Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

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, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904). He was born and died in Madrid, Spain.

Infante Alfonso
Duke of Calabria, Count of Caserta
Portrayed wearing the uniform of the Regimiento de Húsares de la Princesa, c. 1915
Heir presumptive[1] to the Crown of Spain
Tenure	17 October 1904–10 May 1907
Predecessor	María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Successor	Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (as heir apparent)
Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (disputed)
Tenure	7 January 1960 – 3 February 1964
Predecessor	Prince Ferdinand Pius
Successor	Infante Carlos
Born	(1901-11-30)30 November 1901 Madrid, Spain
Died	3 February 1964(1964-02-03) (aged 62) Madrid, Spain
Burial	El Escorial, Spain
Spouse	Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma ​ ​ (m. 1936)​
Issue	Princess Teresa, Duchess of Salerno Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria Princess Inés, Duchess of Syracuse
Names Italian: Alfonso Maria Leo Christinus Alfonso di Liguori Antonio Francesco Saverio di Borbone delle Due Sicilie
House	Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Father	Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Mother	María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Religion	Roman Catholic

Alfonso's mother was María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, but she died in childbirth in 1904. Alfonso XIII, King of Spain was unmarried at the time so as the Princess of the Asturias's eldest son, the young infante became heir-presumptive to the Spanish crown, though, unlike his mother, he never held the title of Prince of Asturias.^[2] He was heir-presumptive until the birth of his cousin, Alfonso in 1907, to Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie.

Marriage and issue

Alfonso married Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (1917–2017), 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 of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Salerno (born 6 February 1937),^[3] married to Íñigo Moreno y Arteaga, 1st Marquess of Laserna (formerly 11th Marquess of Laula, born 18 April 1934),^[4] with seven children:
  • Rodrigo Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 1 February 1962),^[5] married to Casilda Guerrero-Burgos y Fernández de Córdoba, 21st Duchess of Cardona (born 1982).
  • Alicia Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 6 June 1964),^[6] married to José Luis Hernández Eraso (born 1949),^[7][8] with two children
  • Alfonso Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (19 October 1965 – 18 May 2018),^[9] married to Marta Calvo y Molezún (born ca. 1970),^[10] with two children
  • Beatriz Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 10 May 1967),^[11] married to Lucas Urquijo Fernández de Araoz,^[12] with two children
  • Fernando Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (8 July 1969 – 12 May 2011)^[13]
  • Clara Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 14 June 1971)^[14]
  • Delia Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 30 August 1972),^[15] married to Álvaro de Ledesma y Sanchiz (born 20 October 1962)^[16]
• Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (16 January 1938 – 5 October 2015),^[17] married to Princess Anne of Orléans (born 4 December 1938),^[18] with five children:
  • Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 16 March 1966),^[19] married to Pedro López-Quesada y Fernández-Urrutia (born 26 July 1963),^[20] with two children
  • María Paloma de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 5 April 1967),^[21] married to Archduke Simeon of Austria (born 26 June 1959),^[22] with five children
  • Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Duke of Calabria (born 16 October 1968),^[23] married to Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo (born 23 November 1973),^[24] with seven children:
    • Jaime de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce, Duke of Noto (born 26 June 1993)^[25]
    • Juan de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 18 April 2003)^[26]
    • Pablo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 26 June 2004)^[27]
    • Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 3 January 2007)^[28]
    • Sofía de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 12 November 2008)^[29]
    • Blanca de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 7 April 2011)^[30]
    • María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce (born 21 April 2015)^[31]
  • Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 20 April 1971),^[32] married to Michele Carrelli Palombi (born 13 November 1965),^[33] with two children
  • Victoria de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns (born 24 May 1976),^[34] married to Markos Nomikos (born 29 October 1965),^[35] with four children

Alfonso (second from left) posing with his cousins and grandmother Queen Maria Christina, ca. 1911

• Princess Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Syracuse (born 18 February 1940),^[36] married to Luis de Morales y Aguado (8 October 1933 – 10 November 2000),^[37] with five children:
  • Isabel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 10 April 1966),^[38] married to Joaquín Galán y Otamendi,^[39] with two daughters:
    • Carlota Galán y Morales de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias (born March 1998)^[40]
    • Inés Galán y Morales de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias (born 3 January 2000)^[41]
  • Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 14 December 1967),^[42] married to Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja,^[43] with three children
  • Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (9 December 1969 – 26 July 2022),^[44] married to Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquin (born 1974),^[45] with two children
  • Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 16 December 1971),^[46] married to Emma Ruiz de Azcárate y García de Lomas,^[47] with two children
  • Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (born 25 November 1975)^[48]

Honours and arms

Orders and decorations

•  Spain:
  • Knight of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece, 1 December 1901^[49]
  • Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III, with Collar, 1 December 1901^[49]
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, 1 December 1901^[49]
  • Knight of the Order of Alcántara, 13 April 1923^[50]

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

Ancestors of Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

8. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies 4. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta 9. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 2. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 10. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani 5. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 11. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria 1. Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria 12. Infante Francisco de Asís of Spain 6. Alfonso XII of Spain 13. Isabella II of Spain 3. María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias 14. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria 7. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria 15. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

References

1. Real decreto disponiendo que el Infante D. Alfonso, primogénito de Doña María de las Mercedes, Princesa de Asturias (Q. E. G. E.), goce los honores que le corresponden como inmediato sucesor de la Corona (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid. 19 October 1904.
2. Por Real Decreto del 17 de octubre de 1904, gozó de todos los honores que le correspondían como heredero de la Corona, pero nunca ostentó el título de Príncipe de Asturias
3. Princess Teresa de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Duchess of Salerno
4. Iñigo Moreno y Arteaga
5. Rodrigo Moreno y Borbón
6. Alicia Moreno y Borbón
7. José Luis Hernández
8. ABC: Boda de Alicia Moreno y Borbón-Dos-Sicilias con José Luis Hernández Eraso
9. Alfonso Moreno y Borbón
10. Marta Calvo y Molezún
11. Beatriz Moreno y Borbón
12. Lucas Urquijo Fernández de Araoz
13. Fernando Moreno y Borbón
14. Clara Moreno y Borbón
15. Delia Moreno y Borbón
16. Álvaro de Ledesma y Sanchiz
17. Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
18. Princess Anne of Orleáns
19. Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns
20. Pedro López-Quesada y Fernández-Urrutia
21. María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns
22. Simeon von Habsburg-Lothringen
23. Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns, Duke of Calabria
24. Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo
25. Jaime de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
26. Juan de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
27. Pablo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
28. Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
29. Sofía de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
30. Blanca de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
31. María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
32. Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns
33. Michele Carrelli Palombi
34. Victoria de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns
35. Markos Nomikos
36. Princess Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Duchess of Siracusa
37. Luis de Morales y Aguado
38. Isabel de Morales y Borbón
39. Joaquín Galán y Otamendi
40. Carlota Galán de Morales
41. Inés Galán de Morales
42. Eugenia de Morales y Borbón
43. Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja
44. Sonia de Morales y Borbón
45. Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquin
46. Manuel de Morales y Borbón
47. Emma Ruiz de Azcárate y García de Lomas
48. Mencía de Morales y Borbón
49. "Latest intelligence - Spain". The Times. No. 36627. London. 2 December 1901. p. 5.
50. "Reales decretos haciendo merced de Hábito de Caballeros de la Orden Militar de Alcántara al Serenísimo Señor Don Alfonso de Borbón y Borbón, Infante de España, y al Serenísimo Señor Don Gabriel de Borbón y Borbón, Príncipe de Borbón." (PDF), Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish), 17 April 1923

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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
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