Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|prince
name = Prince Carlos
full name = Carlo Maria Francesco d'Assisi Pasquale Ferdinando Antonio di Padova Francesco de Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredi
title = Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies


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spouse = Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Princess Louise of Orléans
issue = Prince Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Prince Fernando
Princess Isabel Alfonsa
Prince Carlos
Princess Maria de los Dolores
Princess Maria de las Mercedes
Princess Maria de la Esperanza
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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father =Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
mother =Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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place of birth = Gries, Bolzano, Italy
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place of death = Seville, Spain
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Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spaincite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10328.htm#i103275| title=Carlos Maria François di Borbone, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie| date=04 April 2008 | accessdate=2008-10-03 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/2sicilies.html| title=TWO SICILIES | date= | accessdate=2008-10-05 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (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") (born 10 November 1870 in Gries, Bolzano, Italy; died 11 November 1949 in Seville, Spain) was the son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and nephew of the last of the Bourbon kings of Naples, Francis II of the Two Sicilies.

On 14 February 1901, Don Carlos married Doña Mercedes, eldest daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain. Mercedes died young, in 1904, giving birth to their only daughter. The couple had three children:
* Don Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain (1901–1964).
* Fernando (1903-1905), died in San Sebastián one year after his mother's death.
* Doña Isabella Alfonsa, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain (1904-1985). Married Count Jan Zamoyski (1900-1961) and had issue.

In 1907, he married secondly to Princess Louise of Orléans, daughter of Philippe, comte de Paris. The couple had four children:
* Don Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1908-1936). Killed in the Spanish Civil War.
* Doña Maria de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1909-1996). In 1937, she married Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907-1946) and had one surviving son, Adam. She remarried to Carlos Chias on 1950.
* Doña Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910-2000) who married Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and became the mother of current reining King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
* Doña Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1914-2005), who married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza.

Prince Carlos's descendants include the King of Spain (King Juan Carlos), the present Duke of Calabria (Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria) and the present Brazilian Royal Family.

In 1894, his father Alfonso became the Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. On marrying his first wife, Don Carlos renounced his rights of succession over the then-inexistent Crown of Two Sicilies on December 14th, 1900, and was created Infante of Spain on February 7th, 1901. However, on 1960, his older brother Ferdinand died without male issue, and his son Don Alfonso reclaimed his rights. However, his younger brother Ranieri objected and also claimed rights based on Carlo's 1900 renouncement. 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 Carlo's descendants.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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)

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