Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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Prince Carlos
Gries-San Quirino [it], Bolzano, Austria-Hungary
Died11 November 1949(1949-11-11) (aged 79)
Seville, Spain
Burial
Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador, Seville
Spouse
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(m. 1901; died 1904)​
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(m. 1907)​
Issue
Names
Bourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherPrince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
MotherPrincess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
SignaturePrince Carlos's signature

Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain (Full Italian name: Carlo Maria Francesco d'Assisi Pasquale Ferdinando Antonio di Padova Francesco de Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredi, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, Infante di Spagna;[citation needed] 10 November 1870 – 11 November 1949) was the son of Prince Alfonso of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and nephew of the last King of the Two Sicilies, Francis II.[citation needed]

Marriages and children

On 14 February 1901 in

Alfonso XIII of Spain, an unmarried teenager. A week before the wedding, on 7 February, Carlos was given the title of Infante of Spain.[1]

Carlos and Mercedes had three children:[citation needed]

Mercedes died in childbirth in 1904.

In 1907, Carlos married secondly to Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris.[citation needed] The couple had four children:[citation needed]

Prince Carlos's descendants include King

Felipe VI of Spain, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza, and Prince Peter of Yugoslavia
, among others.

Military service

Carlos served in the

Inspector General.[3]

Prince Carlos with his second wife, Princess Louise of Orléans, c. 1909

Two Sicilies succession

In 1894, Carlos's father Alfonso became the head of the

Ferdinand died without male issue, and a dispute arose between Carlos' son Alfonso and Carlos' younger brother Ranieri on the headship of the house, this with competing claims: by the law of primogeniture, Carlos' son Alfonso was considered the heir, but Ranieri claimed that Carlos had renounced his rights and those of his descendants according to the Act of Canness. Alfonso refuted that claim by stating that it was only a promise from his father to relinquish this right if the crown of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were to be united with the Spanish Crown. Since this did not happen, Carlos' son Alfonso reclaimed his rights. The dispute is still not resolved. Whereas the claim of Ranieri and his descendants was supported by most royal houses in Europe,[5] the claim of Alfonso and his descendants is supported by the Spanish Royal House.[6]
Also, five of the highest organs of the Spanish State, including the Council of State, investigated the dispute and concluded unanimously in favour of the line descended from Infante Don Alfonso.

Honours

Coat of Arms of Prince Carlos as Infante of Spain

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Royal Decrees" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish). Page 555. 8 February 1901. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Carlos of Bourbon Dead in Spain at 79", The New York Times (12 November 1949): 15.
  3. ^ "Infante Don Carlos", The Times (12 November 1949): 7.
  4. ^ Lecanda Crooke, Íñigo (2012). "Análisis jurídico de la legitimidad en la Jefatura de la Casa Real de Borbón Dos-Sicilias y el Gran Maestrazgo de sus Órdenes" (PDF). Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía. Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía.
  5. ISBN 978-8434025066
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  6. ISBN 9780786450572
    . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Boletín Oficial del Estado
  8. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  9. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  10. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  11. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  12. ^ Escalafón general del Real Estamento Militar del Principado de Gerona. Girona. 2014. p. 137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 9
  14. Royal Thai Government Gazette (8 June 1902). "ส่งเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ไปพระราชทานเจ้าต่างประเทศ ฮิสรอแยล ไฮเนส ปรินศ์ ดองการ์ลอส เดอร์บัวร์บอง" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  15. ^ "No. 27519". The London Gazette. 27 January 1903. p. 529.

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