Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

Infante Alfonso
Infante of Spain, Duke of Calabria and Count of Caserta
The Duke of Calabria in 1912
Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Pretendence	7 January 1960 – 3 February 1964
Predecessor	Prince Ferdinand Pius
Successor	Infante Carlos
Born	(1901-11-30)30 November 1901 Madrid, Spain
Died	Madrid, Spain
Burial	Panteon Infantes, Monastery of San Lorenzo de el Escorial
Spouse	Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
Issue	Princess Teresa Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria Princess Inés Maria
Full name Italian: Alfonso Maria Leo Christinus Alfonso di Liguori Antonio Francesco Saveriocode: it is deprecated
House	Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Mother	Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Religion	Roman Catholic

Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (30 November 1901 – 3 February 1964) was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964. Alfonso was the son of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949) and his wife Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904). He was born and died in Madrid, Spain.

Alfonso's mother was Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, but she died in childbirth in 1904. King Alfonso XIII of Spain was unmarried at the time so as the Princess of the Asturias' eldest son, Alfonso became heir-presumptive to the Spanish crown, though, unlike his mother, he never held the title of Prince of Asturias. He was heir-presumptive until the birth of his cousin, Alfonso, to Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie.

Marriage and issue

Alfonso married Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (born 1917), his second cousin, daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma and Piacenza and his wife Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, on 16 April 1936 in Vienna, Austria. Alfonso and Alicia had three children:

• Princess Teresa María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 6 February 1937), married to Íñigo Moreno y Artega, Marqués de Laula, with seven children
• Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (16 January 1938 - 5 October 2015), married to Princess Anne of Orléans, with five children
• Princess Inés María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 18 February 1940), married to Luis de Morales y Aguado, with five children

Honours

On the day after his birth (1 December 1901), his grandmother Queen Maria Christina conferred on him the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Collar of the Order of Charles III, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

Heraldry

Heraldry of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Coat of Arms of Prince Alfonso of the Two-Sicilies as Infante of Spain (1907-1960) Coat of Arms of Prince Alfonso as Duke of Calabria and Pretender (1960-1964)

Ancestry

Family of Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

16. Francis I of the Two Sicilies               8. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies                       17. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain               4. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta                             18. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen               9. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria                       19. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg               2. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                                   20. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 16)               10. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani                       21. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 17)               5. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                             22. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany               11. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria                       23. Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies               1. Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria                                         24. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain               12. Infante Francisco de Asis of Spain                       25. Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies               6. Alfonso XII of Spain                             26. Ferdinand VII of Spain               13. Isabella II of Spain                       27. Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies               3. Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain                                   28. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (= 18)               14. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria                       29. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (=19)               7. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria                             30. Archduke Joseph of Austria               15. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria                       31. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

References

Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 30 November 1901 Died: 3 February 1964
Spanish royalty
Preceded by Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (presumptive)	Heir to the Spanish crown 1904–1907	Succeeded by Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907–1938) (apparent)
Italian nobility
Preceded by Ferdinand Pius	Duke of Calabria 1960–1964	Succeeded by Carlos
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Ferdinand Pius	— TITULAR — King of the Two Sicilies 1960–1964 Reason for succession failure: Italian Unification under the House of Savoy	Succeeded by Carlos

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