Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|prince
name = Prince Ranieri
full name = Ranieri Maria Gaetano
title = Duke of Castro


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reign = 7 January 1960 - 1966
coronation =
predecessor =Prince Ferdinand Pius
successor = Prince Ferdinand
succession = Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
spouse = Countess Carolina Zamoyska
issue = Princess Maria del Carmen
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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father =Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
mother =Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
date of birth =Birth date|1883|12|3
place of birth =Cannes, France
date of death =death date and age|1973|1|13|1883|12|3
place of death = La Combe
place of burial =|

Prince "Ranieri" Maria Gaetano, Duke of Castro (3 December 1883-13 January 1973) was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Biography

He was born in Cannes, France the ninth child but fifth son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1851-1938). Ranieri for a time served in the Royal Spanish Army. Following the death of his brother Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria on the 7 January 1960 Prince Ranieri was declared Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by all relatives except for Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and his children, because the Infante's senior branch of the family abdicated their claims in order to be in line for the Spanish throne. He remained head of the house until 1966 when he had abdicated as head the house in favour of his son Prince Ferdinand Maria. He died on the 13 January 1973 in La Combe.

Marriage and children

Ranieri married his cousin Countess Carolina Zamoyska (1896-1968) on 12 September 1923 in Druzbaki, from the marriage he had two children:

*Princess "Maria del Carmen" Carolina Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1924)
*Prince "Ferdinando" Maria Andrea Alfonso Marcus, Duke of Castro (1926-2008)

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
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)

External links

* [http://www.realcasadiborbone.it/index/indexhome.php Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/2sicilies.html Online Gotha]