Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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Prince Gabriele Maria Giuseppe Carlo Ignazio Antonio Alfonso Pietro Giovanni Gerardo di Majella et Omni Sancti of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (11 January 1897, Cannes
Cannes
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, France
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 – 22 October 1975, Itu
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, Brazil
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) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
The House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is a cadet Italian branch of the House of Bourbon. It is thus descended from the Capetian dynasty in male line...

 and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Family

Gabriel was the twelfth child and youngest son of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Prince Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria....

 and his wife Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He was a younger brother of Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
Prince Ferdinand Pius , Duke of Calabria , was head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and pretender to the throne of the extinct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1934 to 1960....

, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain was the son of Prince Alfonso of the Two...

, Maria Immaculata, Princess Johann Georg of Saxony
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874–1947)
Princess Maria Immaculata Cristina Pia Isabella of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the fourth child and eldest daughter of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Maria...

, Maria Cristina, Archduchess Peter Ferdinand of Austria
Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the titular Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 28 February 1942 to 4 October 1947 as wife of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, the titular Grand Duke.-Family:Maria Cristina was the daughter of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two...

, Maria di Grazia, Princess Imperial of Brazil
Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria di Grazia Pia Chiara Anna of Bourbon-Two Sicilies) was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Princess Imperial consort of Brazil through her marriage to Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza.-Family:Maria was the daughter of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and his...

, Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
Prince Ranieri Maria Gaetano, Duke of Castro was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Biography:...

, and Prince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Prince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Prince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Family:Prince Philip was the tenth child of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and...

.

Marriage and issue

Gabriel married firstly to Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska
Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska
Princess Malgorzata Izabella Maria Magdalene Antoinette Hyacinthe Josephe Luise Marie Czartoryska, was a princess of the House of Czartoryski by birth...

, daughter of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski
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 and his wife Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska
Maria Ludwika Krasinska
Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska was a Polish noble lady.Maria was married to Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski, married on August 31, 1901 in Warsaw....

, on 25 August 1927 in Paris
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. The couple had one child before Malgorzata died in Cannes on 8 March 1929:
Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg
Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (b. 1933)
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 (born 2 February 1933 in Stuttgart
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) on 18 July 1958 in Altshausen
Altshausen
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  • Prince François Philipp Maria Joseph Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 20 June 1960 in Ravensburg
    Ravensburg
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    )
∞ Countess Alexandra of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (born 2 June 1967 in Zürich
Zürich
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) on 2 June 2000 in Geneva
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  • Prince Antoine Gaetano Nicolas Istvan Marie of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 6 June 2003 in Geneva)
  • Princess Dorothée Maria Amalia Tatiana Hélène of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 10 May 2005 in Zürich)
  • Princess Maria Carolina Johanna Rosa Cecilia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 18 July 1962 in Friedrichshafen
    Friedrichshafen
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    )
∞ Andreas Baumbach (born 30 April 1963 in Tübingen
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) on 6 May 1988 in Tübingen
  • Prince Gennaro Maria Pio Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 27 January 1966 in Ravensburg)
  • Princess Maria Annunziata Urraca Margarita Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 4 March 1973 in Friedrichshafen)
∞ Count Carl Fredrik Creutz (born 1 November 1971) on 2 August 2003 in Helsinki
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Gabriel married secondly to Princess Cecylia Lubomirska
Princess Cecylia Lubomirska
Princess Cecylia Lubomirska was a Princess Lubomirska by birth and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies through her marriage to Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Family:...

, daughter of Prince Kasimierz Lubomirski and his wife Countess Maria Theresia of Granow-Wodicka, on 15 September 1932 in Kraków
Kraków
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. Gabriel and Cecylia had four children:
  • Prince Jean Maria Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 30 June 1933 in Warsaw
    Warsaw
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    ; died 25 December 2000 in Madrid
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    )

  • Princess Maria Margarita Therese Antoinette Alfonsine Casimira of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 16 November 1934 in Warsaw)
∞ Luis Gonzaga Maldonado y Gordon (born 17 November 1932 in Madrid) on 11 June 1962 in Jerez de la Frontera
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  • Princess Marie Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 25 June 1937 in Warsaw)
∞ Miguel Garcia de Saéz y Tellecea (6 September 1921 – 12 March 1982) on 29 June 1970 in Sant Josep de sa Talaia
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; divorced in 1979

Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy
Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy
Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta is a Princess of Savoy-Aosta by birth and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by marriage to Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Family:...

  (born 12 September 1933 in Miramare
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) on 29 January 1967 in Jacarezinho
  • Prince Luís Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 28 November 1970 in Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
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    )
∞ Christine Apovian (born 20 May 1969) on 22 October 1998 in São Paulo
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  • Princess Anna Sophia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 9 April 1999 in São Paulo
    São Paulo
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    )
  • Princess Anna Cecilia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 24 December 1971 in São Paulo
    São Paulo
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    )
∞ Count Rodolphe de Causans (born 22 January 1973) civilly on 18 August 2005 in Les Verchers-sur-Layon
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, religiously on 19 September 2005 in Turin
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  • Amedeo de Causans (born 8 May 2006)
  • Victoria de Causans (born 13 May 2009)
  • Princess Elena Sofia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 10 September 1973 in São Paulo
    São Paulo
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    )
  • Prince Alexander Henrique of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 9 August 1974 in São Paulo
    São Paulo
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    )
Ordained a priest in Rome
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 on 22 December 2007

Titles and styles

  • 11 January 1897 – 22 October 1975: His Royal Highness Prince Gabriele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies


In addition to the historical princely rank which derives from membership in the historical House of Bourbon-Sicily, the title of Principe de Borbon and the style
Style (manner of address)
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 of Royal Highness
Royal Highness
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were specifically accorded to Gabriel de Borbón, and to all children born of his dynastic marriage, by a Spanish royal decree issued 19 August 1920.

Honours

  • Knight of the Spanish 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...

  • Knight of the Order of Saint Januarius
  • Bailiff Grand Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
    Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
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  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
  • Knight of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Ancestry

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