Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria

Infante Carlos of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcel de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma) (born January 16, 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).

Biography

Infante Carlos is one of two claimants to the title Duke of Calabria. The other claimant is his rival Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro. He is also one of two claimants of the dignity of Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies; the other claimant is also Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro.

Carlos was created an Infante of Spain by King Juan Carlos of Spain by Royal Decree 2412 dated December 16, 1994 [ [http://www.boe.es/g/es/bases_datos/doc.php?coleccion=iberlex&id=1994/27905 Real Decreto 2412/1994] ] . 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 o Telefonica. He is president of the Royal Council of the Military Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa. He is also Grand Master of the Hispano-Neapolitan branch of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.

Marriage and children

Carlos married Princess Anne of France (born 1938) in 1965, the daughter of Henri, comte de Paris 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:

*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 Sicilies (born 1967 in Madrid), married in 1996 at Ciudad Real Archduke Simeon of Austria (born 1958), a grandson of Karl I of Austria.
** 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 Noto (born 1968 in Madrid), married Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo (born 1973) in 2001 at Madrid,
** Jaime de Borbón-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 1993)
** Juan de Borbón-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 2003)
** Pablo de Borbón-dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 2004)
*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 Raiano (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)
** A son (born 2008)

isters

Don Carlos has two sisters:
*Princess Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (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 (born 1940), married Luis Morales y Aguado (1933-2000) on 1965 but divorced on 1978. Has issue.

Titles

* "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, Carlos's mother Alicia is the current claimant to the throne, which in reality was merged with the Kingdom of France in the seventeenth century. After Alicia's death Carlos will presumably become the titular King of Navarre.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
2= 2. Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
3= 3. Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
4= 4. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
5= 5. Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
6= 6. Elias, Duke of Parma
7= 7. Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
8= 8. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
9= 9. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
10= 10. Alfonso XII of Spain
11= 11. Maria Christina of Austria
12= 12. Robert I, Duke of Parma
13= 13. Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
14= 14. Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
15= 15. Princess Isabella of Croÿ
16= 16. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
17= 17. Maria Theresa of Austria
18= 18. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
19= 19. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
20= 20. Francis of Spain
(King-consort)
21= 21. Isabella II of Spain
22= 22. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
23= 23. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
24= 24. Charles III, Duke of Parma
25= 25. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
26= 26. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (= 16)
27= 27. Maria Theresa of Austria (= 17)
28= 28. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (= 22)
29= 29. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (= 23)
30= 30. Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ
31= 31. Princess Natalie of Ligne

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