Infante Alfonso, Duke Of Calabria
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Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (30 November 1901 – 3 February 1964) was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies The House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon that ruled Southern Italy and Sicily for more than a century in the 18th and 19th centuries. It descends from the Capetian dynasty in legitimate male line through Phili ...
from 1960 until his death in 1964. He was the son of
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain (Full Italian language, Italian name: ''Carlo Maria Francesco d'Assisi Pasquale Ferdinando Antonio di Padova Francesco de Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredi, Principe di Borbone dell ...
and
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (''María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904) was the eldest child of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria ...
. He was born and died in
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,
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. Alfonso's mother was
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (''María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904) was the eldest child of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria ...
, but she died in childbirth in 1904. Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, was unmarried at the time so as the Princess of the Asturias's eldest son, the young infante became heir presumptive to the Spanish crown, though, unlike his mother, he never held the title of
Prince of Asturias Prince or Princess of Asturias () is the main substantive title used by the heir apparent, or heir presumptive to the monarchy of Spain, Spanish Crown. According to the Spanish Constitution of 1978: The title originated in 1388, when King J ...
.Por Real Decreto del 17 de octubre de 1904, gozó de todos los honores que le correspondían como heredero de la Corona, pero nunca ostentó el título de Príncipe de Asturias He was heir presumptive until the birth of his cousin,
Alfonso Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. I ...
, to Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie in 1907.


Marriage and issue

Alfonso married Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (1917–2017), his second cousin, daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma and Piacenza and his wife Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, on 16 April 1936 in
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,
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. Alfonso and Alicia had three children: *Princess Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Salerno (born 6 February 1937), married to Íñigo Moreno y Arteaga, 1st
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(formerly 11th Marquess of Laula, born 18 April 1934), with seven children: **Rodrigo Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 1 February 1962), married to Casilda Guerrero-Burgos y Fernández de Córdoba, 21st Duchess of Cardona (born 1982). **Alicia Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 6 June 1964), married to José Luis Hernández Eraso (born 1949), with two children **Alfonso Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (19 October 1965 – 18 May 2018), married to Marta Calvo y Molezún (born ca. 1970), with two children **Beatriz Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 10 May 1967), married to Lucas Urquijo Fernández de Araoz, with two children **Fernando Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (8 July 1969 – 12 May 2011) **Clara Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 14 June 1971) **Delia Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 30 August 1972), married to Álvaro de Ledesma y Sanchiz (born 20 October 1962) *
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria '' Don'' Carlos María Alfonso Marcelo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Duke of Calabria (16 January 1938 – 5 October 2015) was, at his death, the last male infante of Spain during the reigns of his cousins King Ju ...
(16 January 1938 – 5 October 2015), married to Princess Anne of Orléans (born 4 December 1938), with five children: **Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 16 March 1966), married to Pedro López-Quesada y Fernández-Urrutia (born 26 July 1963), with two children **María Paloma de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 5 April 1967), married to Archduke Simeon of Austria (born 26 June 1959), with five children ** Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Duke of Calabria (born 16 October 1968), married to Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo (born 23 November 1973), with seven children: *** Jaime de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce, Duke of Noto (born 26 June 1993) ***Juan de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 18 April 2003) ***Pablo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 26 June 2004) ***Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 3 January 2007) ***Sofía de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 12 November 2008) ***Blanca de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 7 April 2011) ***María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 21 April 2015) **Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 20 April 1971), married to Michele Carrelli Palombi (born 13 November 1965), with two children **Victoria de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 24 May 1976), married to Markos Nomikos (born 29 October 1965), with four children * Princess Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Syracuse (born 18 February 1940), married to Luis de Morales y Aguado (8 October 1933 – 10 November 2000), with five children: **Isabel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 10 April 1966), married to Joaquín Galán y Otamendi, with two daughters: ***Carlota Galán y Morales de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias (born March 1998) ***Inés Galán y Morales de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias (born 3 January 2000) **Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 14 December 1967), married to Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja, with three children **Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (9 December 1969 – 26 July 2022), married to Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquin (born 1974), with two children **Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 16 December 1971), married to Emma Ruiz de Azcárate y García de Lomas, with two children **Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 25 November 1975)


Honours and arms


Orders and decorations

* : ** Knight of the Distinguished
Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece (, ) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in 1430 in Brugge by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to celebrate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Isabella of Portugal. T ...
, ''1 December 1901'' ** Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished
Order of Charles III The Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, originally Royal and Much Distinguished Order of Charles III (, originally ; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OC3) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bes ...
, with Collar, ''1 December 1901'' ** Grand Cross of the Royal
Order of Isabella the Catholic The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OYC) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Charles III (established in 1771) and ...
, ''1 December 1901'' ** Knight of the
Order of Alcántara The Order of Alcántara ( Leonese: ''Orde de 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 Alcántara is a town on the T ...
, ''13 April 1923''


Heraldry

File:Coat of Arms of Infante Alfonso of the Two Sicilies (1901-1960).svg, Coat of Arms of Prince Alfonso of the Two-Sicilies as Infante of Spain (1907-1960) File:Great_Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Two_Sicilies.svg, Coat of Arms of Prince Alfonso as Duke of Calabria and Pretender (1960-1964)


Ancestry


References


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfonso Of Calabria, Duke 1901 births 1964 deaths Nobility from Madrid Princes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Pretenders to the throne of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Dukes of Calabria Burials in the Pantheon of Infantes at El Escorial Spanish Roman Catholics 20th-century Roman Catholics Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Knights of the Order of Alcántara