[2] As the elder son of Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880-1904), the eldest child of Alfonso XII of Spain, Alfonso had been heir presumptive to the Spanish throne between the death in childbirth of his mother and the birth in May 1907 of a son to his mother's brother, King Alfonso XIII. [20], Coat of Arms as Duke of Calabria and Pretender(1964-2015), Coat of Arms as knight of the Golden Fleece(1964-2015), Coat of Arms as Spanish Infante(1994-2015), consort to an Infanta naturalized as a Spanish Infante, Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, Infante Alfonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón, Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria, Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, "Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, único Infante de España por expreso deseo del rey Juan Carlos", http://www.paeseroma.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/102the-infant-H.R.H.-Infant-Carlos-of-Spain-Duke-di-Calabria-née-Prince-of-Bourbon-Two-Sicilies-The-Infante-Don-Carlos.jpg, "Del Imperio a la Unión Europea: La huella de Otto de Habsburgo en el siglo XX. On 11 May 1965 at Louveciennes the "lovers of the Gotha" (as the press dubbed the couple) were married in a civil ceremony and the following day, the Comte de Paris escorted his daughter to the altar at the Chapelle royale de Dreux, the Orléans' traditional parish chapel and necropolis, for Catholic nuptials. 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[6] Over the course of the next two years, under the guidance of Pedro Martínez de Irujo y Caro, Duque de Sotomayor in loco parentis, the princes were carefully educated and introduced to distinguished Spaniards, including Franco himself as well as Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo and Fernando Alvarez de Miranda. Andrew, Duke of Calabria (30 October 1327 – 18 September 1345) was the first husband of Joanna I of Naples, and a son of Charles I of Hungary and brother of Louis I of Hungary. He 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. She was also the closest known genealogical representative of King Edward the Confessor, and the direct genealogical representative of King David I of Scotland. When Joanna fell ill in the summer of 1344, Andrew caused great controversy when he released the Pipini brothers. This page was last edited on 21 July 2020, at 00:54. [3] If Mateu Morral’s attempt to assassinate King Alfonso XIII of Spain had succeeded, Infante Alfonso (Infante Carlos’s father) would have become at that moment the King of Spain. Their possessions had been given to other nobles, who now became increasingly hostile to Andrew. Their Royal Highness the Duke and Duchess of Calabria are pleased to announce the betrothal of their eldest son, His Royal Highness Prince Don Jaime de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Duke of Noto, to Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune, youngest daughter of The Right Honourable the Earl and Countess of Lindsay, for which His Royal Highness the Duke of Calabria has given his consent under … Budapest: Akadémiai. The deed would taint the rest of Joanna's reign, although she was twice acquitted of any charge in the trials that followed. 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