders of Military Merit with White Distinction, of Naval Merit and of Agricultural Merit, the Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade...
, and has received the Banda of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle among other Orders. Infante Carlos is also President of the Spanish Foundation of the United World College, President of the Patronato of the Naval Museum, President of the Spanish Confederation of Foundations, President of the Iberoamerican Confedration of Foundations, President of the Foundation of San Benito de Alcántara, and President of the Foundation for the Protection of Nature (Fundación Fondo para la Protección de la Naturaleza).
Marriage and children
Carlos married Princess Anne of France (born 1938) in 1965, the daughter of Henri, comte de ParisHenri, comte de Paris
Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris , was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France from 1940 until his death.-Early life:...
and Princess Isabel of Orléans-Braganza
Isabelle, comtesse de Paris
Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza , became by marriage duchess of Orléans, of Valois, of Chartres, of Guise, of Enghien, of Vendôme, of Penthièvre, of Aumale, of Nemours and of Montpensier, dauphine of Auvergne, princess of Joinville, princess of Condé, etc., titular Countess of...
. They met in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
in 1962, at the wedding of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sophia of Spain. They have five children:
- Princess Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1966 in Madrid), married in 1994 at Ciudad Real Pedro López-Quesada y Fernández Urrutia (born 1964)
- Victoria Lopez-Quesada y de Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 1997)
- Pedro Lopez-Quesada y de Bórbon-Dos Sicilias (born 2003)
- Princess María of Bourbon-Two SiciliesPrincess María of Bourbon-Two SiciliesArchduchess María of Austria is a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and the wife of Archduke Simeon of Austria.-Family:...
(born 1967 in Madrid), married in 1996 at Ciudad Real Archduke Simeon of AustriaArchduke Simeon of AustriaArchduke Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold of Austria is an Archduke and Prince of Austria and a Prince of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. Simeon is the third-eldest child of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and his first wife Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov...
(born 1958), a grandson of Karl I of AustriaKarl I of AustriaCharles I of Austria or Charles IV of Hungary was the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary, the last King of Bohemia and Croatia and the last King of Galicia and Lodomeria and the last monarch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine...
.- Archduke Johannes of Austria (born 1997)
- Archduke Ludwig of Austria (born 1998)
- Archduchess Isabel of Austria (born 2000)
- Archduchess Carlota of Austria (born 2003)
- Archduke Philipp of Austria (born 2007)
- Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of NotoPrince Pedro, Duke of NotoPedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto is the son of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Anne of Orléans.-Background:...
(born 1968 in Madrid), married Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo (born 1973) in 2001 at Madrid,- Prince Jaime de Borbón-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 1993)
- Prince Juan de Borbón-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 2003)
- Prince Pablo de Borbón-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 2004)
- Prince Pedro de Borbon-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 2005)
- Princess Sofia de Borbon-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 12 November 2008)
- Princess Blanca de Borbon-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 7 April 2011)
- Princess Inés María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1971 in Madrid), married in 2001 at Toledo Napolitan aristocrat Nobile Michele Carrelli Palombi dei Marchesi di RaianoRaianoRaiano is a town and comune of the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.-Geography:Raiano is located at 390 m above sea level, on the western side of the Peligna Valley. In his Naturalis Historia, Pliny the Elder subdivided the Peligna region and its people into three...
(born 1965)- Nobile Teresa Carrelli Palombi dei Marchesi di Raiano (born 2003)
- Nobile Blanca Carrelli Palombi dei Marchesi di Raiano (born 2005)
- Princess Victoria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1976 in Madrid), married Greek shipowner Markos Nomikos (born 1965) in 2003.
- Anastasios Nomikos (born 2005)
- Ana Nomikos (born 2006)
- Carlos Nomikos (born 2008)
Sisters
Don Carlos has two sisters:- Princess Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of SalernoSalernoSalerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
(born 1937), married Iñigo Moreno y de Arteaga, 12th Marquess de Laula (born 1934) on 1961 and has issue. - Princess Inés Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Siracusa (born 1940), married Luis Morales y Aguado (1933–2000) on 1965 but divorced on 1978. Has issue.
Titles
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| Arms of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria. * Left: as Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies. * Right: as Infante of Spain. |
- His Royal Highness Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1938–1964)
- His Royal Highness Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (1964–1994)
- His Royal Highness Infante Carlos of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (Since 1994)
Prince Carlos's official title is: His Royal Highness Don Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcel de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria.
Following the traditional succession laws of the Kingdom of Navarre
Kingdom of Navarre
The Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....
, Carlos's mother Infanta Alicia, born a Princess of Bourbon-Parma, is the current claimant to the throne, which was formally united with the Kingdom of France
Kingdom of France
The Kingdom of France was one of the most powerful states to exist in Europe during the second millennium.It originated from the Western portion of the Frankish empire, and consolidated significant power and influence over the next thousand years. Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, developed a...
in the eighteenth century. She is also the closest known genealogical representative of King Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....
, and the direct genealogical representative of King David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland
David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later King of the Scots...
, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
, King Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...
and Queen Isabella I of Castille, among other successions. After Infanta Alicia's death Carlos will presumably become the titular King of Navarre and represent her entire genealogical inheritance.
Ancestry
External links
- THE HEAD OF THE ROYAL HOUSE – official website of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Spanish branch)