Chantal de Chevron-Villette

Princess Chantal
Duchess of Castro
Spouse	Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
Issue
Princess Béatrice, Princess Charles Napoleon Princess Anne, Baroness Cochin Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Full name
French: Chantal Françoise Marie Camille
House	House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Joseph-Pierre de Chevron, Count of Villette
Mother	Marie de Colbert-Cannet
Born	10 January 1925(1925-01-10) Le Cannet-des-Maures, Var, France
Died	24 May 2005(2005-05-24) (aged 80) Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Religion	Roman Catholic

Chantal Françoise Marie Camille de Chevron-Villette^[1][2] (born 10 January 1925 in Le Cannet-des-Maures, Var, France;^[1][2] died 24 May 2005 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France^[1][2]) was the wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro,^[1][2] claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Through her marriage to Ferdinand, Chantal was the Duchess consort of Calabria and titular Queen consort of the Two Sicilies.

Family

Chantal was the daughter of Joseph-Pierre de Chevron, Count of Villette and his wife Marie de Colbert-Cannet.^[1]

Marriage and issue

Chantal married Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, only son of Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro and his wife Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska, on 23 July 1949 in Giez.^[1][2] Chantal and Ferdinand had three children:^[1][2]

• Princess Béatrice Marie Caroline Louise Françoise of the Two Sicilies (born 16 June 1950 in Saint-Raphaël)^[1][2]

∞ Prince Charles Napoléon on 19 December 1978 in Paris; divorced in 1989

• Princess Caroline Marie-Constance Napoléon (born 24 October 1980)
• Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (born 11 July 1986)

• Princess Anne Marie Caroline Carmen of the Two Sicilies (born 24 April 1957 in Saint-Raphaël)^[1][2]

∞ Jacques Cochin, Baron Cochin on 9 September 1977 in Roquebrune-sur-Argens

• Nicolas Cochin (born 21 January 1979)
• Dorothée Cochin (born 10 June 1985)

• Prince Carlo Maria Bernardo Gennaro of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro (born 24 February 1963 in Saint-Raphaël)^[1][2]

∞ Camilla Crociani on 31 October 1998 in Monte Carlo

• Princess Maria-Carolina of the Two Sicilies (born 23 June 2003)
• Princess Maria Chiara of the Two Sicilies (born 1 January 2005)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 10 January 1925 – 23 July 1949: Chantal de Chevron-Villette
• 23 July 1949–1966: Her Royal Highness Princess Chantal of the Two Sicilies
• 1966 – 24 May 2005: Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Castro

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Darryl Lundy (30 July 2005). "Chantal Françoise Marie Camille de Chevron-Villette". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p11221.htm#i112205. Retrieved 2008-10-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Paul Theroff. "TWO SICILIES". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/2sicilies.html. Retrieved 2008-10-25. ^{[dead link]}

Chantal de Chevron-Villette Chevron family Born: 10 January 1925 Died: 24 May 2005
Italian nobility
Preceded by Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska	Duchess of Castro 1966 - 24 May 2005	Succeeded by Camilla Crociani
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Maria Carolina Zamoyska	— TITULAR — Queen consort of the Two Sicilies 1966 - 24 May 2005 Reason for succession failure: Italian Unification under the House of Savoy	Succeeded by Camilla Crociani

Persondata
Name	Chevron-Villette, Chantal De
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 January 1925
Place of birth	Le Cannet-des-Maures, Var, France
Date of death	24 May 2005
Place of death	Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France