Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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; 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.

Prince Carlos
Formal photo portrait wearing a Spanish Hussar uniform, 1913
Born(1870-11-10)10 November 1870
Gries-San Quirino, 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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      Issue
      Full name
      Italian: Carlo Maria Francesco d'Assisi Pasquale Ferdinando Antonio di Padova Francesco de Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredi
      HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
      FatherPrince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
      MotherPrincess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
      ReligionRoman Catholicism
      Signature

      Marriages and children

      On 14 February 1901 in Madrid, Carlos married Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, elder daughter of the late King Alfonso XII of Spain and of his wife Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria. Mercedes was the elder sister and heir presumptive to King 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:

      Mercedes died in childbirth in 1904.

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

      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 Spanish Army in the Spanish–American War and received the Military Order of Maria Cristina.[2] Eventually he rose to the rank of 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 House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. On marrying his first wife, Carlos renounced his rights of succession to the Crown of Two Sicilies on 14 December 1900. In 1960, Carlos's older brother Ferdinand died without male issue, and Carlos' son Alfonso reclaimed his rights. However, Carlos's younger brother Ranieri objected and also claimed rights based on the renunciation of 1900. The dispute is still not resolved. While most royal houses in Europe recognize the claim of Ranieri's descendants, the Spanish Royal House recognizes the claim of Carlos's descendants.[4]

      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. "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. Opfell, Olga S. (2001). Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 37–8. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
      5. Boletín Oficial del Estado
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      10. Escalafón general del Real Estamento Militar del Principado de Gerona. Girona. 2014. p. 137.

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