Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua

Prince Charles Ferdinand
Prince of Capua
The Prince of Capua with his wife, The Countess of Mascali
Spouse	Penelope Smyth
Issue
Francesco, Count of Mascali Vittoria, Countess of Mascali
Full name
Italian: Carlo Ferdinando English: Charles Ferdinand
House	House of the Two Sicilies
Father	Francis I of the Two Sicilies
Mother	Maria Isabella of Spain
Born	10 November 1811(1811-11-10) Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily
Died	22 April 1862(1862-04-22) (aged 50) Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Religion	Roman Catholic

Charles Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies, Prince of Capua^[1][2] (Full Italian name: Carlo Ferdinando, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, Principe di Capua^[1][2]) (10 November 1811 –^[1][2] 22 April 1862 in Turin, Kingdom of Italy^[1][2]) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.^[1][2]

Family

Charles Ferdinand was second-eldest son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain.^[1][2] Charles Ferdinand was a half-brother of Caroline, Duchess of Berry and a full brother of Luisa Carlotta, Duchess of Cadiz, Maria Christina, Queen of Spain, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse, Prince Antonio, Count of Lecce, Infanta Maria Amalia of Portugal and Spain, Maria Carolina, Countess of Montemolin, Teresa Cristina, Empress of Brazil, and Prince Francis, Count of Trapani.^[1][2]

Marriage and issue

The Prince of Capua with his wife, The Countess of Mascali, and his daughter, Vittoria.

On 12 March 1836 Charles Ferdinand's brother, King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, issued a decree upholding the 1829 decision of the brothers' late father King Francis I of the Two Sicilies that members of the blood-royal of the kingdom, whatever their age, are required to obtain the consent of the sovereign to marry and that marriages made without this consent should be deemed to be null and void.

It is reported that Charles Ferdinand married morganatically Penelope Smyth, daughter of Grice Smyth, on 5 April 1836 in Gretna Green, Scotland, United Kingdom.^[1][2]

However, Charles Ferdinand applied for a Special Marriage Licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury in order to marry (or re-marry) Miss Smyth at St George's, Hanover Square. In the court order they are described as a bachelor and a spinster respectively.^[3] The King's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Count de Ludolf, objected to the grant of the licence and a hearing took place in the Court of Faculties on 4 May 1836. The Master of the Faculties, Dr John Nicholl, refused to grant the licence on the grounds that the royal succession might be affected by the non-recognition of the marriage in Naples.^[4] Banns of Marriage were read for the final time in St George's, Hanover Square on 8 May 1836.^[5]

Charles Ferdinand and Penelope had two children:^[1][2]

• Francesco Ferdinando Carlo di Borbone, Conte di Mascali (24 March 1837 – 2 June 1862)
• Vittoria Augusta Lodovica Isabella Amelia Filomena Elena Penelope di Borbone, Contessa di Mascali (15 May 1838 – 9 August 1895)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 10 November 1811 – 22 April 1862: His Royal Highness the Prince of Capua^[1][2]

Honours

• Knight of the Order of Saint Januarius
• Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (1826)
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Darryl Lundy (23 May 2004). "Carlo di Borbone, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p11456.htm#i114553. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Paul Theroff. "TWO SICILIES". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/2sicilies.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ The Times, 7 May 1836
4. ^ The Times, 5 May 1836
5. ^ The Times, 11 May 1836

External links

Media related to Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua at Wikimedia Commons

See also

Persondata
Name	Charles Ferdinand Of Capua, Prince
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 November 1811
Place of birth	Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily
Date of death	22 April 1862
Place of death	Turin, Kingdom of Italy