Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
Duke of Castro
Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska
(m. 1923; died 1968)Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
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| Italian: Ranieri Maria Benito Giuseppe Labaro Gaetano Francesco Saverio Barbara Niccolo et omnes sancti di Borbone |
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 Maria 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 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.[1] He remained head of the house until his death on 13 January 1973 in Lacombe. He handed over the functions associated with the headship of the house to his son in 1966.[2]
Marriage and children
Ranieri married his first cousin Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska (1896–1968) on 12 September 1923 in Vyšné Ružbachy, Slovakia, from the marriage he had two children:
- Princess Maria del Carmen Carolina Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1924–2018).
- Prince Ferdinando Maria Andrea Alfonso Marcus, Duke of Castro (1926–2008).
Honours
- Grand Master of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
- Grand Master of the Royal Order of Francis I
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint George and Reunion
- Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece
- Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert of Bavaria
- Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
- Knight of the Order of Alcántara
Arms
- Heraldry of Prince Ranieri
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Prince Rainieri's arms
Until 1960 -
Prince Rainieri's arms
used in Spain -
Prince Ranieri's arms as head of the Royal House
1960-1973
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Opfell, Olga S. (2001). Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 37–8. ISBN 9780786450572. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ The Dynasty to Present Date Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
External links
- Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 3 December 1883 Died: 13 January 1973 | ||
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| Preceded by First in line | Duke of Castro 7 January 1960 – 13 January 1973 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | — TITULAR — King of the Two Sicilies 7 January 1960 – 13 January 1973 Reason for succession failure: Italian Unification under the House of Savoy | Succeeded by |
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Generations, in accordance with agnatic succession, are numbered by descent from Ferdinand I
- Prince Ferdinando Pio, Duke of Castro
- Infante Carlos
- Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
- Prince Philip
- Prince Gabriel
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