Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|prince
name = Prince Ferdinand Pius
full name = Ferdinando Pio Maria
title = Duke of Calabria


caption =
reign = 26 May 1934 - 7 January 1960
coronation =
predecessor = Prince Alfonso
successor = Prince Ranieri
Infante Alfonso
"disputed"
succession = Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
spouse = Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria
issue = Princess Maria Antonietta
Princess Maria Cristina
Prince Ruggero Maria, Duke of Noto
Princess Barbara Maria
Princess Lucia Maria
Princess Urraca Maria
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
royal anthem =
father =Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
mother =Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
date of birth =Birth date|1869|7|25
place of birth =Rome, Italy
date of death = death date and age|1960|1|7|1869|7|25
place of death = Lindau, Bavaria, Germany
place of burial =|

Prince Ferdinand Pius ("Ferdinando Pio Maria" 25 July 1869, Rome–7 January 1960, Lindau), was the Duke of Calabria in succession of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. With this title he was Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and as thus pretender to the throne of the extinct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Following his death in 1960, the headship of the house became disputed between Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro and Infante Alfonso and has remained disputed into the 2000s.

Family

Prince Ferdinando married Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, daughter of King Ludwig III of Bavaria on 31 May 1897 and this marriage had six issue [http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Bourbon_Two_Sicilies_Royal_Family.htm] [http://www.borbone-due-sicilie.org/english/genealogy.html] .

*Princess Maria Antonietta, (1898–1957)
*Princess Maria Cristina, (1899–1985), married in 1948 to Manuel Sotomayor-Luna
*Prince Ruggero Maria, Duke of Noto, (1901–1914)
*Princess Barbara Maria Antonietta Luitpolda, (1902–1927), married in 1922 to count Franz Xaver zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
*Princess Lucia Maria Raniera, (1908–2001), married in 1938 to Eugenio di Savoia, duke of Ancona son of `Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa (issue)
*Princess Urraca Maria Isabella Carolina Aldegonda, (1913–1999)

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1= 1. Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
2= 2. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
3= 3. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
4= 4. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
5= 5. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
6= 6. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
7= 7. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
8= 8. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
9= 9. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain
10= 10. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
11= 11. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
12= 12. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 8)
13= 13. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 9)
14= 14. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
15= 15. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies
16= 16. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
17= 17. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria
18= 18. Charles IV of Spain
19= 19. Maria Luisa of Parma
20= 20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
21= 21. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain
22= 22. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
23= 23. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
24= 24. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 16)
25= 25. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (= 17)
26= 26. Charles IV of Spain (= 18)
27= 27. Maria Luisa of Parma (= 19)
28= 28. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
29= 29. Princess Luisa of the Two Sicilies
30= 30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 8)
31= 31. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 9)